Far-right Israeli settlers step up attacks on aid trucks bound for Gaza (wapo.st)
This is a gift article link, so there should not be a paywall.
Research puts dollar figure on climate savings from electric school buses | A substantial portion of the half-million school buses in the United States are “highly polluting old diesel vehicles” (wapo.st)
Replacing the average diesel bus would generate a benefit of $84,200 per bus, split nearly evenly between health and climate effects. Such a replacement would cut 181 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions per bus and reduce childhood deaths and asthma cases from diesel emissions, the researchers conclude....
How to create a firefly-friendly backyard (wapo.st)
Firefly populations are declining. These tips can help you turn your yard into an inviting habitat for the bioluminescent stars of summer.
How Florida is getting its pink back (wapo.st)
Mexico City’s water ‘Day Zero’ may come even for the wealthiest residents (wapo.st)
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Mexico City’s water ‘Day Zero’ may come even for the wealthiest residents (wapo.st)
The metropolitan area of 22 million gets about a quarter of its water from a system that is running dry. Some say it could be unable to provide water by June 26.
Louisiana’s coast is sinking. Advocates say the governor is undermining efforts to save it. A new Republican governor is taking aim at the state’s coastal protection agency. (wapo.st)
Too hot for learning: American schools that never needed AC are now overheating. Fixes will cost billions. (wapo.st)
As heat waves creep north, they are baking schools that previously did not need air conditioning. Fixing the problem will be neither cheap, nor easy.
Alaskan rivers are turning orange. Climate change could be to blame. Climate change is likely causing dozens of rivers in Alaska to flow orange, and it could be disastrous for the state (wapo.st)
Too hot for learning: American schools that never needed AC are now overheating. Fixes will cost billions. (wapo.st)
As heat waves creep north, they are baking schools that previously did not need air conditioning. Fixing the problem will be neither cheap, nor easy.
Trump just made more promises to oil industry campaign donors (wapo.st)
The pledges to oil executives came a day before Senate Democrats launched a probe of Trump seeking $1 billion in donations from the oil industry.
Trump just made more promises to oil industry campaign donors (wapo.st)
The pledges to oil executives came a day before Senate Democrats launched a probe of Trump seeking $1 billion in donations from the oil industry.
The brutal heat in Mexico is causing howler monkeys to drop dead from trees (wapo.st)
Over the past year, an ongoing and severe drought has parched most of Mexico, draining reservoirs and leaving parts of the country grappling with an acute water crisis. Since mid-March, scorching temperatures have led to at least 26 heat-related deaths, according to the nation’s health ministry. The double-whammy of weather...
Why cancer-causing pollution from oil refineries is falling: In an environmental success story, refineries have reduced their emissions of benzene due to federal regulations and oversight. (wapo.st)
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Home-insurance payouts are shrinking. Here’s how to prevent the worst | Thanks to inflation and climate change, homeowners are getting less money back from their insurers to repair and rebuild (wapo.st)
Climate change is piling on to the challenge. Insurance companies are refusing to cover natural disasters in some disaster-prone regions, or pulling out of those places altogether, as State Farm did in California last year....
A Hidden Threat | Fast-rising seas could swamp septic systems in parts of the South [US] (wapo.st)
A Hidden Threat | Fast-rising seas could swamp septic systems in parts of the South (wapo.st)
Meteorologist rebukes DeSantis for scrubbing climate change from state law: ‘Florida is on fire’ (wapo.st)
Miami TV meteorologist Steve MacLaughlin unleashed a scathing critique of a measure that would remove most references to climate change in Florida law.
Charging stations are failing to keep up with the EV boom | Once, America had 7 EVs for every public charger. Now, there are over 20 seeking to plug in at each charging station. (wapo.st)
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Mosquitoes are swarming around Houston. The future could bring even more. (wapo.st)
But “as it gets warmer earlier, we see a larger amount of mosquitoes earlier,” said Max Vigilant, director of mosquito and vector control in Harris County, where Houston is located. “We are getting hotter temperatures earlier.”...
Mosquitoes are swarming around Houston. The future could bring even more. (wapo.st)
But “as it gets warmer earlier, we see a larger amount of mosquitoes earlier,” said Max Vigilant, director of mosquito and vector control in Harris County, where Houston is located. “We are getting hotter temperatures earlier.”...
Trump’s promises to oil executives ought to be illegal (wapo.st)
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Abbott grants Daniel Perry pardon in murder of Black Lives Matter protester | Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is pardoning Daniel Perry, the former Army sergeant convicted in the fatal shooting (wapo.st)
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Abbott grants Daniel Perry pardon in murder of Black Lives Matter protester | Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is pardoning Daniel Perry, the former Army sergeant convicted in the fatal shooting (wapo.st)
The idea is to make it effectively legal to kill anybody deemed left-of-center