"Monitoring the Weather at the Edge of the World"
"Marsibil Erlendsdottir runs a farm and provides weather reports from a remote outpost in eastern Iceland. The job requires vigilance and an unfailing resolve."
Source: NYTimes, 01/27/2021
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"Schumer Calls For Biden To Declare Climate Emergency"
"Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Monday night that President Biden should consider declaring an emergency when it comes to the climate."
Source: The Hill, 01/26/2021Biden Sets in Motion Plan to Ban New Oil and Gas Leases on Federal Land
"President Biden on Wednesday will direct federal agencies to determine how expansive a ban on new oil and gas leasing on federal land should be, part of a suite of executive orders that will effectively launch his agenda to combat climate change, two people with knowledge of the president’s plans said Monday."
Source: NYTimes, 01/26/2021"Biden Vows To Replace U.S. Government Fleet With Electric Vehicles"
"President Joe Biden on Monday vowed to replace the U.S. government’s fleet of roughly 650,000 vehicles with electric models as the new administration shifts its focus toward clean-energy."
Source: Reuters, 01/26/2021"DOJ Watchdog Probes If Staff Tried to Alter Election Outcome"
"The Justice Department’s inspector general has opened an investigation into whether department staff members sought to use the agency to alter the outcome of the 2020 election and overturn President Joe Biden’s victory."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/26/2021"Earth Is Now Losing 1.2 Trillion Tons Of Ice Each Year"
"Global ice loss has increased rapidly over the past two decades, and scientists are still underestimating just how much sea levels could rise, according to alarming new research published this month."
Source: Washington Post, 01/26/2021"Climate Scientist Michael Mann: Deniers Are Shifting Tactics"
"Published earlier this month, "The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet" contends that the fossil fuel industry and its allies have shifted their strategies for delaying climate action. Instead of attacking the credibility of the science, these interests are now blaming warming on individuals while arguing it's too late to prevent catastrophic impacts, according to the book."
Source: E&E News, 01/26/2021"Jair Bolsonaro Could Face Charges In The Hague Over Amazon Rainforest"
"Jair Bolsonaro could face charges in the international criminal court (ICC) after being accused of crimes against humanity."
Source: Guardian, 01/26/2021Eminent Domain Lets Pipeline Developers Take Land From Black Owners
"Byhalia Connection offered this Southwest Memphis resident what he said were “pennies and peanuts” for an easement, then sued him when he said no."
Source: MLK50, 01/26/2021"U.S. To 'Make Good' On Climate Finance Pledges, Kerry Tells Leaders"
"The United States will “make good” on financial commitments to developing countries struggling with climate change, top U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told a summit of world leaders on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 01/26/2021Officials Hail 'Encouraging' Number Of N Atlantic Right Whale Births
"Wildlife officials in Florida have reported an “encouraging” number of sightings of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales off the south-eastern US, including at least 14 new calves, three born to first-time mothers."
Source: Guardian, 01/26/2021"Ex-DOJ Official Called ‘Radioactive’ After Alleged Election Plot"
"The Trump administration’s top environmental lawyer faces severe career repercussions and possibly ethics probes in the wake of allegations, which he disputes, that he worked with President Donald Trump to try to cast doubt on the 2020 election results."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/25/2021"Biden EPA Asks DOJ To Hit Pause On Defense Of Trump-Era Rules"
"In a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained by The Hill, EPA’s acting general counsel Melissa Hoffer asks government lawyers to hit pause on cases where the previous administration has been challenged by environmental groups."
Source: The Hill, 01/25/2021"Electric Vehicles Close To ‘Tipping Point’ Of Mass Adoption"
"Electric vehicles are close to the “tipping point” of rapid mass adoption thanks to the plummeting cost of batteries, experts say."
Source: Guardian, 01/25/2021"Biden to Convene World Leaders to Talk Climate on Earth Day"
"The Biden administration is planning to host world leaders in a climate summit on Earth Day according to three people familiar with the matter, a sign of the new president’s commitment to not just rejoin the Paris carbon-cutting accord but also strengthen it.
The U.S.-hosted meeting on April 22 could be virtual, one of the people said, similar to a United Nation’s climate summit in December. That event featured six hours of remarks from world leaders, but they only offered incremental steps to combating climate change.
Source: Bloomberg, 01/25/2021
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