"What Do You Do With An Invasive Army Of Crayfish Clones?"
"It’s been dubbed the perfect invader, but the marbled crayfish may offer a sustainable food source and even help prevent disease".
Source: Guardian, 01/19/2022
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1st Images Of Tonga Damage Show Entire Communities Covered In Thick Ash
"A thick layer of ash covering entire island communities can be seen in the first images of disaster-hit Tonga to emerge following what experts believe to be the world's biggest volcanic eruption in more than 30 years."
Source: CNN, 01/18/2022"Federal Pipeline Agency Shifts Focus To Cut Methane"
"The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is readying its first-ever restrictions on methane emissions and planning to press pipeline companies on the issue in the coming months, marking a significant shift for a federal agency traditionally focused on safety and oil spills."
Source: E&E News, 01/18/2022"China's Coal Production Hit Record Levels in 2021"
"China’s coal production reached record levels last year as the state encouraged miners to ramp up their fossil fuel output to safeguard the country’s energy supplies through the winter gas crisis."
Source: Guardian, 01/18/2022150 Ex-EPA Staffers Ask Virginia Lawmakers To Oppose Wheeler Nomination
"More than 150 former Environmental Protection Agency employees are urging Virginia lawmakers to oppose the nomination of the Trump administration’s EPA chief to a high-ranking environmental position."
Source: The Hill, 01/18/2022"DOT To Allot $27B To Fix Bridges, Ensure Climate Resilience"
"The Transportation Department today announced historic funding to replace and repair the nation’s aging bridges. The $26.5 billion will also be used to ensure bridges are resilient to the increasingly severe effects of climate change."
Source: E&E News, 01/18/2022Fed Chair Jerome Powell Bucks a Global Trend on Climate Change
"As other central banks take a more activist role, Powell wants Congress and the private sector to assess growing climate risks. Elizabeth Warren calls his views “dangerous.”"
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/18/2022"Plastic Crisis Needs Binding Treaty, Report Says"
"Pollution from plastics is a global emergency in need of a robust UN treaty, according to a report."
Source: BBC News, 01/18/2022"Science Is Trying To Conserve The Monarch Butterfly’s Forests"
"A team of Mexican scientists are developing a successful experiment that allows for the recovery and maintenance of endemic trees in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve that provide a habitat for monarch butterflies every winter."
Source: Mongabay, 01/18/2022"Elephants Dying From Eating Plastic Waste in Sri Lankan Dump"
"Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in an open landfill in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants in the region, after two more were found dead over the weekend."
Source: AP, 01/18/2022Big Discovery Beneath Antarctic Seas: A Giant Icefish Breeding Colony
"Scientists discovered a mammoth nesting ground with an estimated 60 million icefish nests in the Weddell Sea."
Source: NYTimes, 01/18/2022"Drinking Water, Ash Big Concern As Tonga Assesses Damage After Tsunami"
"Australia and New Zealand sent surveillance flights on Monday to assess damage in Tonga, isolated from the rest of the world after the eruption of a volcano that triggered a tsunami and blanketed the Pacific island with ash."
Source: Reuters, 01/17/2022"Pipeline Spills 300,000 Gallons Of Diesel Near New Orleans"
"A severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled more than 300,000 gallons (1.1 million liters) of diesel fuel just outside New Orleans after the operator delayed needed repairs, according to federal records."
Source: AP, 01/17/2022"Clean Water Act Policy Could Spur Widespread Disarray"
"The Biden administration last week quietly and abruptly announced that developers can no longer rely on decisions made under a high-profile Trump-era Clean Water Act rule about which waters are federally protected to obtain new permits."
Source: E&E News, 01/17/2022"Finland, Sweden And Norway To Cull Wolf Population"
"Finland is joining Sweden and Norway in culling wolves this winter to control their population, as conservation groups appeal to the European Union to take action against the slaughter."
Source: Guardian, 01/17/2022
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