"There Are 40% More Tigers In The World Than Previously Estimated"
"It's the Year of the Tiger, and a new population assessment offers some hope for the endangered species."
Source: NPR, 07/26/2022
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"How the Government Is Failing Americans Uprooted by Calamity"
"Two summers ago, Hurricane Laura wrecked Betty Swope’s modest bungalow at the edge of Lake Charles, a city surrounded by oil refineries in southwest Louisiana. The Federal Emergency Management Agency helped at first, paying for Ms. Swope and her son Adrian to stay in hotels, then putting a trailer in their yard and providing about $7,000 toward fixing their house."
Source: NYTimes, 07/25/2022"Crews Protect Homes As California Fire Burns Near Yosemite"
"A destructive wildfire near Yosemite National Park burned out of control through tinder-dry forest on Sunday and had grown into one of California’s biggest blazes of the year, forcing thousands of residents to flee remote mountain communities."
Source: AP, 07/25/2022Epidemiologists Warn U.S. Reaches Critical Moment To Contain Monkeypox
"On the heels of a public health emergency declaration from the World Health Organization, epidemiologists and public health experts warn the U.S. is running out of time to contain a monkeypox outbreak that has infected nearly 3,000 Americans."
Source: NPR, 07/25/2022"Texas Republicans Make Renewable Energy a Political Punching Bag"
"Texas is on a roll—an energy use roll, that is. This week, amid sweltering temperatures, the power demand on the state’s grid soared to an all-time high on Wednesday, reaching 80,000 megawatts of demand. This marks the eleventh time this demand record has been broken this year alone."
Source: Earther, 07/25/2022Revealed: Oil Sector’s ‘Staggering’ $3Bn-A-Day Profits For Last 50 Years
"The oil and gas industry has delivered $2.8bn (£2.3bn) a day in pure profit for the last 50 years, a new analysis has revealed." "Vast sums provide power to ‘buy every politician’ and delay action on climate crisis, says expert".
Source: Guardian, 07/25/2022"Biden’s Climate Emergency Decision Would Unlock Pentagon Funding"
"If President Joe Biden declares a national climate emergency, the Pentagon is likely to get a sudden influx of money to start working on its long list of resilience and adaptation projects, observers say."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/25/2022"'Dead Bodies' And Dump Sites Draw DOJ Civil Rights Probe Of Houston"
"The Justice Department opened an investigation against the city of Houston on Friday to determine whether complaints of illegal dumping — including dead bodies and animals — in predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods amount to civil rights violations."
Source: Politico, 07/25/2022"Alaska Experiencing Wildfires It’s Never Seen Before"
"Alaska is burning this year in ways rarely or ever seen, from the largest wildfire in a typically mainly fireproof southwest region to a pair of blazes that ripped through forests and produced smoke that blew hundreds of miles to the the Bering Sea community of Nome, where the normally crystal clear air was pushed into the extremely unhealthy category."
Source: AP, 07/25/2022"Explainer: What’s Behind Europe’s Spate Of Deadly Wildfires?"
"Major wildfires in Europe are starting earlier in the year, becoming more frequent, doing more damage and getting harder to stop. And, scientists say, they’re probably going to get worse as climate change intensifies unless countermeasures are taken."
Source: AP, 07/25/2022"DRC To Auction Oil And Gas Permits In Endangered Gorilla Habitat"
"The Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced it will auction oil and gas permits in critically endangered gorilla habitat and the world’s largest tropical peatlands next week. The sale raises concerns about the credibility of a forest protection deal signed with the country by Boris Johnson at Cop26."
Source: Guardian, 07/25/2022"Trump Admin Tried To Blunt EPA Review Of Popular Weedkiller"
"Trump-era political appointees attempted to tamper with the science underpinning an EPA decision for a popular weedkiller now under scrutiny by the Biden administration, according to sources within the agency."
Source: E&E News, 07/22/2022"Beloved Monarch Butterflies Now Listed As Endangered"
"The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list because of its fast dwindling numbers."
Source: AP, 07/22/2022"Biden Balked Late at Bold Climate Decree After Rush to Get Ready"
"Hours after Senator Joe Manchin delivered a fatal blow to climate change legislation championed by Joe Biden, White House officials began making plans for the president to take matters into his own hands."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/22/2022Advocates of Climate Emergency Disappointed by Biden's Small Steps
"Against the backdrop of a hemispheric heat wave, the president used executive authority to help the vulnerable endure broiling temperatures, but did little to address the changing climate driving them."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/22/2022
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