by faster | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: June 17, 2021 SNIP: The Earth is trapping nearly twice as much heat as it did in 2005, according to new research, described as an “unprecedented” increase amid the climate crisis. Scientists from Nasa, the US space agency, and the National...
by faster | Jun 15, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: June 15, 2021 SNIP: Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” are widely used in cosmetics produced by major brands in the US and Canada, a new study that tested for the chemicals in hundreds of products found. The peer-reviewed study, published in...
by faster | Jun 11, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: Reuters DATE: June 11, 2021 SNIP: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose for a third consecutive month in May, preliminary government data showed on Friday, with President Jair Bolsonaro yet to follow through on his April pledge to boost funding for...
by faster | Jun 11, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: Gizmodo DATE: June 11, 2021 SNIP: Next week, dozens of teachers from North Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, South Dakota, and Iowa will descend on Bismarck State College in North Dakota for the annual three-day Lignite Energy Council Teacher’s Seminar. There,...
by faster | Jun 10, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC DATE: June 10, 2021 SNIP: Earlier last month, a cargo ship carrying chemicals caught fire off the coast of Sri Lanka – leaving in its wake an environmental disaster that the island will likely have to live with for decades. For days it stood burning...
by faster | Jun 9, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: Reuters DATE: June 9, 2021 SNIP: Vale SA’s decomissioned Xingu dam is at “imminent risk of collapsing,” according to a statement on Wednesday by the Regional Labor Department for the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The Xingu tailings, or mining...
