Climate Change

"California Phases Out Diesel Trucks: What Happens Next?"

"In a move that will transform California’s economy and end diesel’s decades-long dominance in goods movement, the Air Resources Board today unanimously approved an ambitious, contentious mandate to shift big rigs and other trucks to zero-emissions."

Source: CalMatters, 05/01/2023

"EPA Allows Gasoline With Higher Ethanol Blend During Summer"

"Fuel stations throughout the country will be able to sell gasoline blended with 15% ethanol during the summer under an emergency waiver issued Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency in a move that could reduce prices at the pump and boost demand for the Midwest-based ethanol industry."

Source: AP, 05/01/2023

"Drop The 'Natural' In Natural Gas, Climate Activists Urge US Officials"

"Since almost two centuries ago—not long after it was identified bubbling up in a creek in western New York—the flammable below-ground substance composed of methane and other hydrocarbons has been called "natural gas" in the U.S. Now, some environmental activists say it's time to ditch that label."

Source: Bloomberg, 04/28/2023

L.A.’s Water Lifeline Faces Unprecedented Flood Threat, Calamity

"More than a month after heavy storms eroded a section of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, work crews are still scrambling to complete repairs and shore up flood defenses in the face of a weeklong heat wave that threatens to trigger widespread snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada."

Source: LA Times, 04/28/2023

Flooding on Upper Mississippi River To Halt Barge Traffic For Weeks: USDA

"All barge traffic will be halted across a wide swath of the Upper Mississippi River for weeks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday, as record winter snowfall in the upper Midwest is now melting and flooding into waterways."

Source: Reuters, 04/28/2023

"Climate Change Caused Catastrophic East Africa Drought, Scientists Say"

"East Africa’s worst drought in at least 40 years, which has displaced more than a million people and pushed millions more to the brink of famine, would not have happened if not for human-caused climate change, a network of extreme-weather scientists said Thursday."

Source: Washington Post, 04/28/2023

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