"Forest Service Backs Arrested ‘Burn Boss’"
"The Forest Service is defending the manager of a prescribed fire that went astray in Oregon, resulting in the employee’s arrest by a local sheriff."
Source: E&E News, 10/26/2022
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"U.S. Groups Urge Kerry To Back Climate Compensation Fund"
"Over 100 U.S. environmental groups on Monday urged top U.S. climate diplomat John Kerry to support the creation of a fund that would compensate countries that have experienced economic and physical loss from climate change, a key demand of vulnerable countries at the upcoming COP27 climate summit in Egypt."
Source: Reuters, 10/26/2022
"Rich Countries Keep Funding Our Demise"
"The most powerful countries in the world keep ratcheting up public funding for fossil fuel projects and increasing emissions—despite the fact that continued investment in dirty fuels could push us beyond the warming targets laid out in the Paris Agreement."
Source: Earther, 10/26/2022
"From E. Coli to Flesh-Eating Bacteria, Floodwaters Are a Health Nightmare"
"Floodwater often contains pollutants and pathogens that can sicken and kill people in the aftermath of a storm."
Source: Earther, 10/26/2022
Private Equity Buying Aging Oil, Gas and Coal Assets As Fossil Firms Divest
"Environmentalists fear the sell-offs could keep those facilities operating for years into the future, worsening climate change."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/26/2022
Climate Change Threatens Emperor Penguins With Extinction: USFWS
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service granted federal protections to the world’s tallest and heaviest penguin species Tuesday".
Source: Washington Post, 10/26/2022
Climate Pledges Are Falling Short, and a Chaotic Future Looks Likelier
"Countries around the world are failing to live up to their commitments to fight climate change, pointing Earth toward a future marked by more intense flooding, wildfires, drought, heat waves and species extinction, according to a report issued Wednesday by the United Nations."
Source: NYTimes, 10/26/2022
"Oil Companies Helping Fund Republican Takeover Plans"
"If Republicans take the House or Senate majority in next month’s midterm elections, they’ll have the oil and natural gas industry to thank — at least to an extent."
Source: E&E News, 10/26/2022
"Coming Soon to a Food Label Near You: ‘Bee-Friendly’ Certifications"
"A growing number of farms are seeking out pollinator-friendly certifications, but the two programs offering certification—run by the Xerces Society and Pollinator Partnership—are taking very different approaches."
Source: Civil Eats, 10/25/2022
"Western Wildfires Are Making Far Away Storms More Dangerous"
"In late July of 2018, massive wildfires blazed across Northern California. At the same time in Colorado, weather alerts went out warning of heavy thunderstorms and baseball-sized hail. The two disasters were separated by a thousand miles, but scientists are now finding they're connected."
Source: NPR, 10/25/2022
