Headline News:
- “Extreme Flooding Led To Concerning Decrease In Rice Yields” • Extreme flooding has led to a significant reduction in one of the world’s most important food staples, a paper that appeared in Science Advances found. Devastating floods in Asia and nearby regions between 1980 and 2015 has caused rice yields to decrease by 4.3% annually. [ABC News]
Rice paddies showing normal flooding (Steve Douglas, Unsplash)
- “Groups Warn Trump Executive Orders Would Spike Cancers Caused by Exposure to Nuclear Radiation” • More than forty civil society groups signed a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, calling on officials not to revise its Standards for Protection Against Radiation, as they were directed to earlier this year by Trump. [Common Dreams]
- “Used EVs Pull New Duty As Guardians Of The Grid” • Used EVs are the gift that keeps on giving. As bidirectional charging gets more common, the up-and-coming crop of used EVs will provide owners and fleet managers with new opportunities to help balance their grid, build resiliency for their community, and potentially make money. [CleanTechnica]
- “Preliminary Findings Show Fatigue Crack Caused Keystone Pipeline Oil Spill” • A fatigue crack in the Keystone Pipeline led to an oil spill in North Dakota this year that released thousands of barrels of oil onto farmland, said pipeline operator South Bow. Mechanical and metallurgical analysis found the pipe and welds met industry standards. [ABC News]
- “Toyota Commissions New Battery Factory And Pledges $10 Billion Investment In US ” • Toyota has announced the start of production at its new battery plant in Liberty, North Carolina. It is Toyota’s eleventh US plant and the company’s first battery plant outside of Japan. The facility cost $14 billion and will create up to 5,100 American jobs. [CleanTechnica]
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