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Shipping Group Joins Europe's Top 10 Polluters List
Until this year, the EU's top polluters were mostly coal-fired power plants. But shipping is among the few industries not covered by the Paris climate agreement, and a big shipper has now joined the undistinguished list of Europe's Top 10 polluters.
(Financial Times)
They Built a Life in the Shadow of Industrial Tank Farms. Now, They’re Fighting for Answers.
The fumes coming from this Maine city's petroleum storage tanks contain dangerous chemicals. The state toxicologist isn't alarmed by the findings so far, but the residents are worried: Could the air here be making their kids sick?
(InsideClimate News)
World’s Oceans Are Losing Oxygen Rapidly, Study Finds
The world's oceans are losing oxygen, a new report released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature warns. It found that oxygen levels in the world's oceans declined by roughly 2 percent between 1960 and 2010, with the decline largely attributed to climate change.
(The New York Times)
Agriculture and Transportation Now Pollute More Than Utilities, Manufacturing, Study Says
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences warns that agriculture and transportation now produce more fine particulate pollution nationwide than electric utilities and manufacturing.
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
PG&E Reaches $13.5 Billion Settlement with California Wildfire Victims
Pacific Gas & Electric announced a multibillion-dollar settlement with victims of some of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in the state's history, including the 2018 Camp Fire and the 2017 Tubbs Fire. A federal bankruptcy judge needs to approve the agreement before it becomes final.
(Washington Post)
Trump Says U.S. Will Finalize New Fuel Efficiency Rules Next Year
President Donald Trump said on Friday that his administration will finalize its rollback of Obama-era vehicle emissions standards next year and expected it would provoke a new legal challenge by California.
(Reuters)
Americans Broadly Accept Climate Science, but Many Are Fuzzy on the Details
Americans remain shaky on the details of climate science even as they have grown increasingly concerned about human activity warming the Earth, according to a national poll by the Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation.
(Washington Post)
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