"‘Drastic’ Rise In High Arctic Lightning Has Scientists Worried"
"The high Arctic saw a dramatic rise in lightning in 2021 in what could be one of the most spectacular manifestations of the climate crisis."
Source: Guardian, 01/10/2022
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"Hunters Kill 20 Yellowstone Wolves That Roamed Out Of Park"
"Twenty of Yellowstone National Park’s renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months — the most killed by hunting in a single season since the predators were reintroduced to the region more than 25 years ago, according to park officials."
Source: AP, 01/10/2022"Road Salt Works. But It’s Also Bad for the Environment."
"The chemical is effective at keeping roads free of snow and ice, but it also has damaging consequences, according to a growing body of research."
Source: NYTimes, 01/10/2022"Cryptocurrency Plan Fails For Manchin-Connected Coal Plant"
"The power plant that buys coal from Sen. Joe Manchin’s family business won’t have a second life powering cryptocurrency mining."
Source: E&E News, 01/10/2022"The Western Megadrought Is Revealing America's 'Lost National Park'"
"On a turquoise lake in a sandstone desert, Ross Dombrowski is trying to figure out what to do about the rock growing behind his houseboat. The rock, spectacular and rust red, like most in southern Utah, wasn't visible below the water's surface when Dombrowski moored his houseboat on Lake Powell last year. Today, it's three stories tall."
Source: NPR, 01/10/2022"Dank, Ancient And Quite Fantastic: Scotland’s Peat Bogs Breathe Again"
"Flanders Moss bog is slumped on the flat, farmed landscape of the Carse of Stirling in Scotland like a jelly fungi. It wobbles when you walk on it, and a metal pole goes down eight metres before reaching hard ground. This lowland-raised bog is a dome of peat fed mainly by rainfall and it acts like a single organism – the whole thing has to be looked after for any part to be in really good shape."
Source: Guardian, 01/10/2022"Biden To Tour Damage From Colorado's Most Destructive Wildfire"
"U.S. President Joe Biden was due to visit Colorado on Friday to view the devastation left by a rare, winter wildfire that ravaged two Denver-area towns last week, displacing thousands of residents."
Source: Reuters, 01/07/2022"Virginia Democrats Aim to Block Trump’s EPA Chief From State Agency"
"A rare confirmation battle is brewing around the nomination of Andrew Wheeler, who ran the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald J. Trump, to take a similar role in an incoming Republican state administration in Virginia."
Source: NYTimes, 01/07/2022Over 40% of Americans Live In Counties Hit By Climate Disasters In 2021
"More than 4 in 10 Americans live in a county that was struck by climate-related extreme weather last year, according to a new Washington Post analysis of federal disaster declarations, and more than 80 percent experienced a heat wave."
Source: Washington Post, 01/07/2022Can Roadless Areas Help Stem the Extinction Crisis in the U.S.?
"A new study looked at a group of forest lands that hold big conservation potential but aren’t adequately protected."
Source: The Revelator, 01/07/2022Interior: US Has Twice As Many Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells As Was Thought
"The U.S. has more than double the amount of abandoned oil and gas wells than previously thought, according to a preliminary analysis by the Interior Department."
Source: The Hill, 01/07/2022"First Advanced Reactor Proposal Suffers Setback"
"The license application for one of the first advanced nuclear reactor designs to undergo federal scrutiny suffered a setback today when regulators announced they were dismissing the proposal for lack of information."
Source: E&E News, 01/07/2022"Monarch Butterfly Conservation Efforts Improve. Are They Enough?"
"Monarch butterflies are having a moment — in court, on Capitol Hill and across the countryside. Some migrating populations are up from 2020’s devastating lows. Congress is kicking in more money. Endangered Species Act legal settlement talks are underway."
Source: E&E News, 01/07/2022"Health Risks of Smoke and Ozone Rise in the West as Wildfires Worsen"
"Simultaneous high levels of the two pollutants, which harm human health, are occurring with increasing frequency, researchers say."
"Dangerous levels of two air pollutants, ozone and smoke, are occurring in tandem with increasing frequency over widespread parts of the Western United States where millions of people live, researchers said Wednesday.
The two harmful pollutants are a result of worsening wildfires and extreme heat, and researchers suggest the increase is linked to climate change.
Source: NYTimes, 01/07/2022"Groups File Complaint Against Water Utility Over Lead Pipes"
"Five environmental and community groups have filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging the Providence Water Supply Board’s infrastructure and lead pipe replacement work disproportionately increases the risk of lead exposure for residents of color."
Source: AP, 01/07/2022
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