Environment Agency tells staff to ignore pollution complaints, says ex-employee | Environment Agency | The Guardian – UK

EA ‘shutting down’ calls from public about rivers, says former worker Helen Nightingale, leading waterways to deteriorate
— Read on www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/29/environment-agency-tells-staff-to-ignore-river-pollution-complaints-age-of-extinction

Honda, LG Set to Build $4.4 Billion EV Battery Plant in US – Bloomberg

Honda Motor Co. and South Korean battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd. will spend $4.4 billion to build a new battery plant in the US as the Japanese carmaker seeks to phase out fossil-fuel vehicles completely by 2040.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-29/honda-lg-will-build-4-4-billion-ev-battery-plant-in-us

Climate scientist: ‘This isn’t a drought. It’s something else;’ ‘The desert just to the south of us is moving our way’ | SummitDaily.com

The above-average monsoon season along the Upper Basin of the Colorado River has brought relief after recent summers suffocated by wildfire smoke in the American West. But, according to Brad Udall, senior water and climate research scientist at…
— Read on www.summitdaily.com/news/climate-scientist-this-isnt-a-drought-its-something-else-the-desert-just-to-the-south-of-us-is-moving-our-way/

‘Zombie ice’ from Greenland will raise sea level 10 inches | AP News

Zombie ice from the massive Greenland ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10 inches (27 centimeters) on its own, according to a study released Monday. Zombie or doomed ice is ice that is still attached to thicker areas of ice, but is no longer getting fed by those larger glaciers.
— Read on apnews.com/article/science-oceans-glaciers-greenland-climate-and-environment-9cd7662658ebbeaba05682352de8aa87