"With Bike Buses, Kid Cyclists Dominate the Road"
"As more families have considered biking to school during the pandemic, they’ve turned to group bike commutes to make their journeys safer — and more visible."
Source: Bloomberg CityLab, 02/14/2022
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"Judge Restores Gray Wolf Protections"
"A federal judge today restored Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf, marking a big win for environmentalists in a high-profile fight that’s raged across the Western landscape."
Source: E&E News, 02/11/2022"US Coal Communities Get Historic $11B To Clean Up Abandoned Mines"
"The U.S. Department of the Interior announced the release of nearly $725 million in funding for cleaning up old coal-mining facilities. It’s the first tranche of a record $11.3 billion dedicated to coal cleanup in last year’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to be disbursed over the next 15 years."
Source: Canary Media, 02/11/2022"France Announces A Major Buildup Of Its Nuclear Power Program"
"President Emmanuel Macron announced a major buildup of France’s huge nuclear power program on Thursday, pledging to construct up to 14 new-generation reactors and a fleet of smaller nuclear plants as the country seeks to slash planet-warming emissions and cut its reliance on foreign energy."
Source: NYTimes, 02/11/2022"US Files 1st USMCA Environment Case On Mexico Over Porpoise"
"The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office filed the first environmental complaint against Mexico Thursday for failing to protect the critically endangered vaquita marina, the world’s smallest porpoise."
Source: AP, 02/11/2022Koala Listed As Endangered After Australia Fails To Halt Its Decline
"The Australian government has officially listed the koala as endangered after a decline in its numbers due to land clearing and catastrophic bushfires shrinking its habitat."
Source: Guardian, 02/11/2022"White House Sees Greening Power Sector Even if Court Hobbles EPA"
"Powerful economic currents are already pushing electric utilities toward clean energy even if the U.S. Supreme Court hands down a ruling that limits the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases, National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy said Thursday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/11/2022Obsolete Rainfall Records Are Blocking Cities' Climate Change Prep
"American cities are poised to spend billions of dollars to improve their water systems under the federal infrastructure bill, the largest water investment in the nation's history."
Source: NPR, 02/11/2022"Largest US Public Power Company Launches New Nuclear Program"
"The largest public power company in the U.S. is launching a program to develop and fund new small modular nuclear reactors as part of its strategy to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: AP, 02/11/2022Two House Democrats Question PR Firms On Work With Fossil Fuel Companies
"Reps. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent a letter Wednesday to six public relations-award firms, asking for details on their work with energy companies and whether they had aided them in campaigns to obscure the link between fossil fuels and climate change."
Source: The Hill, 02/11/2022Our Roads Are Killing Wildlife. New Infrastructure Law Aims To Help.
"Just outside of Los Angeles, in one of the most human-modified parts of the planet, a rare coastal ecosystem is being pinched against the Pacific Coast. The mountain range is home to one of the highest concentrations of threatened and endangered species in the country."
Source: NPR, 02/11/2022"Millions Facing Severe Hunger In Horn Of Africa - U.N. Food Agency"
"The U.N. World Food Programme said on Tuesday that 13 million people across the Horn of Africa face severe hunger, calling for immediate assistance to avoid a repeat of a famine a decade ago that killed hundreds of thousands of people."
Source: Reuters, 02/10/2022"How Billions in Infrastructure Funding Could Worsen Global Warming"
"Highway expansions tend to bring more greenhouse gas emissions. A few states are trying to change that dynamic, but it won’t be easy."
Source: NYTimes, 02/10/2022Nuclear Fusion Heat Record A ‘Huge Step’ In Quest For New Energy Source
"The prospect of harnessing the power of the stars has moved a step closer to reality after scientists set a new record for the amount of energy released in a sustained fusion reaction."
Source: Guardian, 02/10/2022"U.S. Confirms Highly Pathogenic Bird Flu At Indiana Turkey Farm"
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian flu in an Indiana turkey flock on Wednesday, the nation's first case in a commercial poultry operation since 2020."
Source: Reuters, 02/10/2022
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