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Are Wildfires Getting Worse Due to Climate Change?

Breezometer

Wildfires are Definitely Getting Larger. At the time of writing, the Beckwourth Complex Fire raging along the Nevada state line has become the largest wildfire of the year in California, born out of a combination of two lightning-caused blazes. By July 12th, the fire had already consumed roughly 91,200 acres. The Verdict?

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Survey Shows Pathway To Speeding Up EV Adoption in Rural Areas

Union of Concerned Scientists

Plus, some vehicles, such as the F-150 Lightning, are set up to export power, becoming a potential backup generator, right there in one’s garage. According to the Consumer Reports 2022 survey, 29 percent of rural drivers would definitely or seriously consider buying or leasing an EV. What is to be done to address this adoption gap?

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Comparing the Risks of Climate Change and Geoengineering

Legal Planet

A proposal for a non-use agreement has provided a lightning rod for dispute. The analysis should start from a clear definition, and identify exactly which additional climate risks might be plausibly averted by geoengineering. But the risk-risk framing forms part of an increasingly polarised solar geoengineering debate.

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Considering An EV and Live in a Rural Area? Here are Five Things to Know About Charging

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Ford F-150 Lightning, for example, advertises the ability to power a home for three to 10 days (depending on power rationing) in the event of a grid outage. That is especially important if the portable generator you would otherwise use runs on dirty diesel or gasoline.

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Is Agrochemical Contamination Killing Nebraska’s Children?

Circle of Blue

We may not be able to find something definitive for cancer, but at least it’s helping people to identify that this is something we need to be thinking about.”. In the field of epidemiology, and especially in drinking water assessments, no single study is ever definitive. This could be an issue.’”.

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Tribune-Review Column: Where There's Smoke, There's Wildfires And Serious Questions To Answer

PA Environment Daily

Definitely no impact on me, right? Dry conditions, certain seasons, lightning. It might even be that the problem seems completely separate from you. This would be another electric bill story. This time it was my neighbor’s bill. Not my fault it ended up in my mailbox. It was a week later that she came back and opened her fridge.

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ESA Policy News: March 6, 2023

ESA

The definition in the rule includes ‘navigable waters’, wetlands and other bodies of water adjacent to them if they are connected with ‘relatively permanent’ waters. The Biden administration said that rule aims to create a ‘durable’ definition of the Waters of the U.S.

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