Five Climate Links
“Carbon Tracker, a London-based think tank, cautioned last week that higher oil prices may lead energy companies to invest billions in new drilling projects that could undermine international efforts to fight climate change.” (via.)
“EPA Launches Investigation Into North Carolina Hog Operations.”
“Still, more than 50 years after the passage of the landmark federal legislation, the [Pittsburgh’s] air remains among the most polluted in the country. Allegheny County, which includes the city and the surrounding area, is in the top 1 percent of U.S. counties for cancer risk from toxic air pollutants released from stationary sources, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).” (via.)
“Land on Louisiana’s coast, which is at the heart of the state’s energy business, is vanishing at an alarming rate. Oil exploration and fossil fuel pollution — a direct cause of the global warming that is driving the rise in sea levels — are also hastening the coastal erosion chipping away at wetlands that are crucial habitat for fish and other wildlife.” (via.)
Maybe don’t participate in a booming underground cactus market?