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Kip Hansen’s take – January 7, 2025 – 750 words/3 minutes “You, you, you, you. Boo boo boo boo.”. Small fish swim along the river. He is a happy little fish. And this little fish is very proud. This happy little fish swam alone in the Little Tennessee River, preventing Tellico Reservoir from forming—for six years. This is one of the seminal stories of the great environmental movement of the 1970s. It’s also one of many stories of damaging excesses by the EPA. So, snail darter Thanasi Listed as an endangered species by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It…

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) article “Climate Change Impacts in 2024 Grip Globe” paints a terrifying picture of an earth in chaos, with extreme weather events attributed to man-made climate change. [emphasis, links added] While this narrative is emotionally appealing to low-information readers, it incorrectly confers short-term weather events with long-term climate trends. This is a fundamental error that undermines the scientific integrity of these claims, especially since the World Meteorological Organization itself actually defines what climate is: …average weather conditions at a specific location and over an extended period of time. In addition, historical data shows that humans are…

President Joe Biden's outgoing administration has granted California's special Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exemptions from higher emissions standards for lawn mowers, leaf blowers, refrigerated trucks and off-road vehicles. [emphasis, links added] Politico Friday's report: The moves are President Joe Biden's last-ditch attempt to protect California's progressive climate policies from President-elect Donald Trump, who took office more than two weeks ago and pledged to repeal the state's regulations. The EPA approved the exemptions, which give California the power under the Clean Air Act to set stricter emissions regulations than federal ones, giving the state's nationally-led rules an extra layer of protection…

Michigan is preparing to clear hundreds of acres of forest to make way for solar panel development, MLive reported Thursday. [emphasis, links added] The state will soon begin bidding on approximately 420 acres of forested land near Gaylord, Michigan, to make room for a solar farm while generating revenue and advancing the state's long-term green energy goals, MLive reports. There is some evidence that the move would increase emissions, and Michigan is one of the sunniest states in the country. According to an analysis by The Washington Post. “Not everyone is a huge fan of it,” Scott Whitcomb, director of…

Select region northeast Southeast and Gulf great lakes California and Baja northwest meteorologist Tom Allen Kerry Anderson Claire Dupont Chelsea Frese Shay Gibson William Gidley Mike Godsey Steve Gregg David Herman Justin Hopkins Oaklin Keefe Mike Reba Kate Rooney benjamin miller Mark Neve Hank Pomeranz Matt Souders Hans van Benschoten Brad Wheelwright Menu Select region northeast Southeast and Gulf great lakes California and Baja northwest meteorologist Tom Allen Kerry Anderson Claire Dupont Chelsea Frese Shay Gibson William Gidley Mike Godsey Steve Gregg David Herman Justin Hopkins Oaklin Keefe Mike Reba Kate Rooney benjamin miller Mark Neve Hank Pomeranz Matt Souders…

Article by Eric Worrell “…people are spending more time outdoors…they are more likely to go to the beach or park…which means their homes will be left unattended…” Crime changes: Surprising link between rising temperatures and rising crime rates As temperatures continue to soar, a sobering study has found that climate change will lead to 72,000 new crimes in Australia each year. Adelaide LongJanuary 5, 2025 – 5:00 pm Australia will have to deal with an additional 1.64 million crimes caused by climate change over the remainder of this century, a shocking study has found. Researchers Sefa Awaworyi Churchill, Russell Smyth…

With few exceptions, the common law upon which U.S. jurisprudence is based applies one of two “burdens of proof” in litigation: the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard used in criminal proceedings, which requires a very high threshold for convincing evidence; The “preponderance of the evidence” standard widely used in civil cases is a 51 percent test that shows a party's claim is “more likely than not” to be true. [emphasis, links added] These standards are effectively applied to address environmental issues such as global warming and ecotoxins. In science, there was once a logical process based on hypothetical ideas, which…

Snow began falling in Baltimore before dawn Monday, accumulating several inches for the first time in nearly a year. Up to 8 inches of snow is expected in Baltimore, with more likely to fall in southern areas as daytime highs reach as high as 28 degrees. About 3.8 inches of snow fell at BWI Marshall Airport around 7 a.m. Monday, and Dulles International Airport also recorded 4.2 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. On Sunday, Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore County Public Schools, Carroll County Public Schools, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Harford County Public Schools, Howard…

About two weeks before President-elect Trump takes office, President Joe Biden blocked new offshore oil and gas drilling in several areas of the country. [emphasis, links added] Biden announced he would block new drilling along the entire East Coast and in California, Oregon and Washington state. The president's move also blocks some drilling in parts of the northern Bering Sea and eastern Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Alaska “Drilling off these coasts could cause irreversible damage to the places we hold dear and is unnecessary to meeting our nation's energy needs. It is not worth the risk,” Biden…

Transcript: When extreme weather strikes, pet shelters can struggle to care for the dogs and cats in their facilities. For example, last fall Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina… Neff: “Most facilities have no water, no electricity.” Mark Neff is president and CEO of the Forsyth Humane Society in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which is outside the hardest-hit area. To help, his team collected donations of food, water and supplies. They then work with the Bissell Pet Foundation and other agencies to fly these supplies to areas in need and evacuate shelter pets back to their own facility and to other…