"Space Agencies Unveil Site Showing Lockdown Changes To Earth"
"You can now see how coronavirus lockdowns have changed air pollution, hospital lights and even white asparagus harvests."
Source: AP, 06/29/2020
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Dems’ Infrastructure Bill Has A Special Delivery: Electric Mail Trucks
"Cleaner, quieter, cheaper Postal Service vehicles — if Mitch McConnell allows them"
Source: Vox, 06/29/2020
"Trump Taps Pendley for Land Bureau Chief After Year in Role"
"The White House on Friday announced its intention to formally nominate William Perry Pendley to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, which he has directed in an acting capacity for nearly a year."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/29/2020
"Ernst Sinks Vote on Trump EPA Nominee"
"The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will not take up Douglas Benevento’s nomination for the No. 2 position at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced her opposition."
Source: The Hill, 06/29/2020
"Satellites Reveal Major New Gas Industry Methane Leaks"
"Last fall, European Space Agency satellites detected huge plumes of the invisible planet-warming gas methane leaking from the Yamal pipeline that carries natural gas from Siberia to Europe."
Source: Reuters, 06/29/2020
"Chesapeake Energy, Fracking Pioneer, Files For Bankruptcy Owing $9bn"
"Chesapeake Energy, the shale gas drilling pioneer that helped to turn the United States into a global energy powerhouse, has filed for bankruptcy protection." "The Oklahoma City-based company helped turn the US into a global energy powerhouse but ran up huge debts in the process".
Source: Guardian, 06/29/2020
Environmental Justice: "St. James Parish Takes on Big Plastic"
"Beneath a searing Louisiana sun, a crowd gathers on a former sugar cane plantation to commemorate Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States. Rows of unmarked graves stand nearby—believed to be the resting place of those who’d been enslaved on the plantation. A few people, clad in face masks, hold up a banner: Honoring Our Ancestors. Another sign, staked into the grass, is aimed not at the past, but at the future: FORMOSA: YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE."
Source: Hakai, 06/29/2020
Florida Scientist Says She Was Fired For Not Manipulating COVID-19 Data
"NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Rebekah Jones, a scientist who was fired from Florida's health department, who is now publishing a coronavirus dashboard of her own to track the state's COVID-19 cases."
Source: NPR, 06/29/2020
Winds, Low Humidity Bring Critical Wildfire Danger To Much Of The West
"Red flag fire warnings are in effect for large portions of the West on Sunday and Monday, the National Weather Service said."
Source: LA Times, 06/29/2020
"New Data Reveals Hidden Flood Risk Across America"
"Across much of the United States, the flood risk is far greater than government estimates show, new calculations suggest, exposing millions of people to a hidden threat — and one that will only grow as climate change worsens."
Source: NYTimes, 06/29/2020
