"White House Climate Official Sanctioned By Prestigious Science Body"
"The National Academy of Sciences said Jane Lubchenco violated its code of conduct before joining the Biden administration."
Source: Washington Post, 08/17/2022
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"Hundreds Of Thousands Drop Flood Insurance As Rates Rise"
"When the Federal Emergency Management Agency overhauled its flood insurance program last year, it wanted to encourage homeowners to buy coverage by showing them more precisely the risk that each property faces of being flooded. But instead, hundreds of thousands of people have dropped the flood policies they were buying through FEMA, raising concerns that an unprecedented number of households are financially exposed to flood damage."
Source: E&E News, 08/17/2022"Kicking Oil Companies Out Of School"
"Faculty and staff at Cambridge are planning a vote that would require the university to stop accepting fossil fuel money for research. It’s part of an expanding movement."
Source: NYTimes, 08/17/2022"Oil Majors' Climate Visions 'Inconsistent' With Paris Targets"
"Global decarbonisation scenarios envisioned by oil and gas majors are incompatible with the Paris climate deal temperature goals aimed at averting devastating heating, according to research published Tuesday."
Source: AFP, 08/17/2022"Attacks On Canadian Media Reveal Dark Red Cracks In Our Democracy"
"Canada ranks as satisfactory on a global list of press freedom. Is that something to be proud of?"
Source: The Tyee, 08/17/2022"New Zealand River's Personhood Status Offers Hope To Māori"
"The Whanganui River is surging into the ocean, fattened from days of winter rain and yellowed from the earth and clay that has collapsed into its sides. Logs and debris hurtle past as dusk looms."
Source: AP, 08/17/2022Biden To Sign Massive Climate And Health Care Legislation Tuesday
"President Joe Biden will sign Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill on Tuesday, delivering what he has called the “final piece” of his pared-down domestic agenda, as he aims to boost his party’s standing with voters less than three months before the midterm elections."
Source: AP, 08/16/2022"Tensions Grow Over Lack Of A Water Deal For The Shrinking Colorado River"
"Two months ago, federal officials took the unprecedented step of telling the seven states that depend on Colorado River water to prepare for emergency cuts next year to prevent reservoirs from dropping to dangerously low levels."
Source: LA Times, 08/16/2022"Former Grenada Minister Tapped As Next U.N. Climate Chief"
"The climate resilience minister for the Caribbean island nation of Grenada has been tapped to become the next United Nations climate chief, according to three sources familiar with the selection."
Source: Reuters, 08/16/2022"Billions Would Die From Starvation In Nuclear War: Research"
"More than 5 billion would die from starvation in the event of a full-scale nuclear war between the United States and Russia, a new study has found."
Source: The Hill, 08/16/2022Army Corps Opens Lengthy Environmental Review Of Line 5 Tunnel For Comment
"The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday opened a two-month window for the public to comment on a plan to dig a tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac to house Enbridge's controversial Line 5 oil pipeline."
Source: Detroit News, 08/16/2022"Rise In Extreme Heat Will Hit Minority Communities Hardest"
"Thirty years after Hurricane Andrew demolished Homestead, Fla., another disaster looms."
Source: E&E News, 08/16/2022As Drought Drives Elephants Closer To People, Consequences Can Be Deadly
"The season of searing temperatures will soon begin in northwestern Zimbabwe as the chilly months fade away. But for the villagers of Silewad the return of summer, storms and a new planting season increase the risk of elephants invading their land."
Source: NPR, 08/16/2022"U.S. States Urge Postal Service To Halt Gas Vehicle Purchases"
"A group of 17 state attorneys general urged the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to halt planned purchases of gasoline-powered delivery vehicles pending a new environmental review, in a statement on Monday that encouraged the purchase of electric vehicles (EVs)."
Source: Reuters, 08/16/2022Why Scientists Have Pumped A Potent Greenhouse Gas Into Public Streams
"A massive ecological study that's happening across the United States, and which is designed to track the impact of long-term changes like a warming climate, is deliberately releasing a highly potent and persistent greenhouse gas in national parks and forests."
Source: NPR, 08/16/2022
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