"A Global Heat Wave Has Set the Arctic Circle on Fire"
"From Japan to Sweden, and Oman to Texas, a global heat wave is setting records, igniting wildfires, and killing dozens all across the world this week."
Source: New York, 07/23/2018
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"Trump Administration Neuters Nuclear Safety Board"
"Under a new order from the Energy Department, a nuclear safety board will have to fight for information about and access to nuclear laboratories. In the past, the board has brought serious problems at those labs to light."
Source: Santa Fe New Mexican, 07/23/2018
"Trump Just Nominated A Pesticide Exec To Oversee Science At The USDA"
"On Monday [7/16], while most media were still digesting President Donald Trump’s extraordinary travels abroad, the White House quietly named a long-time pesticide executive as chief scientist for the US Department of Agriculture."
Source: Mother Jones, 07/23/2018
DEADLINE: Cullman Center Fellowships at New York Public Library
Working on a book project? The Cullman Center will select 15 fellows for a nine-month term at the New York Public Library, from September through May, and provide up to $70,000, an office and computer, as well as full access to the Library's resources. Apply by Sep 28.
"Climate Change Is Killing the Cedars of Lebanon"
"Walking among the cedars on a mountain slope in Lebanon feels like visiting the territory of primeval beings. Some of the oldest trees have been here for more than 1,000 years, spreading their uniquely horizontal branches like outstretched arms and sending their roots deep into the craggy limestone.... But now, after centuries of human depredation, the cedars of Lebanon face perhaps their most dangerous threat: Climate change could wipe out most of the country’s remaining cedar forests by the end of the century."
Source: NY Times, 07/20/2018
"U.N. Pact Offers Hope To World's Climate Migrants"
"Be it by flood, drought or hurricane, communities at risk of climate displacement have won vital protection after their plight was for the first time recognised in a global pact on migration, campaigners say."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn, 07/20/2018
Work Stops as 42 Hanford Cleanup Workers Are Contaminated With Plutonium
"“This is 2018. We shouldn't still be contaminating people with plutonium,” said a worker at the Hanford site in eastern Washington."
Source: BuzzFeed News, 07/20/2018
"Judge Throws Out New York Climate Lawsuit"
"A federal judge has rejected New York City’s lawsuit to make fossil fuel companies help pay the costs of dealing with climate change."
Source: NY Times, 07/20/2018
"Bill Shows Chink in U.S. Republicans' Climate Armor"
"A decade of inaction by the U.S. Republican Party on climate legislation will end next week when one its own offers a carbon tax bill, which is sure to fail in the House of Representatives, but is notable for winning even a little Republican support."
Source: Reuters, 07/20/2018
"White House CEQ Nominee: 'The Climate Is Changing'"
"President Trump's pick to lead the Council on Environmental Quality tiptoed around climate change today while appearing to draw some Democratic support."
Source: Greenwire, 07/20/2018
