I've added the bolding. http://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/climate/salt-lake-city-climate-disaster.html As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’ Climate change and rapid population growth are shrinking the lake, creating a bowl of toxic dust that could poison the air around Salt Lake City. Exposed lake bed in the northern part of the Great Salt Lake … Continue reading Utah faces an “environmental nuclear bomb” from a dried-up Great Salt Lake
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Tire disintegration an increasing portion of particle pollution due to larger size of vehicles
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/03/car-tyres-produce-more-particle-pollution-than-exhausts-tests-show? Car tyres produce vastly more particle pollution than exhausts, tests show Toxic particles from tyre wear almost 2,000 times worse than from exhausts as weight of cars increases Emissions from tailpipes in developed countries are much lower in new cars, with those in Europe far below the legal limit. Photograph: Jacob King/PA Damian Carrington Environment editor … Continue reading Tire disintegration an increasing portion of particle pollution due to larger size of vehicles
Los Angeles’ battle on climate issues foretells future for other cities
Los Angeles’ climate future hangs in the balance as city votes for new mayor Smog envelops Los Angeles as environmental challenges for the city become more extreme. Photograph: Gabrielle Canon/The Guardian While voters have cited environment as a top priority, the issue has become secondary to the homelessness crisis and crime Gabrielle Canon @GabrielleCanonThu 2 Jun … Continue reading Los Angeles’ battle on climate issues foretells future for other cities
What’s almost as precious as water and air? SAND
The final paragraph of this article should be far more emphasized. Why is the demand for sand so great? It's used for making concrete. And what's bad about that? The making and curing of concrete is responsible for 8% of global emissions caused by humans. Here's the most important paragraph in the first article listed … Continue reading What’s almost as precious as water and air? SAND
Microplastics in sewage poisoning land
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/26/microplastics-sewage-poison-land-britain-waterways-chemicals Microplastics in sewage: a toxic combination that is poisoning our land George Monbiot, Thu 26 May 2022 01.00 EDT Policy failure and lack of enforcement have left Britain’s waterways and farmland vulnerable to ‘forever chemicals’ A digital composite image of plastics found in rivers across the UK. Photograph: Alex Hyde/Greenpeace/PA We have recently woken up … Continue reading Microplastics in sewage poisoning land
New Zealand grandmother creates electric car for only $24,000
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/27/new-zealand-grandmother-creates-her-own-electric-car-for-24000 New Zealand grandmother creates her own electric car for $24,000 Rosemary Penwarden says the solar-powered vehicle has been running smoothly for three years and has thanked oil companies for the motivation New Zealand woman Rosemary Penwarden in her homemade solar-powered electric car, which is fully signed off and warranted. Photograph: supplied by Rosemary Penwarden Tess … Continue reading New Zealand grandmother creates electric car for only $24,000
EU’s project reviving vulnerable species pays off during its 30 years
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/21/life-eu-project-reviving-vulnerable-species-lynx-flying-squirrel-aoe Life at 30: the EU project that has saved species from lynx to flying squirrels The Life programme, which celebrates its birthday this weekend, has poured billions into saving Europe’s most vulnerable creatures An Iberian lynx in southwestern Spain. Photograph: Ondrej Prosicky/Alamy The age of extinction is supported by About this content Simon PayneSat 21 May … Continue reading EU’s project reviving vulnerable species pays off during its 30 years
Corridor being formed between habitats to protect almost extinct deer
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/19/the-case-of-the-disappearing-deer-and-how-a-new-corridor-could-save-it-huemul-aoe The case of the disappearing deer – and how a new corridor could save it Only 1,500 huemul remain in the world, but a parks corridor is being created to save the deer that features on Chile’s coat of arms The age of extinction is supported by About this content Matt Maynard, Thu 19 May … Continue reading Corridor being formed between habitats to protect almost extinct deer
Pollution responsible for 1 in 6 deaths
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/17/pollution-responsible-one-in-six-deaths-across-planet? Pollution responsible for one in six deaths across planet, scientists warn Toxic air, water and soil are ‘existential threat to human and planetary health’, says global review People fill water containers and wash their clothes from municipal water pipes alongside a polluted water channel in Kolkata, India. Photograph: Rupak de Chowdhuri/Reuters Damian Carrington Environment editor @dpcarrington, … Continue reading Pollution responsible for 1 in 6 deaths
Cartoon humor is earning attention for the pollution caused by plastic
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/10/pieter-de-poortere-dickie-belgian-cartoonist-takes-on-plastic-pollution? ‘People laugh but think twice’: Belgian cartoonist takes on plastic pollution Pieter De Poortere is putting his best-known character, Dickie, to work to help galvanise opposition to a giant plastics plant in Antwerp The Boerke comic strip. Photograph: © Nanuq for De Hofleveranciers. Jennifer Rankin in Brussels, Tue 10 May 2022 00.00 EDT Belgian cartoonist Pieter … Continue reading Cartoon humor is earning attention for the pollution caused by plastic
What if the magma under Yellowstone erupted? (one more thing to panic about, right?)
The movie "2012" is not the greatest EXCEPT for two setups: the earthquakes that send Los Angeles into the Pacific Ocean and the eruption of the Yellowstone volcano watched in riotous ecstasy by Woody Harrelson. Worth watching just for those minutes. Then you can turn the movie off unless you enjoy disaster movies regardless of … Continue reading What if the magma under Yellowstone erupted? (one more thing to panic about, right?)
If you care about fresh water, the Colorado isn’t the only river and flood plain at risk in California
https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-biggest-potential-water-disaster-in-the-united-states? The Biggest Potential Water Disaster in the United States In California, millions of residents and thousands of farmers depend on the Bay-Delta for fresh water—but they can’t agree on how to protect it. By David Owen May 11, 2022 The Sacramento is California’s largest river. It arises near the lower slopes of Mt. Shasta, in … Continue reading If you care about fresh water, the Colorado isn’t the only river and flood plain at risk in California
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