TOP STORIES
The Guardian – IPCC steps up warning on climate tipping points in leaked draft report
CNN – House passes resolution that would repeal a Trump-era EPA rule on methane emissions
CNN – ‘We have to act and act fast:’ Biden says climate change is driving wildfires and historic heat wave
NEW! ITEP’s Native Voices Newsletter – June 2021
This issue provides highlights of the 2021 National Tribal Forum on Air Quality (NTFAQ), including recognition of the Virgil Masayesva Award recipients and a fond farewell to EPA’s Laura McKelvey. Also noted is information on the 2021 Status of Tribal Air Report (STAR). Past issues can be found here!
Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes
NY Times – Air Pollution’s Invisible Toll on Your Health
EPA – EPA Announces $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Initiatives Under the American Rescue Plan
NPR – How 165 Words Could Make Mass Environmental Destruction An International Crime
LA Times – California’s drought and wildfire dangers rising at stunning pace
Washington Post – Trump appointees allowed terminated EPA staffers to keep receiving salaries, watchdog report says
National Association of Clean Air Agencies – Washington Update
Climate Change/Energy
AP – Blackouts in US Northwest due to heat wave, deaths reported
Mother Jones – Why the Northwest’s “Heat Dome” Is So Dangerous
Indian Country Today – California tribe declares climate emergency
Yahoo Finance – Nunavut communities tackle climate change using Indigenous knowledge and science
Vox – 6 crucial climate actions the Senate left out of its infrastructure deal
The Washington Post – Before condo collapse, rising seas long pressured Miami coastal properties
Retuers – Climate change threatens age-old indigenous food systems, says UN
Mother Jones – Climate Change Puts Homeowners of Color at Greater Economic Risk
Grist – California just committed itself to “an unprecedented amount” of clean energy
Politico – Northwest heat wave wilts new GOP climate resolve
Toxics/Mobile Sources
Reuters – U.S. biofuel groups urge EPA to curb oil refinery waivers despite ruling
Climate Home News – Mega oil project in Russia’s far north threatens Arctic Indigenous communities
New Republic – How Tax Breaks for Fossil Fuel Companies Inflated Profits for Oil and Gas Drilling
AP – Senate OKs bill to certify farm practices limiting emissions
Desert Sun – Oil bankruptcies leave environmental cleanup bill to California taxpayers
Diesel Technology Forum – 46.4% of Commercial Trucks Operating in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska now Powered by Newest-Generation Near-Zero Emissions Diesel Technology
Indoor Air Quality
NY Times – Masks Again? Delta Variant’s Spread Prompts Reconsideration of Precautions.
Wired Magazine – The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill
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