Friday, November 1, 2024

‘Keep it in the ground’ approach to fossil fuels on US public lands would...

An important part of this finding seems like common sense – limiting fossil fuel production would lead to reduced consumption.

Phthalate exposure linked to increased risk of childhood cancer, study finds

The data also shows a nearly three-fold higher rate of osteosarcoma (a bone cancer) and a two-fold higher rate of lymphoma (a blood cancer).

Interior Sec. Zinke blames ‘radical environmentalists,’ not climate change, as 100+ wildfires rage

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wrote an op-ed last week in USA Today about forest management on public lands that blamed “radical environmentalists” for the fires.

Scientists grow plants in lunar soil for the first time

“Not only is it pleasing for us to have plants around us, especially as we venture to new destinations in space, but they could provide supplemental nutrition to our diets and enable future human exploration."

As 1.5 million flee Hurricane Florence, worries grow over half dozen nuclear power plants...

"Flooding-prone Brunswick Nuclear Plant among rickety old Fukushima-style reactors in likely path of Hurricane Florence."

Climate activists demand more from state lawmakers in wake of Supreme Court EPA ruling

With the federal government’s ability to tackle climate change curtailed by the Supreme Court, activists are pressing climate-friendly state lawmakers to step up.

Biden administration announces plans to double funding for clean school buses

School districts from all 50 states applied for the 2022 Clean School Bus rebates.
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Ocasio-Cortez & Markey unveil sweeping “Green New Deal” to radically shift U.S. off fossil...

Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seemed to mock the proposal on Wednesday, referring to it as a “green dream, or whatever they call it.”

Biden’s middle-of-the-road climate plan condemned as “stunningly un-ambitious” and a “death sentence for livable...

"A 'middle ground' policy that's supportive of more fossil fuel development is a death sentence for our generation and the millions of people on the frontlines of the climate crisis," said co-founder of the Sunrise Movement.

The ultimate twosome

Nukes and climate change in 2024.