"Brazil Detects Record Amazon Deforestation in Jan. and Feb."
"Detected deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon reached a record high for the month of February following a similar record the prior month."
Source: AP, 03/15/2022
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"UN Gathering Gears Up For Push To Save Planet’s Biodiversity"
"Nearly all the world’s countries kicked off a U.N.-backed meeting Monday aimed at preventing the loss of biodiversity — seen as critical to avoiding the extinction of many vulnerable species, the emergence of pathogens like the coronavirus, and the damage to both lives and livelihoods of people around the world, Indigenous peoples in particular."
Source: AP, 03/15/2022
"Iowa's Second 'Ag-Gag' Law Violates 1st Amendment, Federal Court Rules"
"Seven months after a divided federal appeals court partially upheld the first of Iowa's "ag-gag" laws, a judge has ruled the state's second such law is unconstitutional."
Source: Des Moines Register, 03/15/2022
"Judge Axes Trump-Era Lease Sales To Protect Sage Grouse"
"A federal judge last week blocked five more Trump-era oil and gas lease sales for failing to comply with statutory protections for the greater sage grouse."
Source: E&E News, 03/15/2022
"Manchin Comes Out Against Fed Nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin"
"West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin today came out against Sarah Bloom Raskin, which could kill her nomination to be the Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator."
Source: E&E News, 03/15/2022
"House Dems Seek Probe of USPS Plan For New Mail Truck Fleet"
"Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking an investigation into a U.S. Postal Service plan to replace its aging mail trucks with mostly gasoline-powered vehicles."
Source: AP, 03/15/2022
"Here's Who Stands To Win From High Gas Prices"
"Not everyone is suffering from high gas prices that have spiked further with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the international sanctions imposed on Moscow."
Source: The Hill, 03/15/2022
Tree Planting Is Booming. Here’s How That Could Help, or Harm, the Planet
"Reforestation can fight climate change, uplift communities and restore biodiversity. When done badly, though, it can speed extinctions and make nature less resilient."
Source: NYTimes, 03/14/2022
"Why Nearly Empty Auto Lots Make This Pump-Price Shock Different"
"Carmakers can keep charging top dollar and have EVs to offer as gas goes back above $4 a gallon."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 03/14/2022
Bird Flu Found in SW Iowa Commercial Flock Of 920,000 Egg-Laying Chickens
"State and federal agriculture officials have confirmed deadly bird flu in a flock of commercial layer chickens in southwest Iowa’s Taylor County, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced Friday."
Source: Iowa Public Radio, 03/14/2022
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