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- The Guardian
California’s largest reservoirs at critically low levels – signaling a dry summer ahead
Images from Lake Oroville and Lake Shasta compiled by the state show ‘a shocking drop in water levels’ compared to years past
- MoneyWise
These common traps are costing you hundreds on electricity, water and heat — here's how to get your utility bills on lock
The average American now spends $114 a month on power, not to mention over $70 on water and over $63 on natural gas.
- The Telegraph
Focus on cats rather than game shooting to cut down animal deaths, RSPB urged
The RSPB should stop targeting game shoots and focus on cats, the head of Countryside Alliance has said.
- Myrtle Beach Sun News
Fatal alligators attacks in Myrtle Beach, SC are rare. What you need to know.
There are about 100,000 alligators prowling along South Carolina. Most live in the Lowcountry, but they’re found elsewhere too.
- The Desert Sun
Given our water crisis, La Quinta surf park plan should have been laughed out the door
La Quinta, our beautiful desert environment, available to all, cannot be replaced if officials allow a surf park development benefitting a rich few.
- MarketWatch
Greta surprises Glastonbury: Stop the oil ‘loopholes,’ she tells roaring crowd
Greta Thunberg roused the crowd at the popular Glastonbury festival into chants of “climate … justice.”
- American City Business Journals
Reshaping the Valley: Homebuilders share updates on 8 master-planned communities in the pipeline
As existing lot supply dwindles for homebuilders, developers are busy gobbling up land to pave the way for new master-planned communities that will bring hundreds of thousands of homes to the Valley. Here's a look at eight that will change the landscape of the Valley.
- Reuters
Exclusive: Phillips 66 made renewable fuels without proper permits - regulators
California regulators allege that U.S. refiner Phillips 66 improperly began processing renewable diesel in a unit at its Rodeo, California refinery, the company confirmed to Reuters. Phillips 66 started to process small volumes of soybean oil at the Rodeo refinery in the first quarter of 2021, the company said last year, part of a plan to become the largest producer of renewable fuels from animal fats and soybean oil in the United States. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) issued a notice of violation in early June, saying the refiner began making renewable diesel without modifying the existing air permit that allows the same type of processing with petroleum feedstocks.
- Bloomberg
Germany Pushes for G-7 Reversal on Fossil Fuels in Climate Blow
(Bloomberg) -- Most Read from BloombergGermany Pushes for G-7 Reversal on Fossil Fuels in Climate BlowSorry Elon Musk. Hyundai Is Quietly Dominating the EV RaceJustice Kavanaugh Says States May Not Bar Travel to Obtain an AbortionProtest Latest: Day Two of Crowds Outside Supreme Court on RoeSupreme Court Overturns Roe, Transforming Abortion-Rights FightGermany is pushing for Group of Seven nations to walk back a commitment that would halt the financing of overseas fossil fuel projects by the end
- People
Irwin Family Opens Crocodile Hunter Lodge in Honor of Late Conservationist: 'Dad Would Be So Proud'
Steve Irwin’s wife, Terri, and children, Bindi and Robert, tell PEOPLE what the Crocodile Hunter Lodge means to their father's legacy
- The Tuscaloosa News
What is the environmental impact of marijuana? | ECOVIEWS
One of marijuana’s greatest negative environmental impacts could well be the result of law enforcement efforts to destroy the crops.
- Business Insider
Giant Burmese python weighing 215 pounds that preyed on white-tailed deer is the heaviest ever captured in Florida, say biologists
A massive Burmese python, an invasive species, was caught and euthanized by biologists in Florida's Picayune Strand State Forest.
- CBS News
Black bear dies after getting trapped in hot car in Tennessee
A black bear in Tennessee died after it entered a car parked at a Sevierville rental cabin possibly searching for food and got trapped in the sweltering heat.
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The 2022 Wisconsin deer season will feature slightly more late hunts and a small drop in antlerless permits
The Natural Resources Board on June 22 approved rules for the Wisconsin deer hunting seasons for this coming fall and winter.
- The Columbus Dispatch
Gardening: How to control the top 10 common harmful insects in the vegetable garden
Just 2% of Earth's 1 million known insect species are harmful to plants, animals or humans. Here are 10 that can damage your vegetable gardens.
- Reuters Videos
Out of season flooding hits Italy's Venice
STORY: The sunset tide was not high enough to activate the Mose flood barriers, launched in 2020 to protect the fragile city from flooding during the high water.Venice's floods are caused by a combination of factors exacerbated by climate change - from rising sea levels and unusual high tides to land subsidence that has pushed down the city ground level.They usually occur in autumn and winter months.
- LA Times
Early signs indicate Southern California finally using less water. But big test lies ahead
Water waste complaints are soaring in Los Angeles, while demand appears to be shrinking across the region.
- GOBankingRates
Rising Gas Prices: The True Cost of Going Electric
Here's a rundown of costs involved so you can make the best decision when buying an electric car.
- Portsmouth Herald
How warming ocean temperatures wiped out Maine’s shrimp industry
Since 2014 fishing for northern shrimp has been banned in the United States. The stock in our area has decreased to the point where they are not reproducing.