"‘Magical’: Synchronous Fireflies Light Up US National Parks"
"For two weeks in late spring, near dusk, the fireflies at the most-visited national park in the US flash in unison, a ‘one-of-a-kind natural phenomenon’"
Source: Guardian, 06/14/2021
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New Infrastructure Proposal Faces Dem Resistance, Calls For End To Talks
"Liberal Senate Democrats are unloading on a bipartisan group of senators working on an infrastructure deal, warning that the effort to win GOP backing could erode support on the left -- underscoring the stiff resistance the negotiators face in shepherding the proposal through a narrowly divided Congress."
Source: CNN, 06/11/2021EPA to Review Rules on Deadly Soot, Which Trump Declined to Tighten
"The Biden administration says it will consider tougher limits on a deadly air pollutant that disproportionately affects low-income and minority communities."
Source: NYTimes, 06/11/2021Solar Company Will Build A New Factory In Ohio, Giving Biden A Boost
"One of the nation’s biggest solar-energy companies said on Wednesday that it would double production in the United States by opening a third plant in Ohio by the middle of 2023."
Source: NYTimes, 06/11/2021"Solar Geoengineering: Scientists Decry A 'Foolish' Idea"
"Ideas to dim the sun 'ignore the root cause' of the climate crisis – and create a cascade of unintended problems, scientists and activists say".
Source: EHN, 06/11/2021"'Miraculous' Mosquito Hack Cuts Dengue By 77%"
"Dengue fever cases have been cut by 77% in a "groundbreaking" trial that manipulates the mosquitoes that spread it, say scientists."
Source: BBC News, 06/11/2021Lake Mead Falls To Record-Low Level, Milestone In Colorado River Crisis
"Lake Mead has declined to its lowest level since the reservoir was filled in the 1930s following the construction of Hoover Dam, marking a new milestone for the water-starved Colorado River in a downward spiral that shows no sign of letting up."
Source: Arizona Republic, 06/11/2021"Takeaway Food And Drink Litter Dominates Ocean Plastic, Study Shows"
"Plastic items from takeaway food and drink dominate the litter in the world’s oceans, according to the most comprehensive study to date."
Source: Guardian, 06/11/2021"G-7 Leaders Poised to Turn Spotlight on Climate Finance"
"The world’s richest governments are under mounting pressure to help poor countries fight climate change. At the Group of Seven summit in the U.K., they’ll get a fresh chance to do something about it."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 06/11/2021EPA Reverses Trump Guidance It Said Weakened PFAS Regulations
"The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced a slate of actions aimed at a class of toxic chemicals called PFAS, including the revocation of a Trump-era guidance that it said weakened regulations for the substances."
Source: The Hill, 06/11/2021"UN: Don’t Forget To Save Species While Fixing Global Warming"
"To save the planet, the world needs to tackle the crises of climate change and species loss together, taking measures that fix both and not just one, United Nations scientists said."
Source: AP, 06/11/2021"Keystone XL Pipeline Developer Pulls Plug On Controversial Project"
"The firm behind the Keystone XL pipeline officially scrapped the project on Wednesday, months after President Biden revoked a cross-border permit for the controversial pipeline and more than a decade after political wrangling over its fate began."
Source: Washington Post, 06/10/2021"EPA to Rewrite Trump-Era Waters Rule That Boosted Builders"
"The Biden administration is planning to restore wetlands protections lost under a Trump-era rule that promotes development, the EPA announced Wednesday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/10/2021B.C. Agrees To Defer Old-Growth Logging For 2 Years In Fairy Creek Area
"British Columbia has approved the request of three First Nations that want old-growth logging deferred for two years in part of their territories, including at the site of ongoing protests and arrests."
Source: Canadian Press, 06/10/2021IG: Park Police Didn’t Clear Lafayette Square Protesters For Trump Visit
"When the U.S. Park Police led law enforcement officers into a crowd of mostly peaceful protesters outside Lafayette Square on June 1, 2020, including officers equipped with chemical irritants and officers on horseback, they did so as part of a plan made days earlier to build a fence around the park to protect officers, not to facilitate the visit minutes later by President Donald Trump to a nearby church, an inspector general’s report released Wednesday concluded."
Source: Washington Post, 06/10/2021
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