"How Canada Is Trying To Protect Its Last Three Spotted Owls"
"Canada announced a more full-throated response to the potential extinction of the owl within its borders and boost the species".
Source: Guardian, 04/20/2021
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Business Booming in America’s Forests. Some Aren’t Happy About It.
"The fuel pellet industry is thriving. Supporters see it as a climate-friendly source of rural jobs. For others, it’s a polluter and destroyer of nature."
Source: NYTimes, 04/20/2021
"Size Of Pipeline Spill Again Underestimated In N. Carolina"
"An energy company has again underestimated the amount of gasoline that spilled from a crack in a pipeline running through a North Carolina nature preserve."
Source: AP, 04/20/2021
GAO Raises Concerns About Government Inspections Of Offshore Pipelines
"A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that the federal government lacks “robust” processes to both ensure the integrity of active offshore pipelines and to deal with inactive ones that have been left on the seafloor."
Source: The Hill, 04/20/2021
Biden Admin Releases $8 Billion In Disaster Funding For Puerto Rico
"The Biden administration on Monday freed up roughly $8 billion in disaster relief funding for Puerto Rico and lifted restrictions that curtailed how it could spend such funds in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017."
Source: The Hill, 04/20/2021
Paint Stripper Methylene Chloride Caused More Deaths Than EPA Identified
"A chemical found in paint strippers is associated with more deaths than previously thought, according to research published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine."
Source: The Hill, 04/20/2021
"Is California Suffering A Decades-Long Megadrought?"
"California has entered another drought. But depending on whom you ask, the last one may have never really ended."
Source: LA Times, 04/20/2021
Jackson, Miss., Won’t Release Email About 2020 Water System Problems
"The city of Jackson, Mississippi, has denied a TV station’s public records request for email about problems with the city water treatment system. WLBT-TV recently requested all city email related to the Environmental Protection Agency telling Jackson in March 2020 to bring its water treatment system into compliance with federal law."
Source: AP, 04/20/2021
"Biden Axes Top Trump Climate Scientist"
"The White House last week abruptly removed the lead scientist over the National Climate Assessment — a Trump appointee whom peers have called a serious professional in an untenable situation."
Source: E&E News, 04/20/2021
"Joe Biden To Reveal US Emissions Pledge In Key Climate Crisis Moment"
"Joe Biden faces a key test of his commitment to climate action this week, when he sets out his core plans for tackling the climate crisis and calls on all of the world’s major economies to join him in bold action to slash greenhouse gas emissions in the next ten years."
Source: Guardian, 04/20/2021
