Swamped By Public Outcry, Oregon Withdraws Controversial Wildfire Risk Map
"Oregon Department of Forestry has been inundated with complaints after releasing a map of wildfire risk on every tax lot in the state."
Source: OPB, 08/08/2022
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"Explainer: On China, US and Climate, Action, Not Talk Is Key"
"The last two agreements the world made to battle climate change came only after the United States and China, by far the two biggest carbon polluters, made deals with each other. Now the successful dynamic is in jeopardy with China cutting off climate talks with the U.S. because of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan."
Source: AP, 08/08/2022
"Bidens To Travel To Kentucky After Catastrophic Flooding"
"President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Monday are scheduled to travel to eastern Kentucky, where deadly flooding killed more than three dozen people and caused catastrophic damage to communities."
Source: CNN, 08/08/2022
"Manchin’s Donors Include Pipeline Giants That Win in His Climate Deal"
"The controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline is one of several projects the senator has negotiated major concessions for, benefiting his financial supporters."
Source: NYTimes, 08/08/2022
Senate 51-50 Vote Clinches Long-Delayed Health And Climate Bill
"The Senate on Sunday approved a sweeping package to combat climate change, lower health-care costs, raise taxes on some billion-dollar corporations and reduce the federal deficit, as Democrats overcame months of political infighting to deliver the centerpiece to President Biden’s long-stalled economic agenda."
Source: Washington Post, 08/08/2022
Following Nature on a Transformative Journey Away From the Mean Streets of D.C.
As a young man, Rodney Stotts knew plenty about drugs, guns and poverty and little about the other kinds of wildlife in his hometown. A chance offer of a job cleaning up Washington, D.C.’s Anacostia River set him on the path to becoming a master falconer — despite racist resistance — and a mentor to others who share his inner-city roots. BookShelf’s Jennifer Weeks reviews Stotts’ memoir, “Bird Brother.”
"Appalachian Voices Sues State Over Release Of Carbon Market Document"
"Nonprofit Appalachian Voices is suing Virginia to force the release of a document that allegedly contains an opinion from the attorney general’s office that Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin cannot pull the state out of a regional carbon market."
Source: Virginia Mercury, 08/05/2022
Judge Rejects Federal Plans For Fossil Fuel Mining In Powder River Basin
"A federal judge on Wednesday night threw out two resource management plans developed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), finding they failed to account for the risk of fossil fuel leasing on public lands in Montana and Wyoming."
Source: The Hill, 08/05/2022
"Communities Near 23 Sterilization Plants Have Increased Cancer Risk: EPA"
"Communities near 23 sterilization facilities across the U.S. have increased risks of cancer due to the facilities’ emissions of a toxic chemical, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said this week."
Source: The Hill, 08/05/2022
"U.S. Cities Push The Homeless To Live In Tent Camps"
"Cities tackling a surge of street homelessness are offering official camps while penalizing people sleeping in public elsewhere".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 08/05/2022
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