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Reports Of Environmental Problems Caused By Ida Begin To Trickle In

"Information about potential environmental threats caused by Hurricane Ida have been slow in coming, but initial reports to the Coast Guard's National Response Center and the state Department of Environmental Quality confirm there were releases of crude oil, fuel oils and a variety of chemicals in numerous locations in southeastern Louisiana on the day before and the day of the storm."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 09/01/2021

"Biden Opens New Federal Office for Climate Change, Health and Equity"

"Amid deadly heat waves and new evidence showing that wildfire smoke may contribute to premature births, the Biden administration is creating a new federal office to address the health consequences of climate change and their disproportionate effects on poor communities."

Source: NYTimes, 08/31/2021

"California’s Plan to Make New Buildings Greener Will Also Raise Costs"

"A recent building code change for new construction could reduce emissions by requiring use of solar panels and batteries, raising prices in an already expensive state."

Source: NYTimes, 08/30/2021

"Populations In High-Risk Climate Areas Grow: Redfin"

"Populations in areas of the United States at high risk for climate disasters are growing, according to an analysis done by real estate listing service Redfin."

Source: The Hill, 08/27/2021

"Indoor Air Pollution Remains a Deadly—and Unregulated—Problem"

"Harmful indoor air quality has been listed as one of the top five environmental risks to public health, according to Environmental Protection Agency comparative risk studies. Yet there’s no comprehensive regulation that addresses those harms outside of a patchwork of protections and standards of care."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/26/2021

"Heat Kills. This Underfunded Program Could Help."

"Heat kills in the big city. So does lack of air conditioning. Of the roughly 70 New Yorkers directly killed by heat exposure in their own homes over the past decade, the majority — some 80% — did not own air conditioners, and those who did weren’t running them when they died."

Source: E&E News, 08/24/2021

"Denser Cities Could Be A Climate Boon – But Nimbyism Stands In The Way"

"Drawing people into cities could cut emissions and combat housing crises. But even progressives are hard to convince".

Source: Guardian, 08/23/2021

In Fire Scorched California, Town Aims To Buy At-Risk Properties

Paradise, California has "a new, ambitious town effort to identify the most high risk properties in the burn area and, if there are willing sellers, buy them and turn them into fire resistant green spaces."

Source: NPR, 08/23/2021

Democrats Spar This Week Over $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan

"House Democrats are preparing to take the first steps Monday toward adopting a roughly $3.5 trillion spending plan that would enable sweeping changes to the nation’s health care, education and tax laws, but new rifts among party lawmakers threaten to stall the package’s swift advance."

Source: Washington Post, 08/23/2021

Mapping a Course to Shrink the Heat Gap Between New York Neighborhoods

"Community organizers and New York residents hope high-resolution maps of hot spots in the Bronx and Manhattan will result in more equitable development."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/20/2021

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