Can Roadless Areas Help Stem the Extinction Crisis in the U.S.?
"A new study looked at a group of forest lands that hold big conservation potential but aren’t adequately protected."
Source: The Revelator, 01/07/2022
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Over 40% of Americans Live In Counties Hit By Climate Disasters In 2021
"More than 4 in 10 Americans live in a county that was struck by climate-related extreme weather last year, according to a new Washington Post analysis of federal disaster declarations, and more than 80 percent experienced a heat wave."
Source: Washington Post, 01/07/2022
"Virginia Democrats Aim to Block Trump’s EPA Chief From State Agency"
"A rare confirmation battle is brewing around the nomination of Andrew Wheeler, who ran the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald J. Trump, to take a similar role in an incoming Republican state administration in Virginia."
Source: NYTimes, 01/07/2022
"Biden To Tour Damage From Colorado's Most Destructive Wildfire"
"U.S. President Joe Biden was due to visit Colorado on Friday to view the devastation left by a rare, winter wildfire that ravaged two Denver-area towns last week, displacing thousands of residents."
Source: Reuters, 01/07/2022
"6 Big Environmental Stories to Watch in 2022"
"From plastic pollution to extreme weather and the extinction crisis, the year ahead promises tough fights, enormous challenges and critical opportunities."
Source: The Revelator, 01/06/2022
Charges Dropped Against Journalists Arrested on Wet’suwet’en Territory
"Charges have been dropped against journalists Amber Bracken and Michael Toledano, who were arrested and detained for three nights on civil contempt charges while reporting on militarized police raids on Wet’suwet’en territory in northwest B.C. on Nov. 19."
Source: The Narwhal, 01/06/2022
"Texas Enacts Nation’s Strongest Flood Disclosure Law"
"The nation’s strongest flood-disclosure law for rental properties has taken effect in Texas and is forcing landlords to tell prospective tenants whether an apartment has been flooded and whether it’s in a flood zone."
Source: E&E News, 01/06/2022
"Panel Probes Trump Aide Over NPS Permit For Jan. 6 Rally"
"As Congress marks the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, congressional investigators are probing whether a Trump White House aide pressured Interior Department and National Park Service officials over permitting for then-President Trump’s rally on the Ellipse."
Source: E&E News, 01/06/2022
N Dakota Judge Rules 1000s Of Disputed DAPL Documents Are Public Records
"A state judge has ruled that thousands of documents related to security during the construction in North Dakota of the heavily protested Dakota Access Pipeline are public and subject to the state's open records law."
Source: Bismarck Tribune, 01/06/2022
"This Vast Wildfire Lab Is Helping Foresters Prepare for a Hotter Planet"
"When the Bootleg fire tore through a nature reserve in Oregon this summer, the destruction varied in different areas. Researchers say forest management methods, including controlled burns, were a big factor."
Source: NYTimes, 01/06/2022
