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(Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.)IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Canada wildfires a smoky wake-up call for our climate crisis; Saudi Arabia to cut production again to boost oil prices; Biden EPA funds $115 million in repairs to Jackson, MS water system; House Republican sabotage their own natural gas stove bill; PLUS: Ukraine dam’s destruction unleashes massive flooding and ecological disaster… All that and more in today’s Green News Report!
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IN ‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (see links below): Dirty air can be deadly. Here’s how to protect yourself; Chemical industry used Big Tobacco’s tactics to conceal evidence of PFAS risks; Abandoned oil and gas wells emit carcinogens, harmful pollutants; Tensions, gas prices rise as Washington state auctions carbon; Virginia panel votes to exit carbon trading market; The US clean energy manufacturing boom has begun. Now what?; Puerto Rico’s record heat wave astonishes meteorologists; Why glass, paper and other options aren’t the simple alternative to plastic that they seem to be… PLUS: The Grand Canyon is losing its river… and much, MUCH more! …
STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY’S ‘GREEN NEWS REPORT’…
- Canada grapples with 400+ wildfires:
- ‘Out of control’ fires burn across Canada as poor air quality expected to persist (Guardian):
Hundreds of wildfires burn in country, with 238 ‘out of control’ as of Tuesday afternoon, blanketing cities in smoke.
- Canada could see its worst wildfire season on record (BBc)
- Wildfires Spread Smoke, and Anxiety, Across Canada to the U.S. (NY Times)
- Wildfires in Nova Scotia are ‘out of control’ and forcing 16,000 people from their homes (CNN)
- Why is eastern Canada on fire — and when will the smoke clear? (Vox)
- U.S. Northeast choked by Canada’s wildfire smoke:
- New York City tops world’s worst air pollution list from Canada wildfire smoke (CNBC):
New York City’s air pollution ranked the worst of any city in the world on Wednesday as wildfire smoke from Canada continued to drift over the area, creating a second day of orange haze over the city and prompting some residents to wear face masks outdoors.
- Why skies in the Northeast are turning orange from the smoke (CNN)
- VIDEO: ‘Apocalyptic’ Skies as Wildfires Smoke Spreads (Climate Crocks)
- Why wildfire smoke is bad for your health (Washington Post)
- VIDEO: NYC health chief says to prepare for more smoke (NY1 News)
- Canada’s wildfires a smoky wakeup call for our climate crisis:
- VIDEO: Finally. Smoke Crisis Makes Climate Top-of-Mind Issue
- The massive smoke plume choking the northeast U.S. is what climate change looks like (Dr. Jeff Masters, Yale Climate Communications)
- Dirty air can be deadly. Here’s how to protect yourself. (Vox)
- Record Pollution and Heat Herald a Season of Climate Extremes (NY Times):
Scientists have long warned that global warming will increase the chance of severe wildfires like those burning across Canada and heat waves like the one smothering Puerto Rico.
- 37 percent of Wildfire-Scorched Area in the US and Canada Can Be Blamed on 88 Oil and Cement Companies, Study Finds (Weather Channel)
- Destruction of major Ukraine hyrdo-electric dam unleashes massive floods, ecological devastation:
- Collapse of Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam an ‘ecological catastrophe’ (CNN):
Concerns are now turning to the dangers to wildlife, farmlands, settlements and water supplies from the floodwaters and possible contamination from industrial chemicals and oil leaked from the hydropower plant into the Dnipro River.
- Dam breach could be Ukraine’s ‘worst ecological disaster since Chornobyl’ (Guardian)
- Here are the key theories on what caused Ukraine’s catastrophic dam collapse (CNN/MSN):
Several Western officials have blamed Russia for the disaster, either directly accusing Moscow of targeting the dam or saying that Russia is responsible simply because it is the aggressor in the war on Ukraine.
- Damage to Russian-held hydroelectric plant floods south Ukraine battlefield (NY Times)
- Ukraine dam: Dislodged mines a major concern as residents flee Kherson (BBC)
- Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up a major dam; Kremlin blames Kyiv (NBC News)
- VIDEO: National Security Council spokesman Kirby says U.S. is investigating destruction of Kakhovka dam (MSN)
- Ukraine dam destruction impacts the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant:
- Ukrainian dam collapse ‘no immediate risk’ to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant (Guardian):
But IAEA says damage to Nova Kakhovka dam raises long-term concerns for power station’s future.
- Ukraine: For now, there is enough water to cool Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant (Le Monde)
- VIDEO: IAEA Chief Grossi statement today to the @IAEAorg Board of Governors following damage to Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam (IAEA/Twitter)
- VIDEO: IAEA Chief Grossi gives update on safety of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (MSN)
- Saudi Arabia to cut production again to prop up oil prices:
- Oil prices rise after Saudi Arabia pledges more voluntary production cuts (CNBC)
- Saudi oil cut could lead to long-term gas hike if demand climbs (The Hill)
- Oil rises as Saudi cut supports and focus turns to Fed (Reuters/MSN)
- New EPA funding for deteriorating Jackson, MS water system:
- VIDEO: White House, EPA announce first $115M in federal funding on its way to fix Jackson water (WLBT-Jacksonville)
- EPA announces $115 million for Jackson, Miss., water infrastructure (UPI)
- EPA launches federal civil rights investigation over Jackson water crisis (CNN)
- New protections for Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico:
- Deb Haaland Bans Oil and Gas Drilling on Public Lands Around Chaco Canyon (Native News)
- Chaco Canyon moratorium sparks calls for wider oil ban (E&E News)
- Haaland announces historic protections for Chaco landscape (Center for Western Priorities)
- Far-right MAGA Republicans sabotage their own bill on gas stoves:
Here’s what you need to know about wildfire smoke, including plumes blowing to the south from Canada, and how to protect yourself .
‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (Stuff we didn’t have time for in today’s audio report)…
For a comprehensive roundup of daily environmental news you can trust, see the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Daily Headlines page
- Dirty air can be deadly. Here’s how to protect yourself. (Vox)
- Chemical Industry Used Big Tobacco’s Tactics To Conceal Evidence Of PFAS Risks (Guardian)
- Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Harmful Pollutants: Study (Inside Climate News)
- Tensions, gas prices rise as Washington state auctions carbon (E&E News)
- Virginia Panel Votes To Exit Carbon Trading Market (Washington Post)
- U.S. had intelligence of detailed Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream pipeline (Washington Post)
- Puerto Rico Is So Hot This Week, It’s Astonishing Some Meteorologists (Inside Climate News)
- The Grand Canyon, a Cathedral to Time, Is Losing Its River (NY Times)
- The US clean energy manufacturing boom has begun. Now what? (Canary Media)
- Oil State Hired Biggest PR Firms To Buff Its Climate Image. It Didn’t Help. (E&E News)
- VIDEO: Geothermal energy: the most reliable renewable? (Reuters)
- Why glass, paper and other options aren’t the simple alternative to plastic that they seem to be (Washington Post)
- Too late now to save Arctic summer ice, climate scientists find (Guardian)
- DOJ Settles Probe Of Illegal Dumping In Houston’s Minority Neighborhoods (Reuters)
- America’s Iconic Beech Trees Are Under Attack (Inside Climate News)
- Experts sound the alarm after rare appearances of ‘devil bird’ in New York: ‘We must act now’ (The Cool Down)
- Hansen: Earth on Track for Catastrophic Warming (Climate Crocks)
- These are the places most at risk from record-breaking heat waves as the planet warms (CNN)
- Why It’s Time to Officially Get Over Your EV Range Anxiety (Inside Climate News)
- Building Steam in Lithium Valley (The American Prospect)
- Feeling Overwhelmed About Going All-Electric at Home? Here’s How to Get Started (Inside Climate News)
- VIDEO: See what three degrees of global warming looks like (The Economist/YouTube)
- The 7 climate tipping points that could change the world forever (Grist)
- The 1977 White House climate memo that should have changed the world (Guardian UK)
- Four solutions to mitigate climate change, from the IPCC (Dr. Michael Mann, Penn Today)
- Environmental Sacrifice Zones: 8 Places We’ve Given Up-Probably Forever (Environmental Health Network)
- Feeling Hopeless About the Climate? Try Our 30-Day Action Plan (The Revelator)
- VIDEO: 2050: what happens if we ignore the climate crisis (Guardian UK)
- 99.9 percent Of Scientists Agree Climate Emergency Caused By Humans (Guardian UK)
- Climate Fund Choices for Investors Are Multiplying (Bloomberg/Yahoo)
- How climate change could undo 50 years of public health gains (Grist)
- Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration (Pro Publica)
- Exxon’s Snake Oil: 100 years of deception (Columbia Journalism Review)
- VIDEO: A Message From the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (The Intercept)
- What genuine, no-bullshit ambition on climate change would look like: How to hit the most stringent targets, with no loopholes. (David Roberts, Vox)
- A Global Shift To Sustainability Would Save Us $26 Trillion (Vox)
- Project Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming (Drawdown.org)
- An Optimist’s Guide to Solving Climate Change and Saving the World (Vice)
- The great nutrient collapse: The atmosphere is literally changing the food we eat, for the worse. And almost nobody is paying attention. (Politico)
- The world’s bleak climate situation, in 3 charts: We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there. (Vox)
- The Climate Risks We Face (NY Times):
To stabilize global temperature, net carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced to zero. The window of time is rapidly closing to reduce emissions and limit warming to no more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit or 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, the goal set in the Paris climate accord. The further we push the climate system beyond historical conditions, the greater the risks of potentially unforeseen and even catastrophic changes to the climate – so every reduction in emissions helps.
- The Uninhabitable Earth: When will climate change make earth too hot for humans? (New York Magazine):
Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak – sooner than you think.
- A beginner’s guide to the debate over 100% renewable energy (Vox):
Clean-energy enthusiasts frequently claim that we can go bigger, that it’s possible for the whole world to run on renewables – we merely lack the “political will.” So, is it true? Do we know how get to an all-renewables system? Not yet. Not really.