The demise of La Corona makes Venezuela the first nation in the Andes without a glacier. It won’t be the last. (wapo.st)
The incomprehensible, unattainable scale of Trump’s deportation plan | The former president has said he will send nearly 5 percent of U.S. residents out of the country if he is reelected. (wapo.st)
DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from Florida law (wapo.st)
Meanwhile, it’s hotter than it has been in thousands of years
DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from Florida law (wapo.st)
Blinken sits in with Ukrainian bar band for ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ | The secretary of state, on a surprise trip to Kyiv to show U.S. support amid intensified Russian attacks (wapo.st)
House Democrats launch probe of Trump’s dinner with oil executives (wapo.st)
Lawmakers demand details of a Mar-a-Lago dinner where Trump promised to ease regulations on the oil industry while asking executives to steer $1 billion to his 2024 campaign.
House Democrats launch probe of Trump’s dinner with oil executives (wapo.st)
Lawmakers demand details of a Mar-a-Lago dinner where Trump promised to ease regulations on the oil industry while asking executives to steer $1 billion to his 2024 campaign.
Why states are suddenly making it a crime to sell lab-grown meat (wapo.st)
Florida and Alabama have banned lab meat, but some in the livestock industry fear the precedent of states deciding what goes on store shelves, and what can’t.
Canada’s fire season erupts, sending harmful smoke into United States (wapo.st)
Human-caused climate change intensifies heat, droughts and fire intensity....
Louisiana moves to make abortion pills ‘controlled dangerous substances’ (wapo.st)
Someone possessing the pills without a valid prescription or outside of professional practice could be prosecuted and sentenced to prison.
Should our future food be genetically engineered? Genetically modified crops can help cut carbon emissions, research shows — but they still face major hurdles. (wapo.st)
Federal judge halts new U.S. rules limiting credit card late fees | Bank lobbyists challenged the legality of the cap, which was set to take effect next week. (wapo.st)
The judge is a Trump appointee.. I’ll also note that he’s in Texas, where the rules against judge-shopping aren’t being applied, so the suit was likely filed with advance knowledge that he’d be hearing it.
Another threat to bees: Climate change-fueled rising temperatures | A study looked at heat stress in bumblebees and how that might affect their nests. (wapo.st)
Biden and Big Oil want to put greenhouse gas underground. Locals are riled. Carbon dioxide pipelines and underground injection can cut greenhouse gas, but community opposition is fierce. (wapo.st)
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory just captured ominous signals about the planet’s health | Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever. (wapo.st)
Why you should let your grass grow (wapo.st)
The world’s biggest plant to pull carbon from the sky just opened | Experts say we’ll need carbon capture to offset stubborn emissions that can’t easily be cut with existing green technology. (wapo.st)
the plant is designed to remove 36,000 metric tons of carbon each year, the equivalent of taking 8,600 cars off the road....
What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign: Donald Trump has pledged to scrap President Biden’s policies on electric vehicles and wind energy & more (wapo.st)
The corruption is really open at this point....
What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign: Donald Trump has pledged to scrap President Biden’s policies on electric vehicles and wind energy & more (wapo.st)
The corruption is really open at this point....
In Arizona, election workers trained with deepfakes to prepare for 2024 | “By the end of the second day, you’re like: Trust no one,” said one county recorder who completed the training. (wapo.st)
How climate change is raising the risks of another pandemic | Evidence is mounting that human disruptions to natural ecosystems are raising risks of disease spread, according to a new study. (wapo.st)
New York Times coverage of the same study...