"Low Prices, Virus Cited In Calls To Delay US Oil Lease Sale"
"Low prices and concerns about the new coronavirus should postpone a Gulf of Mexico oil lease sale planned for Wednesday, environmental groups said Tuesday."
Source: AP, 03/18/2020
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"National Parks: NPS Moves Toward Partial Shutdown"
"The National Park Service headed toward a partial shutdown today as officials scrambled to close park sites and facilities across the country in response to the coronavirus pandemic."
Source: Guardian, 03/18/2020
'How Many Of Them Will Die?' Homeless 'Tent City' Ripe For Coronavirus
"Across the world, public health experts are asking people to practice "social distancing" to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. ... But there are thousands of Arizonans who can't follow this advice. They have no home to isolate in."
Source: Arizona Republic, 03/18/2020
"The Infuriating Story of How the Government Stalled Coronavirus Testing"
"Alex Greninger was watching it all from the start. An epidemiologist and expert in laboratory medicine, Greninger spent the first few weeks of the year paying close attention to China, where a new SARS-like virus was burning through the city of Wuhan at an alarming rate."
Source: GQ, 03/18/2020
IJNR Workshop: Great Lakes Water Levels
This Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources online workshop will introduce journalists to the new reality — and uncertainty — of Great Lakes water levels. Due to group size limitations, the workshop is open to the first 25 registrants. There is no registration fee.
"The Park Service Is Selling Out To Telecom Giants"
"With Trump’s blessing, cell towers are infiltrating protected public lands across the West."
Source: High Country News, 03/17/2020
"New Mexico Supreme Court Asked To Weigh In On Water Dispute"
"A coalition of outdoor groups on Friday asked the New Mexico Supreme Court to weigh in on a dispute over public access to rivers and streams that flow through private property."
Source: AP, 03/17/2020
Virginia: "For Environmentalists, A ‘Monumental’ Legislative Session"
"RICHMOND, Va. — Environmental advocates notched one win after another this legislative session as the new Democratic majority passed their top-priority legislation, including measures long opposed by Republicans who used to be in charge."
Source: AP, 03/17/2020
"White House Greenlights Rule for Reporting Chemical Data to EPA"
"Chemical makers will soon learn what specific information they’ll have to give the EPA later this year, now that the White House has approved the agency’s final data reporting rule."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/17/2020
Statue of Liberty and Washington Monument Shuttered Due To Coronavirus
"The Trump administration closed the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island on Monday in response to the coronavirus outbreak. It joined at least 10 other sites that were shuttered within the National Mall and the Golden Gate Recreation Area over the weekend."
Source: Washington Post, 03/17/2020
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