"Sinking Maldives Plans To Reclaim Land From The Ocean"
"Vulnerable island nation split over project to dredge millions of tonnes of sand to create land for resorts and industry on Unesco reserve".
Source: Guardian, 05/24/2022
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"Australia’s ‘Climate Election’ Finally Arrived. Will It Be Enough?"
"A few minutes after taking the stage to declare victory in Australia’s election on Saturday, Anthony Albanese, the incoming Labor prime minister, promised to transform climate change from a source of political conflict into a generator of economic growth."
Source: NYTimes, 05/23/2022"US Forest Chief Calls For A Pause On Prescribed Fire Operations"
"U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore cited extreme fire danger and unfavorable weather conditions Friday in announcing a suspension of all planned fire burning operations to clear brush and small trees on all national forest lands while his agency conducts a review of protocols and practices ahead of planned operations this fall."
Source: AP, 05/23/2022Drought, Food Prices From Ukraine War Leave Millions In Africa Starving
"More than 23 million people are experiencing extreme hunger in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya, according to a new report by Oxfam and Save the Children. That's up from over 10 million last year."
Source: NPR, 05/23/2022"California Is About To Begin The Nation’s Largest Dam Removal Project"
"After decades of negotiation, the largest dam-removal project in U.S. history is expected to begin in California’s far north next year."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 05/23/2022"Pet Collars Saga Escalates With Watchdog Probe"
"EPA’s response to concerns over pesticide-laced pet collars is now under watchdog scrutiny following more than a year of controversy."
Source: E&E News, 05/23/2022"Ryan Zinke Makes His 'Energy Dominance' Pitch To Montanans"
"Ryan Zinke, who led the Interior Department under Donald Trump before resigning under a cloud of ethics investigations, has a good shot at winning Montana's new House seat."
Source: Washington Post, 05/23/2022Air Monitors Alone Won’t Save Communities From Toxic Industrial Pollution
"Calvert City, Kentucky, has long had what people in other toxic hot spots have been begging for: monitors to prove they’re being exposed to toxic industrial air pollution. Regulators have years of evidence, but the poison in the air is only growing."
Source: ProPublica, 05/23/2022"What Is Monkeypox, The Rare Virus Now Confirmed In The U.S. And Europe?"
"As monkeypox cases rise in Europe and other parts of the globe, health authorities are expressing concern about the unusual uptick but also pointing out that the virus is far less transmissible than the coronavirus that upended the world."
Source: Washington Post, 05/23/2022"EPA, NJ Announce $588M In Water Infrastructure Spending"
"More than half a billion dollars in federal and state funds will go to nearly 30 water systems in New Jersey, serving about 6 million residents, or about two-thirds of the state’s population, officials said Friday."
Source: AP, 05/23/2022"It’s a La Niña Year, And That Means Bigger, Badder Hurricanes"
"Hurricane season is just on the horizon, and this year rising temperatures are headed toward a “La Niña” effect that could cause bigger and stronger tropical storms in the Atlantic."
Source: Earther, 05/23/2022With Severe Drought, An Urgent Call To Rework Colorado River Pact
"One hundred years after a landmark agreement divided the waters of the Colorado River among Western states, the pact is now showing its age as a hotter and drier climate has shrunk the river."
Source: LA Times, 05/20/2022"Former Interior Secretary Didn’t Violate Lobbying Laws, Watchdog Finds"
"The Interior Department’s internal watchdog on Thursday said it found no evidence that former secretary David Bernhardt violated lobbying laws regarding a former client, a California water district that is the nation’s largest agricultural water supplier, although he continued to advise them on legislative matters on occasion after he stopped being their lobbyist."
Source: Washington Post, 05/20/2022Trump Nominees Still Control Key Mine Safety Agency in Biden’s 2nd Year
"The power struggle inside a federal commission shows the real-world consequences of the Senate’s confirmation bottleneck."
"Sixteen months into the Biden presidency, Republicans still effectively control a federal agency that oversees mine safety, frustrating miner advocates who say the Trump nominees will continue to hand down decisions friendly to mine operators.
Source: HuffPost, 05/20/2022"Pro-Trump Counties Continue To Suffer Far Higher Covid Death Tolls"
"Even with widely available vaccines and newly effective treatments, residents of counties that went heavily for Donald Trump in the last presidential election are more than twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than those that live in areas that went for President Biden. That's according to a newly-updated analysis from NPR, examining how partisanship and misinformation are shaping the pandemic."
Source: NPR, 05/20/2022
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