Today, the Biden administration finalized stricter limits on #PFAS in drinking water. The new limits will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level that can be reliably measured, improving the health and safety of millions.

Michael Phillis for The Associated Press: apnews.com/article/foreve…

EPA releases final PFAS drinking water rule today, setting strict limits on several common types. With work from Matthew Daly and camille fassett apnews.com/article/foreve…

Amid legal challenges, SEC pauses its climate rule—After the final rule was approved, environmental groups including the Sierra Club also sued, saying the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission weakened rule did not go far enough. apnews.com/article/sec-cl… AP Climate Suman Naishadham

Good AP primer on the Mexican Presidential frontrunner’s contradictions on climate

👉 apnews.com/article/climat…

Mexico's likely next president is a scientist. Politics has her mostly quiet on climate threats apnews.com/article/climat…

Just 57 companies — oil, gas, coal and cement producers — are linked to 80% of the world’s global fossil CO2 emissions since the 2016 Paris climate agreement, according to new research. And most have increased their emissions. ⁦The Guardian⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…

The woman leading the race to become Mexico's next president shared in the Nobel Prize for U.N. reports on climate change. But don't expect to hear about climate in her campaign. AP colleagues Dorany Pineda + Suman Naishadham report on why that is.
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In my latest story I write about how an L.A. program to hire 200 Black workers trained by the L.A. Black Workers is falling short.

49 people have landed jobs in the public works department, but the city has been slow, not as helpful in hiring others.

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“By demanding an immediate and lasting cease-fire, thus permitting the return of regular supply convoys, the U.S. would save many more lives and stave off far more hunger than any number of docks and airdrops,” ⁦Los Angeles Times⁩ editorial board writes: latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Drought, heat and mismanagement make getting fresh water an increasingly tough task around the world. 🚱 #WorldWaterDay2024

bit.ly/3Vy2Qjk by Carlos Mureithi Sibi Arasu Manish Swarup Dorany Pineda Samuel Metz Victoria Milko Franklin Briceño Nat 🌵 via The Associated Press

A warming world is making it harder for many people to get fresh water for their daily needs.

For World Water Day, AP journalists from around the world interviewed some of the people struggling to get it.

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In India, the leading supplier of American shrimp, AP documented women packed into warehouses for 10-hour shifts peeling endless piles of shrimp for as little as $3 a day.

Watchdogs say conditions in the industry constitute labor abuse. apnews.com/article/india-…

EPA issues new rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybrids. Biden admin hails final auto rule as most ambitious ever to cut greenhouse gas emissions, confront climate change.

My The Associated Press story with Tom Krisher

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US farms are increasingly reliant on contract workers who are acutely exposed to climate extremes (from The Associated Press) apnews.com/article/0ac08d…

A wildfire broke out in Oaxaca, threatening San Lucas Quiaviní. It would be days before the state govt intervened with enough resources to get the blaze under control. So L.A. Oaxacan youth & restaurant owners led efforts to raise money & supplies -
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Impact: Police arrested a former Mormon bishop we featured in our The Associated Press investigation into how the church protects itself from child sex abuse claims. He turned himself in after being indicted on 4 felony counts associated with the abuse of his daughter: apnews.com/article/mormon…

As water rates rise, many people are struggling to pay. New federal legislation⁩ would establish a program to help low-income families with their bills and prevent shutoffs of water service. Greg Pierce⁩ Manny Teodoro💧⁩ ⁦CommunityWaterCenter⁩ latimes.com/environment/st…

📢The Associated Press is hiring a temp reporter (7 months) in Los Angeles. Job will entail a mix of breaking and general news assignments in the LA area and across California, including some election coverage. Here's the posting: careers.ap.org/job/Los-Angele…

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Much of America asks: Where did winter go? Spring starts early as US winter was warmest on record—This is just the latest in a drumbeat of broken temperature records… apnews.com/article/winter… AP Climate @borenbears

SEC approves rule that requires some companies to publicly report greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks

The Associated Press story by ⁦Suman Naishadham⁩
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