"Returning Sea Otters To Oregon Could Revive Kelp Forests"
"Reintroduction of the marine mammals may restore coastal ecosystems but also threatens shellfish industries and tribal self-governance."
Source: High Country News, 08/22/2022
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"Climate Bill’s Unlikely Beneficiary: US Oil And Gas Industry"
"The climate measure President Joe Biden signed Tuesday bypasses the administration’s concerns about emissions and guarantees new drilling opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska."
Source: AP, 08/19/2022Chevron Jumps Into Texas' News Desert With Stories About Puppies and Oil
"Chevron-sponsored Permian Proud is providing community news (and corporate propaganda) in one of Texas' most news-starved regions."
Source: Earther, 08/19/2022Grijalva, Porter Threaten Subpoena Over Firm’s Work With Fossil Companies
"House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the panel’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, floated the possibility of a subpoena if a consulting firm does not produce documents relating to its marketing work for fossil fuel companies."
Source: The Hill, 08/19/2022"EPA Finds New Risks With Dicamba Weedkiller"
"The widely used weedkiller dicamba poses a previously unknown risk to honeybees, EPA said in a draft assessment of the pesticide’s potential dangers to wildlife."
Source: E&E News, 08/19/2022"‘No Winners’ Seen if States Launch Water War Amid Megadrought"
"The seven states using Colorado River water likely will avoid an epic legal showdown over the most severe water cuts amid the region’s megadrought—but legal analysts say California, Nevada, and Arizona in particular will face heavy burdens to conserve."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/19/2022"Scientists Boost Crop Performance by Engineering a Better Leaf"
"Researchers increased yield in soy plants by making them better at photosynthesis, the process that powers life. The findings hold promise for feeding a warming world."
Source: NYTimes, 08/19/2022"Forever Chemicals No More? PFAS Are Destroyed With New Technique"
"A team of scientists has found a cheap, effective way to destroy so-called forever chemicals, a group of compounds that pose a global threat to human health."
Source: NYTimes, 08/19/2022Canada Oil Sands Sector Aims To Release Treated Tailings Water Into River
"Canada's oil sands mining industry on Thursday outlined proposals to release treated water from tailings ponds into northern Alberta's Athabasca River, a move environmental groups say risks damaging one of the world's largest freshwater deltas."
Source: Reuters, 08/19/2022"BLM Reconsiders Trump-Era Midnight Orders Opening Alaska Lands"
"The Biden administration plans to conduct an in-depth analysis of a series of public land orders issued in the final weeks of the Trump administration that sought to open 28 million acres of federal lands in Alaska to oil and gas development and mining activity."
Source: E&E News, 08/19/2022"Columbia River's Salmon Are at the Core of Ancient Religion"
"James Kiona stands on a rocky ledge overlooking Lyle Falls where the water froths and rushes through steep canyon walls just before merging with the Columbia River. His silvery ponytail flutters in the wind, and a string of eagle claws adorns his neck."
Source: AP, 08/19/2022CDC Plans An ‘Ambitious’ Agency Overhaul To Address Covid Missteps
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency that has had its reputation battered by a series of missteps in the Covid-19 pandemic, and a slow response to the monkeypox outbreak, will undergo an “ambitious” overhaul, Director Rochelle Walensky announced Wednesday."
Source: STAT, 08/18/2022"Court Clears Path For Biden Oil And Gas Leasing Pause"
"Federal judges today struck down a court order that had barred the Biden administration from pausing new oil and gas leasing on public lands and federal waters."
Source: E&E News, 08/18/2022"Major Cities Blighted By Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution, Research Finds"
"Cities in relatively prosperous countries are blighted by serious levels of air pollution from nitrogen dioxide, often without realising the extent of the problem, research has found."
Source: Guardian, 08/18/2022"Forest Fires Are Getting Worse, 20 Years Of Data Confirm"
"Across Russia, Europe, Indonesia, the Amazon Basin, North America, Australia, and beyond, we have watched fires blaze across landscapes, causing immense damage to life and land. Now, a new analysis confirms what many have witnessed firsthand and in the news: forest fires are getting worse."
Source: Mongabay, 08/18/2022
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