How wildfire smoke put Bordeaux’s wine at risk https://www.diningandcooking.com/2829388/how-wildfire-smoke-put-bordeauxs-wine-at-risk/ #2026Bordeaux #agriculture #Australia #california #fermentation #flavors #pollution #smoke #SmokeTaint #wildfires #Wine #wineindustry
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https://www.europesays.com/3274138/ Hawaiian Electric still plans to retire Maui’s fossil fuel plants despite EPA easing greenhouse gas restrictions : Maui Now #biden #ClimateChange #electricity #Energy #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #EPA #FossilFuels #GasPrice #GreenhouseGasEmissions #HawaiianElectric #KahuluiPowerPlant #LiquefiedNaturalGas #lng #LNGPrice #MaalaeaGeneratingStation #MaalaeaPowerPlant #MauiCounty #NaturalGas #npcrosspost #pollution #power #RenewableEnergy #trump
https://www.europesays.com/3276858/ Trump administration set to roll out lower fuel economy standards for cars, light trucks #AutoIndustry #AutoSafety #business #cars #ElectricVehicles #EnergyEfficiencyAndConservation #GeneralNews #IndustryRegulation #IranWar #OilAndGasIndustry #Politics #pollution #RoadSafety #TheWhiteHouse #TransportationTechnology #TrumpAdministration #USNews
Photogenic ecological disturbances - The world as an instagram backdrop
* Social media users aim to capture the perfect picture to post of a devastated mining landscape >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-29/heathcote-pink-cliffs-attracts-tik-tok-tourists/107189304
* "By staging and aesthetically transforming nature, Instagrammers medially reverse the destruction of nature and create idealized landscapes that evoke a bygone, pre-industrial era and an intact human-nature relationship." >>
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666378325000224
#mining #extractivism #LandDestruction #ContaminatedLand #pollution #LingeringDamages #liabilities #MaterialResidues #Instagrammability #SocialMedia #Landscapes #photography #nature #destruction #legacy
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-gas-wastewater-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oklahoma #Oil #Gas #Environment #Pollution #Regulation
NEW: Officials in New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, spent millions of dollars drafting separate plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Neither plan took into account how the construction of three new data centers could upend climate goals in both places.
https://www.propublica.org/article/data-centers-texas-new-mexico-greenhouse-gas-emissions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NewMexico #ElPaso #Texas #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment #DataCenters #Energy #Pollution