Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 27 May 2024

Despite new law cracking down on food waste, California still generated 11+M tons of food waste in 2022, with rise in percentage that went to landfills

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/recent-data-finds-unforeseen-threat-forming-in-open-landfills-despite-sweeping-new-laws-ripple-effects-on-climate-resources-and-the-economy/ar-BB1mGkPR

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Lake Erie once again dying – algal bloom - toxic PFAS forever chemicals now permanent in Great Lakes

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/lake-erie-is-dying/ar-BB1mIDDT

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BLM adopted new rule that emphasizes commitment to conservation along with land management

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/blm-adopts-rule-described-as-a-generation-defining-shift-for-america-s-largest-land-manager/ar-BB1mHQNe

·???????? Rule:? https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2024-04/BLM-Conservation-Landscape-Health-Final-Rule.pdf

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Cruel & immoral treatment of wolf in Wyoming – challenge to USF&W to relist gray wolves under Endangered Species Act – actions driving wolf packs to functional extinction

·???????? https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19052024/wyoming-wolf-debate-carbon-sequestration/

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Congressional testimony of NIH Director undermines everything Fauci said about covid – Fauci aide boasted about disappeared email messages – “delete anything I don’t want to see in the New York Times”

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/testimony-of-top-public-health-official-during-covid-is-made-public-undermining-everything-fauci-said/ar-BB1mIZto

·???????? https://usrtk.org/covid-19-origins/fauci-aide-make-emails-disappear-including-smoking-guns/

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ex-fauci-top-adviser-offers-apologies-and-excuses-after-covid-email-revelations/ar-BB1mSrlB

·???????? https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/23/house-coronavirus-subcommittee-accuses-former-fauci-advisor-of-engaging-in-alleged-wrongdoing-and-illegal-activity/

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Infected Blood Inquiry report released in the UK – many died of HIV/AIDS & Hep C – preventable tragedy

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/victims-cry-hug-and-cheer-chairman-as-infected-blood-inquiry-report-released/ar-BB1mJmoP ?

·???????? https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/theresa-may-british-government-sajid-javid-nhs-b1159051.html

·???????? https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/20/uk-infected-blood-scandal-report-confirms-this-tragedy-was-preventable

·???????? https://www.england.nhs.uk/2024/05/publication-of-the-infected-blood-inquiry-final-report/

·???????? Inquiry homepage:? https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/

·???????? 7-volume Report:? https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/reports/inquiry-report

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Snowy 2.0 project to produce snowmelt hydropower is “potentially doomed” in Australia – cost $13B+

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/expert-claims-snowy-hydro-2-0-project-will-never-produce-power/ar-BB1mLg9g

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UN recognizing “right to a healthy environment” does not make it so – UN is not God but continues to push “man-made global warming” mythology

·???????? https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21052024/amnesty-international-climate-impacts-human-rights/

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Biden to release 1M barrels of gasoline from NE reserve attempting to lower gasoline prices – did not work when he released massive amounts of petroleum from Strategic Reserve (which he is not replacing) – repeating a bad mistake

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/biden-releasing-1-million-barrels-of-gasoline-from-northeast-reserve-in-bid-to-lower-prices-at-pump/ar-BB1mNcLU

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Farmington High School staff removes Tribal Regalia at graduation – disrespectful of Indigenous heritage

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/navajo-leaders-outraged-by-removal-of-student-s-tribal-regalia-at-graduation/ar-BB1mN0bf

·???????? https://sourcenm.com/2024/05/17/navajo-leaders-outraged-after-a-lakota-students-tribal-regalia-was-removed-at-graduation/

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BLM will end 45-day public comment period will end 3 June on Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Mine Project in Esmeralda County, Nevada – Project being pushed & subsidized by Biden – “greenwashing extinction”

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/deadline-nears-for-public-input-on-proposed-rhyolite-ridge-lithium-mine-project/ar-BB1mMgUZ

·???????? BLM National NEPA Register:? https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2012309/510

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Tornadoes snaps & topples wind turbines in Iowa - video

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/watch-tornadoes-tear-down-wind-turbine-cause-extensive-damage-in-iowa/ar-BB1mNZFq

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Utah DOT announced construction of 19 paved tails using $95M inaugural funding – costs range up to $4M per mile and more

·???????? https://ksltv.com/648225/udot-to-build-60-miles-of-paved-trails-as-part-of-utah-trail-network/

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Norsk Kjernekraft plans to construct off-grid small modular nuclear reactors - 50 TWh to 233 TWh capacity

·???????? https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Norsk-Kjernekraft-focuses-on-off-grid-SMR-projects

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Once again recognizing that decades-old FEMA maps do not fully capture flood risk in Florida – might it have something to do with the explosive urban growth?

·???????? https://www.cfpublic.org/environment/2024-05-20/decades-old-maps-dont-capture-central-floridas-flooding-risk

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Yet another warning of the vulnerability of water infrastructure to cyber attacks – “critical vulnerabilities”

·???????? https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2024/05/more-70-surveyed-water-systems-failed-meet-epa-cyber-standards/396727/

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Planned development of 10GW “green hydrogen” production facility in South Australia on Eyre Peninsula

·???????? https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/05/22/amp-finalizes-agreements-for-10-gw-green-hydrogen-project/

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Does sprawling Austin, Texas, really need an $8.7 ‘mini-city’ called Emerald Island built on farm lands?

·???????? https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/projects/2024/05/a-futuristic-community-may-soon-rise-near-austin

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Preliminary economic loss estimated at $5B - $7B caused by recent windstorm in Houston, Texas

·???????? https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2024/05/20/323756.htm

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Roads are destroying affect all living things – “Crossings – how road ecology is shaping the future of our planet” – fragmenting & paving over habitats

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/how-roads-are-destroying-well-all-living-things/ar-AA1hNeTl

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Adverse impacts of solar power on agricultural lands – loss of productive agricultural acreage & long-term soil health issues – solar could occupy 10.3M acres by 2050

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/report-weighs-impact-of-utility-scale-solar-on-farmlands/ar-BB1mS0n1

·???????? https://www.cfra.org/sifting-through-solar

·???????? Report:? https://www.cfra.org/sites/default/files/publications/Sifting%20through%20Solar-%20%20Land-Use%20Concerns%20on%20Prime%20Farmland%20WEB.pdf

·???????? Solar Futures Report:? https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2021-09/Solar%20Futures%20Study.pdf

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Wildfire risk to homes increasing due to invasive cheat grass in Nevada & across the West

·???????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-rising-threat-of-cheat-grass-homes-at-increased-risk-of-wildfires/ar-BB1mSOpE

Nature editorial pushing for WHO Global Pandemic Treaty that would give draconian power – and if you thought the last plandemic was bad, just wait to see what WHO does next time because covid deaths had nothing to do with the “principle of equity” & the GPT is all about power and control & greed

·???????? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01464-z

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Some history of testing & man-made PFAS forever chemicals which were first developed in the 1940s and are now ubiquitous

·???????? https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story

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May predictions for highest hurricane season 2024:? 8-13 hurricanes and 17-25 named storms with 85% chance of above-normal season along Atlantic seaboard – makes for good headline, but is it accurate?

·???????? https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/noaa-issues-highest-ever-may-145553366.html

·???????? NOAA 2023 prediction:? https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/2023-atlantic-hurricane-season-outlook \

·???????? CSU 2023 prediction:? https://source.colostate.edu/csu-researchers-predict-active-2023-atlantic-hurricane-season/

·???????? NOAA 2023 reported:? https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/2023-atlantic-hurricane-season-ranks-4th-for-most-named-storms-in-year

·???????? Accuracy of forecasts 2010-2020:? https://www.wfla.com/weather/tracking-the-tropics/tracking-the-tropics-how-accurate-are-hurricane-season-forecasts/

·???????? Accuracy of models:? https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/06/which-hurricane-models-should-you-trust-in-2023/

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New report criticizes EPA “no findings” in assessing use of federal funding for water infrastructure in Jackson, Mississippi

·???????? https://grist.org/accountability/epa-federal-money-jackson-mississippi-water-crisis/

·???????? Report:? https://www.pogo.org/investigations/how-lax-epa-oversight-enabled-jacksons-water-crisis

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$310M settlement by DOJ with Norfolk Southern for East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment & chemical spills – includes cleanup, penalties for violating Clean Water Act & monitoring – no admission of wrongdoing

·???????? https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4681827-norfolk-southern-ohio-train-derailment-settlement-biden-adminsitration-310-million/

·???????? https://qz.com/norfolk-southern-east-palestine-derailment-settlement-1851397859

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Update:? the dilemma of residential solar power in California – net-metering policy & declining installations

·???????? https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/more-batteries-less-solar-californias-solar-turmoil-in-charts

·???????? Report:? https://eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/ca_nem_3.0_technical_brief.pdf

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$225M funding promised to improve drinking water & wastewater services of Alaska Native Villages

·???????? https://www.webcenterfairbanks.com/2024/05/22/225-million-declared-improve-drinking-water-wastewater-services-alaska-native-villages/

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Deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea – 100s feared dead in Kaokalam village

·???????? https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/landslide-remote-papua-new-guinea-village-kills-about-100-abc-says-2024-05-24/

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EPA formally denies state plan for continued coal ash waste storage in unlined pits in Alabama – Alabama DEM says program “meets all legal, environmental & other requirements” & will legally appeal

·???????? https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23052024/epa-denies-alabama-coal-ash-waste-plan/

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Greatest concentration of data centers in the world in Virginia requires new natural gas plants for growing power demand

·???????? https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24052024/virginia-data-center-market-electricity-demand/

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“infringing on human rights” – do they not understand what Gilbert White said? That natural events are acts of God and disasters are acts of man – toxic pollution, water shortages, desertification, over-population & building in hazardous areas, etc. are human caused

·???????? https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21052024/amnesty-international-climate-impacts-human-rights/

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Will fermentation-based production of cellulose result in a bio-based replacement for petrochemicals commonly found in many personal care products? – “green chemistry” to “make money”

·???????? https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/24/super-bacteria-are-scaling-up-to-attack-the-petrochemical-industry/

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Mayor of Hempstead Village, New York, wants federal financing for new water treatment system estimated at $55M following discover of elevated levels of 1.4-dioxane in nine drinking water wells

·???????? https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/05/new-york-mayor-appeals-to-federal-government-over-water-contamination-crisis/

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5-day fire at 250MW facility in San Diego, California, again raises concerns about safety of lithium-ion battery storage projects

·???????? https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/2024/05/five-day-battle-blaze-engulfs-major-lithium-ion-energy-facility/

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Water quality under-represented in assessments of global water crisis due to excessive human demands & waste production – a man-made crisis

·???????? https://phys.org/news/2024-05-global-crisis-looms-large-quality.html

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Animals self-medicating with plants for millennia – observed by humans & learned some lessons

·???????? https://theconversation.com/animals-self-medicate-with-plants-behavior-people-have-observed-and-emulated-for-millennia-229768

·???????? https://www.terradaily.com/reports/People_have_observed_animals_self-medicate_with_plants_for_millennia_999.html

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Primary causes of death in National Parks 2014-2019:? suicides (381), driving (370), drowning (314) & hiking (255) with falls accounting for 206 deaths

·???????? https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2024/05/no-1-cause-death-national-parks-driving

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