Scientists Rediscover Galapagos Tortoise Thought Extinct for 100 Years
"Ecuador confirmed on Tuesday that a giant tortoise found in 2019 in the Galapagos Islands is a species considered extinct a century ago."
Source: Reuters, 05/27/2021
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Biden Officials, Newsom Designate California Coast For Wind Turbines
"The Biden administration and Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced a joint effort to bring offshore wind energy to the Pacific Ocean along the California coast."
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 05/26/2021"Biden Advancing New Cyber Rules for Pipelines After Hack Attack"
"The Biden administration is moving forward with mandatory cybersecurity requirements for pipelines, according to a person briefed on the plans, following the ransomware attack earlier this month that paralyzed the biggest fuel pipeline in the nation."
Source: Bloomberg, 05/26/2021"Bipartisan Roads Bill Set for Vote as Groups Lament ‘Status Quo’"
"A bipartisan bill to fund highways, roads, and bridges set to be considered on Wednesday perpetuates the U.S. transportation system’s entrenched safety, sustainability, and inequality problems, advocacy groups say. The $303.5 billion highway bill that the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is scheduled to mark up would boost funding by 34% compared with the last long-term surface transportation law."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/26/2021Appeals Court Again Orders EPA to Set New Lead Paint and Dust Standards
"The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals this month ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to go back and reconsider its lead hazard standards for homes—again."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/26/2021"People Of Color More Exposed To Heat Islands, Study Finds"
"In nearly every major city in the U.S., people of color are exposed to more extreme urban heat than white people, a new study found."
Source: AP, 05/26/2021Could Helium Lift Rural Arizona Economy? Locals Want Answers On Fracking
"On red-dirt pastureland on the southern edge of the Navajo Nation, El Pahi stands beside what looks like a child’s science experiment, but on a larger scale."
Source: Arizona Republic, 05/26/2021Another Louisiana Bayou Joins List Of Waterways With Mercury-Laden Fish
"The Department of Health announced this week that Little Alabama Bayou, about 20 miles west of Baton Rouge, has fish with unsafe levels of mercury, a heavy metal that can stunt brain development and inflict long-term damage on the kidneys and heart. The bayou runs through the Sherburne Wildlife Management Area, a popular fishing destination."
Source: nola.com, 05/26/2021"NASA Chief Touts New Earth-Observing Satellites For Climate"
"The White House is providing fresh details of a major satellite program that administration officials call poised to reveal vital information about climate change and extreme weather events."
Source: Axios, 05/26/2021Pope Launches Green Initiative, Decrying 'Predatory Attitude' Toward Planet
"Pope Francis launched an initiative on Tuesday to make Catholic institutions ranging from families to universities to businesses environmentally sustainable in seven years, saying a "predatory attitude" toward the planet must end."
Source: Reuters, 05/26/2021Climate, Development Pushing Vampire Bats North -- Maybe To Florida
"Vampire bats could soon make their way into the United States from Mexico due to climate change and development, scientists say."
Source: WUSF, 05/26/2021As Hurricane Season Looms, Biden Doubles Funding To Prepare For Extremes
"Administration will also launch NASA initiative aimed at collecting better climate data"
"President Biden announced Monday that he was doubling the amount of money the U.S. government will spend helping communities get set for extreme weather events, proclaiming the need for full readiness as he visited government workers and told them to prepare for another season of natural disasters.
Source: Washington Post, 05/25/2021U.S. Environmental Journalist Arrested When Trying To Leave Myanmar
"Danny Fenster, an American journalist working in Myanmar, was detained today by local authorities and prevented from leaving the country."
Source: Mongabay, 05/25/2021"Fighting Attacks on Inconvenient Science — and Scientists"
"The atrazine wars offer a cautionary tale for scientists whose work triggers blowback by regulated industries, and lessons for protecting scientific integrity."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/25/2021"Top Court Revives Guam’s Superfund Cost Claim Against U.S."
"Guam may pursue a Superfund cost recovery claim against the federal government for a $160 million landfill cleanup as its action was timely, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday in a significant victory for the territory."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/25/2021
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