"Protect This Place: World-Renowned Elwha River Threatened by State Logging"
"A timber sale looms over hiking trails, a nearby city’s water supply, and already-vulnerable salmon and orca populations."
Source: The Revelator, 08/02/2023
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Beijing Records 29 Inches Of Rain In 5 Days, Most In At Least 140 Years
"China’s capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days after being deluged with heavy rains from the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri."
Source: AP, 08/02/2023Mike Huckabee’s “Kids Guide” Shows the Changing Landscape of Climate Denial
"Producers of climate misinformation are targeting kids and families, delivering an updated message that acknowledges global warming, but minimizes the influence of human emissions."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/02/2023"Los Angeles County Has a Fruit Fly Problem: What To Know"
"Part of Los Angeles County is under an agricultural quarantine after officials detected an invasive type of fruit fly in Stevenson Ranch, near the city of Santa Clarita."
Source: Washington Post, 08/02/2023"EPA Again Blocks Colorado Air Pollution Permit For Suncor"
"The EPA’s Denver regional office is once again blocking a renewed state air pollution permit for the Suncor refinery in Commerce City, agreeing to objections from environmental groups that Colorado should crack down harder on carbon monoxide dangers and past plant modifications."
Source: Colorado Sun, 08/02/2023Once Endangered, Brazil’s Golden Monkeys Have Rebounded From Yellow Fever
"There are now more golden lion tamarins bounding between branches in the Brazilian rainforest than at any time since efforts to save the species started in the 1970s, a new survey reveals."
Source: AP, 08/02/2023If You Miss August's Blue Supermoon, Your Next Chance Is In 9 Years
"The moon will seem extra big and bright and thus be quite a sight this August, with a sturgeon supermoon visible on Tuesday and then a rare blue supermoon coming at the end of the month."
Source: NPR, 08/02/2023"Republicans Slam Biden NEPA Revamp, Threaten Permitting Talks"
"Congressional Republicans are seething about the Biden administration’s plans to change how the government reviews major energy infrastructure projects ranging from oil and gas pipelines to solar installations."
Source: E&E News, 08/01/2023"Zero Oil Companies Bid In BLM’s Nevada Lease Sale"
"The bust amplified conservationists’ calls to turn away from oil production in the state, where 95 percent of acres leased for oil development are nonproducing."
Source: E&E News, 08/01/2023"It’s Not Just Hot. Climate Anomalies Are Emerging Around The Globe."
"July was packed with weather anomalies, but some were so abnormal they sent a wave of consternation through the scientific community".
Source: Washington Post, 08/01/2023Virginia Enviros File Notice They Will Challenge Youngkin’s RGGI Withdrawal
"Environmental attorneys Monday filed notice that they intend to file a legal challenge against Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s proposed regulation to withdraw Virginia from the regional carbon market known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative."
Source: States Newsroom, 08/01/2023"Leak Reveals ‘Touchy’ Issues For UAE’s Presidency Of UN Climate Summit"
"A comprehensive list of “touchy and sensitive issues” for the United Arab Emirates, which is running the next UN climate summit, has been revealed in a document leaked to the Guardian."
Source: Guardian, 08/01/2023"Big Business Lobbies Against Heat Protections For Workers As US Boils"
"Big-business lobbyists, including big agricultural and construction groups, are pushing to water down or stymie efforts at the federal and state levels to implement workplace heat protection standards."
Source: Guardian, 08/01/2023Fungal Disease Spreading Fast In US. A Hotter Climate Could Be To Blame.
"A potentially fatal pathogen called Candida auris has adapted to cross the “temperature barrier” into humans, causing cases to jump by 1,200 percent since 2017."
Source: AP, 08/01/2023"Climate Education Suffers From Partisan Culture Wars"
"Climate change education has been caught in the crossfire of the culture wars. While some U.S. states are boosting climate literacy, others are effectively miseducating children by depriving them of the skills they’ll need to face the biggest challenge of their generation."
Source: The Revelator, 08/01/2023
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