"'Best Day Ever.' Scientist Celebrates Recovering Sea Stars"
Earlier this week, a scientist in the San Juan Islands tweeted: “Best day ever." What triggered her joy? Sea stars. Hundreds of healthy, colorful sea stars."
Source: KUOW, 05/03/2019
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Cyclone Slams Indian Temple Town After A Million People Flee Homes
"A cyclone barreled into eastern India on Friday, bringing down trees and power lines and “extensively” damaging the tourist town of Puri, but there were no early reports of casualties with a million people evacuated before it made landfall."
Source: Reuters, 05/03/2019
Climate Change Has US Fund Managers Adjusting Agriculture Investments
"After historic floods devastated Midwestern agricultural states this spring, some fund managers are evaluating how climate change will affect the long-term value of companies that make or sell products ranging from tractors to fertilizer."
Source: Reuters, 05/03/2019
"Why Is China Placing A Global Bet On Coal?"
"China, known as the world's biggest polluter, has been taking dramatic steps to clean up and fight climate change. So why is it also building hundreds of coal-fired power plants in other countries?"
Source: NPR, 05/03/2019
Trump Admin. Objected To Climate Change References In Arctic Statement
"The Trump administration objected to climate change references in a planned joint statement for the upcoming international Arctic Council forum, the Washington Post reports."
Source: Axios, 05/03/2019
SEC Blocks More Shareholder Climate Resolutions, Citing ‘Micromanagement’
"The Securities & Exchange Commission has more Trump appointees now, and energy and utility companies see an ally as they try to stop investors' climate resolutions."
Source: InsideClimate News, 05/03/2019
Pipeline Protesters Could Face 20 Years in Prison Under Texas Bill
"Under a proposal being considered in the Texas House this week, activists who engage in civil disobedience to stop or delay construction on pipelines would be charged with the same level of felony as attempted murderers." Journalists covering protests could also be hit with felony charges.
Source: Texas Observer, 05/03/2019
"Dems Blast Top Interior Lawyer Over Loyalty Comments"
"Democrats blasted Daniel Jorjani, the nominee to serve as the Interior Department’s top lawyer, during a confirmation hearing Thursday for his 2017 email telling agency colleagues that “our job is to protect the Secretary” from ethics probes and bad press."
Source: HuffPost, 05/03/2019
Interior Loosens Drilling Safety Rules Dating From Deepwater Horizon
"The Trump administration on Thursday made public its rollback of a major offshore-drilling safety regulation, significantly weakening an Obama-era rule that was put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 people and sent 4.9 million barrels of oil gushing into the sea, causing the worst oil spill in American history."
Source: NY Times, 05/03/2019
Staking Out Battle Lines, House Votes to Keep US in Paris Climate Pact
"The House passed a bill on Thursday that would block President Trump from abandoning the Paris Agreement on climate change and require his administration to devise a plan to cut America’s greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: NY Times, 05/03/2019
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