"Harriet Tubman’s Family Home Unearthed In Maryland Wildlife Refuge"
"Tubman spent part of her childhood in the cabin before escaping slavery and leading others to freedom on the Underground Railroad."
Source: HuffPost, 04/22/2021
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"Biden Plans To Cut Emissions At Least In Half By 2030"
"President Biden this week will pledge to slash U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by the end of the decade, according to two people briefed on the plan, as part of an aggressive push to combat climate change at home and persuade other major economies around the world to follow suit."
Source: Washington Post, 04/21/2021Report On Suncor Malfunctions Doesn't Quell Calls For Refinery’s Closure
"The problem-plagued Suncor Energy oil refinery’s push to renew its operating permits, and questions about state regulatory oversight, have intensified fears of residents, business owners and elected officials that toxic pollution north of Denver won’t end."
Source: Denver Post, 04/21/2021"Legislation Aims To Kill 90% Of Wolves Roaming Idaho"
"A Republican-dominated state Senate committee on Tuesday approved legislation allowing the state to hire private contractors to kill about 90% of the wolves roaming Idaho."
Source: AP, 04/21/2021Biden Admin Kicks Off Plan To Shore Up Cybersecurity Of Electric Grid
"The Biden administration on Tuesday announced it was kicking off a 100-day plan aimed at protecting the electric grid against cyberattacks."
Source: The Hill, 04/21/2021Watchdog: Trump-Era Rollback Of Car Rules Undercut EPA Staffers' Advice
"Former President Trump's rollback of clean car standards violated federal regulatory processes, obscured career staffers' concerns and failed to assess impacts on vulnerable communities, according to EPA's internal watchdog."
Source: E&E News, 04/21/2021"How Politics Is Shaping Biden’s Infrastructure Proposal"
"From weatherization funds to electric vehicles, the White House made compromises to enlist a broad coalition that includes labor and communities of color".
Source: Washington Post, 04/21/2021‘Water Warriors’: US Women Banding Together To Fight For Water Justice
"Deanna Miller Berry first learned of the scores of complaints about Denmark, South Carolina’s water supply, during her 2017 mayoral campaign."
Source: Guardian, 04/21/2021"U.S. To Join Global Effort To Decarbonize Shipping Industry - Kerry"
"The United States will join an effort by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 in the global shipping industry, climate envoy John Kerry announced on Tuesday ahead of a climate leaders summit President Joe Biden will host this week."
Source: Reuters, 04/21/2021Controversial $2.5B Oil Terminal Moves Forward In Plaquemines Parish
"Export terminal would be built on slave cemetery, emit 566,466 tons of greenhouse gases per year".
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 04/21/2021Spillover: We Failed To Stop SARS-CoV-2. How Do We Find Next 'Big One'?
"In movies such as Contagion, a pandemic begins in a flash. A deadly virus spills over from an animal, like a pig, into humans and then quickly triggers an outbreak."
Source: NPR, 04/21/2021"Joe Biden To Reveal US Emissions Pledge In Key Climate Crisis Moment"
"Joe Biden faces a key test of his commitment to climate action this week, when he sets out his core plans for tackling the climate crisis and calls on all of the world’s major economies to join him in bold action to slash greenhouse gas emissions in the next ten years."
Source: Guardian, 04/20/2021"Biden Axes Top Trump Climate Scientist"
"The White House last week abruptly removed the lead scientist over the National Climate Assessment — a Trump appointee whom peers have called a serious professional in an untenable situation."
Source: E&E News, 04/20/2021Jackson, Miss., Won’t Release Email About 2020 Water System Problems
"The city of Jackson, Mississippi, has denied a TV station’s public records request for email about problems with the city water treatment system. WLBT-TV recently requested all city email related to the Environmental Protection Agency telling Jackson in March 2020 to bring its water treatment system into compliance with federal law."
Source: AP, 04/20/2021"Is California Suffering A Decades-Long Megadrought?"
"California has entered another drought. But depending on whom you ask, the last one may have never really ended."
Source: LA Times, 04/20/2021
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