Letitia Grenier News Today

We need to be ready for any eventuality, from unprecedented drought to epic floods, and we need to be ready to pivot on a dime.

The 14th annual Clear the Air Challenge in Utah begins July 1. The month-long challenge is designed to encourage Utahns to reduce their vehicle emissions by choosing alternatives to driving alone. The challenge is to use other modes of transportation. ...

With air quality in the news of late, a new report found transitioning to electric vehicles would bring major public health benefits. The American Lung Association report showed moving the nation to 100% emission-free new passenger vehicles, along with non-combustion energy generation by 2035, could bring with it nearly a trillion dollars in public health benefits. The report estimated by 2050 there would be more than 89,000 fewer premature deaths, along with 10.7 million fewer lost workdays. ...

Environmental and community health advocates in Massachusetts are backing new legislation they say will close loopholes in the states clean energy laws and end renewable energy subsidies for burning woody biomass. Lawmakers ensured wood-burning power plants were no longer eligible for credits through the states Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard last session but loopholes in the states clean energy laws still subsidize burning wood for heat and energy. Laura Haight, U.S. ...

Snowmelt from this winters heavy storms threatens significant flooding - and conservation groups are calling for large-scale restoration of wetlands to help absorb excess water. In April, the Biden administration recommended more than $60-million go to projects in Northern California. Janelle Kellman, founder of the nonprofit Center for Sea Rise Solutions, said the escalating climate crisis with its weather whiplash poses a serious threat. ...

A University of California biometeorology team says that results show that the Dutch Slough tidal marsh is acting as a powerful carbon sink.

(With Quartz)

Saving wetlands provides both coastal protection and economic benefits.

'Ghost forests' along the Chesapeake are allowing marshland to thrive beneath the barren canopies, which helps the coastal wetlands that are being destroyed by sea-level rise.

In California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, farmers are converting corn fields to rice in an effort to stop subsidence and reduce carbon emissions.