Josh's Water Jobs and More! 2 April 2024 > 163 Jobs! bit.ly/4aHDWlD
Elaine has a supplemental Environmental Science Bulletin Board listing this week. She is responsible for all the listings below this line except for the quote. I added Josh's Water Jobs above.
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Environmental Science Bulletin Board - Supplemental Listing 3 April 2024
Perspective: Seven hard truths about the “climate crisis” – they forgot number 8 – it is not real
Illegal aliens becoming increasingly more aggressive at US Border – increasing risk to Border Agents
Hyundai bringing back internal combustion engine division
Scare-mongering about avian flu – devastating economic loss due to deliberate cull of poultry – headline should include that person diagnosed has only exhibited mild symptoms – NO need for another pandemic
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02042024/todays-climate-bird-flu-migration-disease/
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/avian-flu-devastates-californias-poultry-farms-as-new-wave-of-outbreaks-roils-industry
- https://apnews.com/article/disease-outbreaks-iowa-business-health-bird-flu-2c9ca4b3d04f3c0269a1fee233daa3a6
Antibiotic resistance increasing on a global scale complicated by antibiotic tolerance
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/looming-global-crisis-rising-tide-of-antibiotic-resistance/ar-BB1jvA1s
- Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2310852121
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/looming-behind-antibiotic-resistance-is-another-huge-threat-antibiotic-tolerance/ar-AA1d4JtJ
- Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1008892
Plastic food packaging laden with endocrine & metabolic system disrupting chemicals – up to 9,000 chemicals in one sample of cling film
- https://cen.acs.org/business/consumer-products/Plastic-food-packaging-contains-thousands/102/web/2024/03
- Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.3c08250
Not just Canada continuing financial support for fossil fuels
- https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/28/canada-continues-massive-financial-support-for-fossil-fuels/
- https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2023/08/24/fossil-fuel-subsidies-surged-to-record-7-trillion
- https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-proposals-to-reduce-fossil-fuel-subsidies-january-2024
Biocrust of the Arizona desert soils
14 evolutionary traps for humans include: short-termism, overconsumption, biosphere disconnect & lack of social cohesion, large-scale contagion – technological threats (including AI) & political polarization
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/study-identifies-the-14-dead-ends-threatening-humanity/ar-AA1lQSPA
- https://phys.org/news/2023-11-potential-evolutionary-dead-humanity-ways.html
- Paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10645130/
Applying the “S” curve to EVs – “zoomed” past the 5 sales mark – does not preclude slowdowns & setbacks – tipping point in US in 2021 but sales only at 8% despite massive federal subsidies
- https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/28/the-ev-revolution-has-passed-a-tipping-point/
- https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/28/biden-harris-administration-announces-62-million-to-lower-battery-recycling-costs-across-the-nation/
BLM announced final rule to curb waste of natural gas during production on federal & Tribal lands
- https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/28/u-s-interior-department-finalizes-rule-to-reduce-oil-gas-waste-on-public-tribal-lands/
- Rule: https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2024-03/BLM-Waste-Prevention%20Final-Rule-1004-AE79-Unofficial-Prepublication.pdf
Skepticism is warranted toward widespread use of EVs in the future – compelling argument for hybrids
Biochar pros & cons of production & use for carbon sequestration
- https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29032024/biochar-carbon-sequestration/
- https://www.enviro.or.id/2022/10/biochar-land-carbon-sequestration-a-benefit-or-a-bother/
- https://www.carbongold.com/biochar-and-enriched-biochar/
- Paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7718465/
Raising false alarms about “climate crisis” & ignoring how policies are contributing to looming electric-grid crisis
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) only partially replenished after failed attempt to lower gas prices in 2021-2022 by releasing 180M barrels – claiming $76.98 per barrel is a “good deal” compared to $24 per barrel in 2020 – SPR is still at lowest level since 1984
- https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOECESER/bulletins/39318fa
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/biden-admin-buys-millions-of-barrels-to-refill-oil-stockpile-but-dems-ripped-trump-for-refill-plan-at-lower-prices/ar-BB1kJpla
- https://dailycaller.com/2022/10/19/flashback-schumer-called-trumps-suggestion-to-fill-up-strategic-petroleum-reserve-a-big-oil-bailout/
Toward an improved understanding of rattlesnakes
Legacy site of the Atomic Age in St Louis County, Missouri
The waxing and waning of the ozone “holes” results from natural processes despite 35-year CFC ban
- https://dailysceptic.org/2024/03/28/record-ozone-holes-reported-despite-35-year-cfc-ban/
- Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42637-0
SCOTUS to decide whether failure of federal government to faithfully execute the laws to protect the US precludes Texas from doing so
Perceptions of common risk associated with PFAS forever chemicals – “significant knowledge gap”
Poor parenting & overtreating children with therapy creating generation of fearful & helpless kids
EV tires cause 1,80 times more particulate pollution than gasoline exhausts
Superfund process started with NPL listing of uranium mining sites on Navajo lands in northeastern Arizona – Lukachukai Mountains Mining District – long and expensive process to follow
Using biological “bug bombs” dropped from drones to fight invasive plant species in West Virginia
SCOTUS refuses to hear appeal case from worker fired by Big Pharma & denied jobless benefits after refusing to be vaxxed for religious beliefs
State Senate in Louisiana unanimously passes bill to ban WHO, WEF & UN from asserting any “jurisdiction or power within the state of Louisiana”
As organic farming increases acreage/number, adjacent conventional farms use more & more pesticides - spillover
- https://news.ucsb.edu/2024/021400/organic-farms-can-have-mixed-effects-pesticide-use-depending-their-neighbors
- Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adf2572
State Senate in Louisiana unanimously passes bill to ban WHO, WEF & UN from asserting any “jurisdiction or power within the state of Louisiana”
Any large gathering of humans including festival attendees are at risk of natural events such as strong storms – increased frequency of disasters result from actions of humans – not “climate change”
Tennessee legislation would classify any food with vaccine or vaccine materials added to them as a drug – concerns on research on putting immunity boosters into lettuce – legislation is precautionary
US DOE to subsidize “endless” source of energy from enhanced geothermal systems - $60M for 3 projects to demonstrate efficacy & scalability – OMG: optimistic goal of providing 10% of power demand by 2050
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/department-of-energy-announces-60m-investment-into-essentially-endless-source-of-energy-these-projects-will-help-us-advance/ar-BB1kUQGn
- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/02/geothermal-energy-electricity
- Report Summary: https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-unveils-roadmap-next-generation-geothermal-power
- Report: https://liftoff.energy.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/LIFTOFF_DOE_NextGen_Geothermal_v14.pdf
Widely-used household disinfectants, glues & textiles contain quaternary compounds and organophosphates that may cause neurological damage to brain cells during vital stages of grain development – exposure through ingestion, inhalation or skin absorption
$7.5 Billion dollars allocated for subsidizing EV charging network – but only 7 stations built in 4 states – only 38 operational individual charging spots is a very poor result
Sonoma County, California, considering initiative to phase out livestock operations & concentrated agricultural feeding operations (CAFOs)
Import of live African elephants and hunting trophies restricted in the US under strengthened Endangered Species Act – new rule effective 1 May 2024
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/import-of-live-african-elephants-and-hunting-trophies-restricted-in-the-us/ar-BB1kWwPn
- Rule: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/01/2024-06417/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-revision-to-the-section-4d-rule-for-the-african
39 illegal aliens of more than 200 who rioted and crashed the Sothern Border will not get reduced bond to ensure they face charges in court
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/migrants-charged-in-border-wall-riot-will-stay-in-jail/ar-BB1kXaxb
Apple is shutting down its 10-year EV project – never produced a single vehicle
Assessment of US landfills using airborne surveys reveals impact of point source emissions of methane
New Jersey imposes “EV Tax” of $250 annually to begin offsetting loss in fuel tax revenue – pay up front for four years of tax & registration
The social & economic consequences of net-zero madness
US EPA wanted to clean up steel mills & cut toxic emissions – then Rust Belt Senators got involved
FDA says toxic PFAS forever chemicals "are no longer being sold for use in food packaging in the US" – manufactures will need around 18 months to use up supplies of old food containers
"The journalism dean is pleased to announce they have hired another retired print journalist to revamp our journalism major for the digital era and to give our students real world experiences! You should hear their stories about reporting during the Reagan era!" - @ass_deans
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