"Weird ‘Living Fossil’ Fish Lives 100 Years, Pregnant For 5"
"The coelacanth — a giant weird fish still around from dinosaur times — can live for 100 years, a new study found."
Source: AP, 06/21/2021
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"Historic Heat Wave Expands Across California, Wildfire Risk Builds"
"The record-breaking heat wave roasting the West is expanding its grip on Thursday, with the focus of the triple-digit heat shifting into California — particularly the Central Valley and desert regions."
Source: Axios, 06/18/2021Gulf Coast Braces For Flooding, Winds As Tropical Storm Approaches
"Millions of people across the South are bracing for a tropical storm that is threatening to dump heavy rain along the Gulf Coast."
Source: CNN, 06/18/2021"Senate Confirms Biden Pick For No. 2 Role At Interior"
"The Senate confirmed President Biden’s pick for the No. 2 role at the Interior Department on Thursday with broad bipartisan support, but opposition from one progressive and a handful of Republicans."
Source: The Hill, 06/18/2021"NOAA Gets First Senate-Confirmed Administrator Since 2017"
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Thursday got a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time since 2017."
Source: The Hill, 06/18/2021Plan To Raze 4 Dams On California-Oregon Line Clears Hurdle
"A proposal to bring down four hydroelectric dams near the California-Oregon border cleared a major regulatory hurdle Thursday, setting the stage for the largest dam demolition project in U.S. history to save imperiled migratory salmon."
Source: AP, 06/18/2021"EPA Chief Reinstates Science Advisory Board He Dismantled"
"The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday he has fully reinstated one of two key advisory boards he dismantled earlier this year in a push for “scientific integrity” at the agency."
Source: AP, 06/18/2021UN Climate Chief Urges Unity As Covid, Finance Cloud COP26 Outlook
"As mid-year online climate talks end, officials admit there is still much work for November's COP26 summit to succeed amid concerns about COVID-19 vaccinations for delegates".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 06/18/2021Companies Bet Carbon Labels Can Help Climate. Will Consumers Catch On?
"Now, companies are creating labels to show consumers the environmental costs of their daily habits. Carbon labels have already cropped up salads, sneakers and even face creams. Unilever, the maker of Dove soap and Lipton teas, has said it will add labels to all of its 70,000 products."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 06/18/2021Infrastructure: Schumer Vows To Pass Only 'A Strong, Bold Climate Bill'
"Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) vowed he “will not pass” an infrastructure package that removes the climate provisions of President Biden's American Jobs Act."
Source: The Hill, 06/18/2021"Spirituality Underpins Migrant Activism in US Borderlands"
"Alvaro Enciso plants three or four crosses each week in Arizona’s desert borderlands, amid the yellow-blossomed prickly pear and whip-like ocotillo, in honor of migrants who died on the northbound trek. Each colorful wooden memorial denotes where a set of bones or a decomposing body was found."
Source: AP, 06/18/2021"Sizzling Heat Wave Blankets U.S. Southwest For Third Day"
"Much of the western United States baked for a third day on Wednesday under a punishing heat wave that has set temperature records, prompted health warnings and strained power grids."
Source: Reuters, 06/17/2021"Senators Face Roadblocks To Passing Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan"
"Ten Democratic and Republican senators who crafted a bipartisan infrastructure plan are having trouble winning liberal senators to their cause."
Source: CNBC, 06/17/2021Louisiana Gas Industry’s Answer To Lax Safety Enforcement? Loosen It More
"When a natural gas pipeline fire south-west of New Orleans killed one worker and burned three others, the Louisiana state police ordered Phillips 66 to pay a $22,000 fine for failing to immediately report the incident. The fire burned for four days before first responders could put it out. But the company ultimately didn’t pay any police fine, ending up with just a warning."
Source: Floodlight, 06/17/2021"Earth Is Now Trapping An ‘Unprecedented’ Amount Of Heat, NASA Says"
"The amount of heat Earth traps has roughly doubled since 2005, contributing to more rapidly warming oceans, air and land, according to new research from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."
Source: Washington Post, 06/17/2021
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