GOP think tank shows plan to decimate Biden’s climate progress, cut the EPA if a Republican wins 2024 presidential election & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Thursday, August 24, 2023 “One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognise a problem before it becomes an emergency.” — Arnold H Glasow Heritage Foundation Shows Plan to Decimate Biden’s Climate Progress, Cut the EPA if a Republican Wins 2024 Presidential Election Conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation recently released a 920-page [blueprint]( to drastically eliminate, or outright reverse, many of the climate change policies and laws put in place by the Biden administration, if a Republican wins the White House in 2024. [Read More]( Related: [Biden Pledges $1.5 Billion to Fight Climate Change, Deforestation. GOP Seeks to Gut IRA]( Japan to Begin Releasing Water From Fukushima Nuclear Plant Into Pacific Ocean Japan announced Tuesday that it would begin releasing treated, diluted radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as early as Aug. 24. The plan is to release the water into the Pacific Ocean over the course of 30 years. [Read More]( Related: [Japan Plans to Extend Nuclear Reactor Lifespans, in Major Energy Policy Shift]( Discarded Aloe Peels Could Make a Sustainable Agricultural Insecticide, Study Finds The peels of the aloe vera plant — as aloe barbadensis is commonly called — are routinely thrown away as agricultural [waste]( but scientists have found that these rinds can ward off bugs, acting as a natural insecticide for [crops](. [Read More]( Related: [Pesticides 101: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]( Wealthiest 10% of Americans Responsible for 40% of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Study Finds According to a new University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) [study]( Americans whose income is in the top 10 percent are responsible for 40 percent of the total [greenhouse gas emissions]( in the country. It’s the first study to connect income with the emissions used to generate it. [Read More]( Related: [Environmental Justice: Everything You Need to Know]( Drinking Water for 26 Million Americans Contaminated With Dangerous Levels of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals,’ New EPA Data Says The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released new [data]( that shows the [drinking water]( consumed by 26 million Americans across the country is contaminated with dangerous levels of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ([PFAS]( “[forever chemicals]( [Read More]( Related: [Nearly Half of U.S. Drinking Water Contains PFAS: USGS Study]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2023 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](