"White House Leaning Toward Exiting Paris Climate Pact"
"White House officials are leaning towards taking the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, people familiar with the deliberations say."
Source: The Hill, 05/03/2017
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The 2017 Summit will convene in Washington, D.C., where ocean and youth leaders from 150 marine organizations, and national and internation partners, will discuss offshore drilling and spilling, plastic and other forms of ocean pollution, defending coasts at risk from sea-level rise and climate denial, and more.
"Clash Over Bears Ears Tests Years Of Progress On Native Spirituality"
"To Native Americans, Bears Ears National Monument is more than a national park, it is holy ground connecting them to their ancestors and the spiritual realm."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 05/02/2017
"Nitrite Pollution Puts Warming Waters At Risk"
"Nitrite pollution caused by rising temperatures is changing the chemistry of coastal waters, threatening more algal blooms and zones devoid of fish."
Source: Climate News Network, 05/02/2017
New York Plan to Dump Chlorine Into Sewers Worries Environmentalists
"Facing a chronic problem of raw sewage emptying into city waterways during rainfalls, and struggling to meet health regulations, New York City environmental officials are turning to a new method of treating bacteria in sewage: dumping chlorine into sewer pipes leading to the waterways."
Source: NY Times, 05/02/2017
Sea-Level Rise: Gentrification As High Ground Becomes Hot Property
"MIAMI — One of the first sea-level rise maps Broadway Harewood saw was a few years back, when climate activists gathered in his neighborhood to talk about how global warming would affect people in less-affluent South Florida communities."
Source: ClimateWire, 05/02/2017
"Justices Deny Review Of Case Challenging Polar Bear Habitat"
"The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a challenge to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to designate 187,000 square miles of Alaska’s coast and waters a critical habitat for the threatened polar bear."
Source: The Hill, 05/02/2017
USDA Secretary Rolls Back Obama Nutrition Standards For School Lunches
"Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Monday that he would roll back part of former First Lady Michelle Obama’s healthy eating initiative: stricter nutritional standards for school lunches."
Source: LA Times, 05/02/2017
Fire in Georgia Wildlife Refuge Could Take Months To Fight: Officials
"A wildfire that has burned more than 100,000 acres (40,469 hectares) at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southern Georgia could take until November before it is put out, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 05/02/2017
"Appropriations: 2 Contentious Air Provisions Hitch Ride On Omnibus"
"The broad fiscal 2017 spending bill released overnight includes contentious language to require the federal government to treat emissions from forest biomass as carbon neutral."
Source: Greenwire, 05/02/2017
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