"First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Shutters Diesel Power Plant"
"America’s first offshore wind farm just helped to shut down a small diesel-fired electric power plant on Block Island, R.I."
Source: Climate Central, 05/03/2017
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"EPA Asks What Rules To Cut, Gets Earful About Dirty Water"
"The Trump administration got an earful Tuesday from people who say federal rules limiting air and water pollution aren't tough enough, even as it was seeking suggestions about what environmental regulations it should gut."
Source: AP, 05/03/2017
"Conservationists Sue To Halt Fracking In Ohio's Only National Forest"
"Four conservation groups on Tuesday sued the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management in an attempt to halt fracking plans in a portion of Ohio's only national forest."
Source: Reuters, 05/03/2017
"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
Blue Vision Summit
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
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