'The hazardous substance designation would allow the EPA to put either the military or private company that contaminated a given area with these substances on the hook to clean it up' // via @RachelFrazin bit.ly/3CFPqbr

West Virginia v EPA: The Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency cannot regulate greenhouse gas emissions without the expressed approval of Congress, something the Court decided does not exist within the Clean Air Act. // via @A_W_Gordon bit.ly/3RhYPLd

The study also finds that the two sharp temperature jumps they discovered aren’t well captured by all the climate models scientists use to simulate global warming. // via @ChelseaEHarvey bit.ly/3z37xG3

'The agency alerted the states that they had missed the deadline, officially starting the clock on a two-year window to either submit a late plan or accept an EPA-written plan.' // via @BudrykZack bit.ly/3TuIJz8

Soot is also known as fine particulate matter because its fragments are so small. When inhaled into the lungs over time, these harmful materials can cause damage leading to premature death, heart attacks and cancer. // via @Jtblaeser bit.ly/3Ji37R0

Compared to the climate crisis , species extinction is taking place in the shadow of political and media attention, and not a single head of state or government has announced that he will attend the Montreal conference. // via @FritzHabekuss bit.ly/3CTY3yh

Emma McIntosh’s brush with a scarlet tanager in Tommy Thompson Park, an urban wilderness along Toronto’s waterfront, is getting her through the winter. // via Karan Saxena bit.ly/3XhrzGm

More than 100 Indigenous people in Indonesia’s Papua region are calling on the local government to revoke all the permits of a palm oil company that’s continuing to clear land despite being ordered to halt all activities by officials. // via @Hans_Nich bit.ly/3IIPkmj

Antarctic sea ice extent anomalies for each year from 1979 to 2023. Anomalies are calculated using a 5-day running mean from a climatological baseline of 1981-2010. 2023 is shown using a red line (updated 1/23/2023). // via @ZLabe bit.ly/3XO02fQ

Many advocates insist the criteria for a “disadvantaged community” must include race and ethnicity because the nation’s racist history has clustered minorities in polluted, flood-prone areas. // via @ByTomFrank bit.ly/3yC8WlE

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With no guarantee that private security workers would allow access to the location, allies of the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs started calling local helicopter companies. Two days later, they were in the air. // via @writermjs bit.ly/3GSmWMi

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The extreme polarization over what’s going on in [the] Park has led to accusations of corruption, negligence, media manipulation, fights for control of the area’s management, and who does and doesn’t receive funds from donors. // via @MaxRadwin bit.ly/3bhjvlO

'Vanuatu is one of many climate-vulnerable countries currently pushing for a loss and damage finance facility separate from the pool of money that rich nations have pledged.. for clean energy development and adaptation.' // via @saraschonhardt bit.ly/3RfpPuB

“People living in these [climate crisis] hotspots are 15 times more likely to die from climate impacts... It is outrageous that climate action is being put on the back burner, putting all of us, everywhere, in growing danger.” // via @ShahmeerAlbalos bit.ly/3cDFYut

Legislators put the power to spend the money in their own hands, and they’re doling it out without an overall plan. They’re using the cash to fill gaps in local government budgets and funding projects with few metrics for success. // via @CAnitaLee1 bit.ly/3xZr5ta

There were at least 86 oil spills and gas leaks in Venezuela last year, up from 77 spills in 2021, the report said. Spills are often the result of pipelines and storage containers that rarely receive routine checkups, let alone repairs. // via @MaxRadwin bit.ly/3J64F0r

'Massachusetts has also said it will follow California’s lead and more states are likely to. New York and Pennsylvania are among 17 states that have adopted some or all of California’s tailpipe emission standards.' // via @GuardianEco staff bit.ly/3CGvlls

This proposal will allow U.S. officials to craft definitions that incorporate both the use of forced labor and comparable fishing laws between the U.S. and other nations. // via @BudrykZack bit.ly/3ubgfPL