"Coronavirus: Testing Sewage An 'Easy Win'"
"A sewage-based coronavirus test could be an 'easy win' that would pick up infection spikes up to 10 days earlier than with existing medical-based tests."
Source: BBC News, 07/03/2020
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SEJ Webinar: Covering Climate, COVID-19 and Environmental Justice
Join us on July 8, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET, for the third #SEJ2020 webinar, this time with environmental reporters and storytellers who will discuss their experiences covering climate change, COVID-19 and racial inequality.
60% of Fish Species Could Be Unable To Survive In Current Areas By 2100
"Sixty per cent of studied fish species will be unable to survive in their current ranges by 2100 if climate warming reaches a worst-case scenario of 4-5C (7.2-9F) above pre-industrial temperatures, researchers have found."
Source: Guardian, 07/03/2020
"Climate Change Fuels U.S. Dust Storms With Dire Health Consequences"
"Dust storms—those billowing walls of sand and dirt often seen seen in the more arid regions of the world—doubled in the American Southwest between the 1990s to 2000s." "Respiratory ICU admissions spike in the wake of such storms, which are becoming more common across the American Southwest."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/03/2020
Ariz. Reels As 3 Of The Biggest Wildfires In Its History Ravage State
"Extreme weather has contributed to the vast blazes – with the pandemic complicating the emergency response."
Source: Guardian, 07/03/2020
Trump Pick For Public Lands Chief Puts Endangered GOP Senators In Bind
"President Donald Trump just put two of his favorite Senate allies in a tough spot." "Either Cory Gardner and Steve Daines back an anti-environment extremist and outrage public land advocates, or they oppose him and face Trump’s wrath."
Source: HuffPost, 07/03/2020
World's E-Waste 'Unsustainable', Says UN Report Citing China, India, US
"Across the river from Delhi’s Red Fort, the grim neighbourhood of Seelampur lives off what consumers in the modern world throw away - their broken or obsolete electronic and electrical goods."
Source: Reuters, 07/03/2020
BP, Shell Write-Off Billions in Assets, Citing Covid and Climate Change
"Two of the world's largest energy companies have sent their strongest signals yet that the coronavirus pandemic may accelerate a global transition away from oil, and that billions of dollars invested in fossil fuel assets could go to waste."
Source: InsideClimate News, 07/03/2020
"Investigation: Disaster Loans Foster Disparities In Black Communities"
"One of the costliest storms in the past decade struck indiscriminately along the southeast coast of the United States in 2016. The government's response showed more bias."
Source: E&E News, 07/03/2020
Rocket’s Red Glare: Trump’s Mount Rushmore Fireworks Anger Tribes
"Tribal leaders in South Dakota plan to protest President Trump’s appearance Friday at an elaborate Mount Rushmore fireworks display, arguing that the event could worsen the state’s coronavirus outbreak and violates Native Americans’ claims to the Black Hills."
Source: Washington Post, 07/03/2020
