Jobs in U.S. solar industry reached record high in 2023 & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Thursday, September 19, 2024 “I think calling it climate change is rather limiting. I would rather call it the everything change.” — Margaret Atwood [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [X]( Jobs in U.S. Solar Industry Reached Record High in 2023 The future is looking bright for green jobs in the solar industry. According to the latest National Solar Jobs Census, published by the nonprofit Interstate Renewable Energy Council, solar jobs in the U.S. grew by nearly 6% in 2023. [Read More]( Related: [Solar Power and Battery Storage Lead New Utility-Scale Electricity in U.S. for First Half of 2024]( 22% of San Joaquin Valley Residents Breathing Chemical Pesticides, Study Finds [Pesticides]( are pervasive in the environment — not just as residue on the [produce]( we eat, but in the air we breathe. In the San Joaquin Valley of California, a new [study]( by researchers at University of California, Davis (UC Davis) Health has found that 22 percent of adults who participated in an air-quality study, along with 10 percent of [children]( are breathing in detectable levels of pesticides, including the dangerous chemical chlorpyrifos that has been banned in the state. [Read More]( Related: [Washing Produce Such as Apples and Cucumbers May Not Be Enough to Remove Pesticides, Study Finds]( Deforestation and Wildfires in Brazil Contributing to ‘Most Intense and Widespread Drought in History’ Brazil is facing its worst [drought]( on record, fueled by widespread deforestation and wildfire destruction in the Amazon and surrounding regions, scientists say. [Read More]( Related: [New Images Show Largest Uncontacted Indigenous Tribe on Earth Dangerously Close to Loggers in Peruvian Amazon]( Typhoon Bebinca Makes Landfall in Shanghai as Strongest Tropical Cyclone to Strike City in 75 Years [China]( financial hub of Shanghai was hit by Typhoon Bebinca on Monday morning as it made landfall as a Category 1 tropical cyclone. It was the most powerful storm to make a direct hit on the city in over seven decades. [Read More]( Related: [Devastating Typhoon Gaemi Was Intensified by Climate Change, Study Finds]( 3 Southern California Wildfires Destroy Dozens of Homes, Scorch More Than 100,000 Acres Firefighters took advantage of cooler weather on Wednesday as they battled three [wildfires]( in Southern [California]( — the Bridge Fire, the Airport Fire and the Line Fire — that have destroyed dozens of mountain homes and a ski resort and prompted tens of thousands of evacuations. [Read More]( Related: [California Facing Extreme Heat Wave Amid Wildfires]( New USGS Map Outlines Areas at Biggest Risk of Landslides A new map from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reveals the areas of the country that are at biggest risk from landslides. [Read More]( Related: [Greenland Landslide Triggered Seismic Event That ‘Shook the Earth’ for Nine Days]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2024 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](