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IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Hurricane Beryl barrels into Texas as 146 million Americans suffer amid extended, record-shattering heat wave; US Supreme Court’s rightwing supermajority delivers big for polluters; PLUS: Biden unveils first-ever standards to protect workers from extreme heat… All that and more in today’s Green News Report!

Green News Report with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen 7/9/2024

‘Green News Report’ – July 9, 2024  |  With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...   · · · · ·   ‘Green News Report’ – July 9, 2024  |  With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...

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IN ‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (see links below): Heat and a hurricane descend on the U.S., other wild weather around the world; As Beryl surged toward Texas, scientists found global warming intensified it; A guide to Project 2025, the extreme right-wing agenda for the next Republican administration; Can the UK regain its green mojo?; Midwest floods, widespread heat waves are undermining US transportation systems; Trump’s environmental agenda: Embrace Big Oil, ignore the climate crisis; Aggressive tick species spreads across US thanks to global warming; How to create a ‘world without waste?’ Here are the plastic industry’s ideas… PLUS: The Supreme Incompetents: The justices are awful at their jobs, and they don’t know that they are awful at their jobs… and much, MUCH more! …

STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY’S ‘GREEN NEWS REPORT’…

• Hurricane Beryl barrels across Caribbean, Mexico, and Texas:
• Live updates: Tracking Tropical Storm Beryl: Interactive storm radar, latest cone and impacts (WDSU New Orleans)
• AP PHOTOS: From the Caribbean to Texas, Hurricane Beryl leaves a trail of destruction (AP)
• Track tornado warnings across Texas as Hurricane Beryl remnants spawn severe weather (USA Today)
• Beryl leaves hot misery in its wake as the still-dangerous storm churns over the US interior (AP)
• Millions Without Power, Several Dead After Beryl Pummels Texas (MSN)
• Beryl moves into the Gulf of Mexico after battering Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, takes aim at Texas (AP)
• Beryl heads toward Jamaica as a major hurricane after ripping through southeast Caribbean (AP)
• Hurricane Beryl destroys crops in Jamaica, leaves islanders facing food shortages (AP)
• 146 million Americans suffer amid extended extreme heat wave:
• US heat wave turns deadly as high temperatures continue to scorch the West (CNN)
• Nearly Half Of U.S. Under Heat-Related Warnings Today As Western States Sizzle (Forbes):
  In its Tuesday morning update, the National Weather Service said no let-up is expected “to the string of record high temperatures being set across large portions of the West,” as the high-pressure system causing the heat wave remains “locked in place” over the region.
• Intense Heat Suspected in 4 Weekend Deaths in Oregon (NY Times)
• Tourists still flock to Death Valley amid searing US heat wave blamed for several deaths (AP)
• ‘Unprecedented’ heat wave in California brings death, fires, all-time highs (LA Times)
• VIDEO: Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe: “Everything We’ve Predicted is Coming True” (MSNBC)
• US Supreme Court’s rightwing supermajority delivers big for polluters:
• Elena Kagan Is Horrified by What the Supreme Court Just Did. You Should Be Too. (Slate):
  The Supreme Court fundamentally altered the way that our federal government functions on Friday, transferring an almost unimaginable amount of power from the executive branch to the federal judiciary.
• Supreme Court Chevron ruling hamstrings the executive branch (Greenwire):
  “Whether they’re making food safer, air cleaner or safeguarding prescription drugs, agencies need to be able to respond to complex problems the modern world throws at us,” [David Doniger, senior attorney at the NRDC and the lawyer who made the losing argument in the 1984 Chevron case] said. “This decision is profoundly destabilizing and leaves policy “” and public health “” up to the individual preferences and political biases of unaccountable judges.”
• EPA lost big at the Supreme Court this term. There’s more to come. (E&E News)
• Supreme Court ruling threatens clean energy tax credits and much more (Canary Media)
• Mother doesn’t always know best: Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch overturns his mom’s victory (USA Today)
• Corporate litigation against agencies will skyrocket after Chevron ruling – ex-prosecutor (Daily Express US):
  It was particularly crucial when it came to environmental law, leaving many legal experts terrified of the impact the rollback would have on the climate.
• Additional SCOTUS rulings gut federal government’s ability to protect public health:
• Supreme Court blocks EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’ air pollution rule (SCOTUSblog)
• Supreme Court Corrects EPA Opinion After Gorsuch Confuses Laughing Gas With Air Pollutant (Forbes)
• Supreme Court Decision on Corner Post Jeopardizes Environmental Protections (Earth Justice):
  The Supreme Court’s decision today in favor of Corner Post, Inc., alters the statute of limitations for challenging agency actions, threatening the stability of the many rules that provide us with stable, effective protections from the unchecked power of corporations like polluting industries.
• A String of Supreme Court Decisions Hits Hard at Environmental Rules (NY Times):
  Four cases backed by conservative activists in recent years have combined to diminish the power of the Environmental Protection Agency.
• Biden unveils first-ever extreme heat protections for workers:
• Biden Pushes to Stop Heat Deaths after Decades of Delay (Scientific American):
  It took 50 years and skyrocketing temperatures before the government proposed heat protections for workers…But the rule’s fate hinges on the outcome of a chaotic presidential election and a Supreme Court decision issued last week that made it easier to challenge federal regulations.
• Biden proposes new rule to protect 36 million workers from extreme heat (AP)
• VIDEO: Pres. Biden discusses extreme weather, new actions to protect workers from excessive heat (YouTube)
• Biden Calls Climate Denial ‘Dumb,’ Announces New Heat Protections for Workers (NY Times)
• Biden admin unveils first-ever heat protections for workers. Here’s what to know. (Grist)
• VIDEO: Biden outlines new climate plan in DC (WUSA-Washington DC):
  Biden announced five initiatives:
  New federal safety standards for excessive heat in the workplace.
  a FEMA plan to improve flood resistant infrastructure
  $1 billion in grants from FEMA to help protect communities against natural disasters
  Examine a new EPA report on climate change to better prepare for the future
  Later this summer, the president will convene a White House summit on extreme heat.

‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (Stuff we didn’t have time for in today’s audio report)…

For a comprehensive roundup of daily environmental news you can trust, see the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Daily Headlines page

• Heat and a hurricane descend on the U.S., other wild weather around the world (AP)
• As Beryl Surged Toward Texas, Scientists Found Global Warming Intensified It (Inside Climate News)
• The Supreme Incompetents: The justices are awful at their jobs, and they don’t know that they are awful at their jobs. (Vox)
• A guide to Project 2025, the extreme right-wing agenda for the next Republican administration (Media Matters)
• A Seismic Supreme Court Decision: Here’s how the end of the Chevron doctrine could affect climate regulation. (NY Times)
• Can UK Regain Green MoJo? (This Is Not Cool blog)
• Trump’s Environmental Agenda: Embrace Big Oil, Ignore the Climate Crisis (Fast Company)
• Midwest Floods, Widespread Heat Waves Are Undermining U.S. Transportation Systems (Inside Climate News)
• Trump’s Environmental Agenda: Embrace Big Oil, Ignore the Climate Crisis (Fast Company)
• What To Know About An Aggressive Tick Species Spreading Across The U.S. (Washington Post)
• Border Town Firefighters Scramble To Save Migrants From Extreme Summer Heat (NPR)
• How To Create A ‘World Without Waste’? Here Are The Plastic Industry’s Ideas. (Grist)
• Fight Over Seabed Agency Leadership Turns Nasty (NY Times)
• VIDEO: John Oliver on Trump’s Project 2025: Blueprint for the Death of Democracy (This Is Not Cool blog)
• Is the Atlantic Overturning Circulation Approaching a Tipping Point? (The Oceanography Society)
• How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists (Drilled)
• Abrupt reduction in shipping emission as an inadvertent geoengineering termination shock produces substantial radiative warming (Nature)
• Texas’ First Flood Plan Estimates 5 Million Live In Flood-Prone Areas (Texas Tribune)
• How Reviving Medieval Farming Offers Wildlife An Unexpected Haven (Guardian)
• VIDEO: PBS Newshour on Extreme Heat Across the Planet (This Is Not Cool blog)
• What to do when facing extended summer power outages (AP)
• How To Spot 5 Of The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Biggest Disinformation Tactics (Guardian)
• The Oceans We Knew Are Already Gone (The Atlantic)
• ‘In A Word, Horrific’: Trump’s Extreme Anti-Environment Blueprint (Guardian)
• Plug-in hybrids vs. electric cars: We did the math on which is better for you (Washington Post)
• How to electrify your life when you rent (The Verge)
• Complete Series: Farmers Under Attack for Supporting Clean Energy (This Is Not Cool blog)
• These are the places most at risk from record-breaking heat waves as the planet warms (CNN)
• Feeling Overwhelmed About Going All-Electric at Home? Here’s How to Get Started (Inside Climate News)
• Feeling Hopeless About the Climate? Try Our 30-Day Action Plan (The Revelator)
• Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration (Pro Publica)
• Exxon’s Snake Oil: 100 years of deception (Columbia Journalism Review)
• VIDEO: A Message From the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (The Intercept)
• Project Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming (Drawdown.org)
• An Optimist’s Guide to Solving Climate Change and Saving the World (Vice)