"Swarms of Satellites Are Tracking Illegal Fishing and Logging"
"In some of the world’s most inaccessible places, tiny satellites are watching—and listening—for signs of destruction."
Source: WIRED, 09/01/2022
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"Explainer: Pakistan Fatal Flooding Has Hallmarks Of Warming"
"The familiar ingredients of a warming world were in place: searing temperatures, hotter air holding more moisture, extreme weather getting wilder, melting glaciers, people living in harm’s way, and poverty. They combined in vulnerable Pakistan to create unrelenting rain and deadly flooding."
Source: AP, 08/31/2022"Here Are the Challenges Ahead for California’s Ban on Gas Cars"
"Enforcement could be complex and legal challenges are likely. But ultimately, experts say, success or failure will depend on steady supply and buyers’ appetite."
Source: NYTimes, 08/31/2022"California’s 2035 Ban On New Gas-Powered Cars Set To Apply To Virginia"
"California’s decision to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars beginning in 2035 will also halt the sale of such vehicles in Virginia due to a 2021 law linking the commonwealth to the western state’s vehicle emissions standards, state attorneys have concluded."
Source: Virginia Mercury, 08/31/2022"Appeals Court Rules Two Trump Administration Gulf Lease Sales Unlawful"
"A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled two Trump-era Interior Department oil leases in the Gulf of Mexico were unlawful."
Source: The Hill, 08/31/2022"Federal Cyber Mandate Looms For Local Water Systems"
"EPA is set to unveil a new federal mandate requiring states to expand inspections of about 1,600 water systems to include cybersecurity threats, according to a senior administration official."
Source: E&E News, 08/31/2022"Maine Supreme Court Revives Contentious Transmission Project"
"Maine’s highest court ruled today that a 2021 ballot initiative seeking to block construction of a 145-mile transmission line was unconstitutional, potentially reviving efforts to build a high-profile project that would carry Canadian hydropower to New England."
Source: E&E News, 08/31/2022"Climate Envoy John Kerry Seeks Restart to US Emissions Talks With China"
"John Kerry, the Biden administration’s special presidential envoy for climate, has praised China’s efforts at tackling global warming and urged Beijing to resume suspended talks on the issue, even as tensions flare with Washington over the status of Taiwan."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/31/2022"The Botanic Matchmakers that Could Save Our Food Supply"
"Undomesticated plants could help their farmed cousins adapt to climate stresses, but that requires tracking them down around the world while also “decolonizing botany.”"
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/31/2022B.C. First Nations Appeal Court Ruling In Attempt To Restore The Nechako R.
"Saik’uz and Stellat’en First Nations have been fighting for the health of the watershed for over a decade. A dam operated by Rio Tinto Alcan and regulated by the province continues to devastate sturgeon and salmon populations".
Source: The Narwhal, 08/31/2022"Bible Demands Action On Climate Change, Evangelicals Say In New Report"
"The National Association of Evangelicals has unveiled a sweeping report on global climate change, laying out what its authors call the “biblical basis” for environmental activism to help spur fellow evangelicals to address the planetary crisis."
Source: Washington Post, 08/31/2022"Zombie Ice From Greenland Will Raise Sea Level 10 Inches"
"Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches (27 centimeters) -- more than twice as much as previously forecast — according to a study published Monday."
Source: AP, 08/30/2022"EPA Tells 15 States They Missed Air Pollution Plan Deadline"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued notices to 15 states for failure to submit plans for air pollution reduction, four months after a lawsuit on the matter from a coalition of environmental groups."
Source: The Hill, 08/30/2022A Melting Glacier, An Imperiled City And A Farmer’s Fight For Climate Justice
"A Peruvian farmer is suing one of Europe’s biggest emitters. The case could set a precedent for holding polluters accountable for harm to the planet."
Source: Washington Post, 08/30/2022"When an Oil Well Is Your Neighbor"
"Three years ago, California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to safeguard the health and safety of people living near oil and gas operations, but change hasn’t come. Millions still live near noxious oil and gas rigs, many long exempt from air pollution rules, as scientific evidence of their harm mounts."
Source: Inside Climate News, 08/30/2022
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