"I Know Why the Caged Songbird Goes Extinct"
"The straw-headed bulbul doesn’t look like much. ... But this Southeast Asian native stands out in one notable way: It sings like an angel."
Source: The Revelator, 03/04/2021
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"Reversing Trump, Interior Department Moves Swiftly on Climate Change"
"As the Interior Department awaits its new secretary, the agency is already moving to lock in key parts of President Biden’s environmental agenda, particularly on oil and gas restrictions, laying the groundwork to fulfill some of the administration’s most consequential climate change promises."
Source: NYTimes, 03/03/2021"Agriculture Secretary Sees ‘Early Wins’ on Climate From Farms"
"U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack predicted farms would provide “early wins” for the Biden administration’s efforts to counter climate change, and hinted he will draw on the department’s borrowing authority to fund initiatives to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 03/03/2021"Miami Says It Can Adapt to Rising Seas. Not Everyone Is Convinced."
"Officials in Miami-Dade County, where climate models predict two feet or more of sea-level rise by 2060, have released an upbeat strategy for living with more water, one that focused on elevating homes and roads, more dense construction farther inland and creating more open space for flooding in low-lying areas."
Source: NYTimes, 03/03/2021Weekslong Water Crisis in Mississippi Hitting Black Residents Hardest
"Infrastructure failures following bitterly cold temperatures caused dozens of water mains to burst and freeze, leaving thousands without running water for weeks."
Source: HuffPost, 03/03/2021Cancel All Planned Coal Projects To End ‘Deadly Addiction’ - UN Head
"All planned coal projects around the world must be cancelled to end the “deadly addiction” to the most polluting fossil fuel, the UN secretary-general António Guterres said on Tuesday."
Source: Guardian, 03/03/2021"Democrats in U.S. House Introduce Wide-Ranging Climate Bill"
"Three Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a wide-ranging climate bill on Tuesday that embraces President Joe Biden’s goals to curb climate change including decarbonizing the electric grid by 2035."
Source: Reuters, 03/03/2021"Mining Magnets: Arctic Island Finds Green Power Can Be A Curse"
"In the tenth century, Erik the Red, a Viking from Iceland, was so impressed with the vegetation on another Arctic island he had found he called it “the green land.” Today, it’s Greenland’s rocks that are attracting outsiders - superpowers riding a green revolution."
Source: Reuters, 03/03/2021Calif. Wind Firm To Breed Condors To Replace Birds Killed by Turbines
"After a decades-long effort to rescue the California condor from the brink of extinction, government officials say the critically endangered vultures are now at risk of being killed by spinning turbine blades."
Source: LA Times, 03/03/2021How Fast Are Oceans Rising? Answer May Be In Century-Old Shipping Logs
"Off the coast of England, there's a tiny, wind-swept island with the remains of a lifeboat rescue station from the mid-1800s. The workers who once ran the station on Hilbre Island did something that, unbeknownst to them, has become crucial for understanding the future of a hotter climate: They recorded the tides."
Source: NPR, 03/03/2021"Tuna’s Last Stand"
"Skipjack are the world’s most abundant tuna. They’re resilient, but can they outswim our demand for this pantry staple?"
Source: Hakai, 03/03/2021"More States Follow California's Lead On Vehicle Emissions Standards"
"An increasing number of states are looking to follow the precedent set by California and adopt stricter vehicle emissions standards as the Biden administration appears poised to green light those efforts."
Source: The Hill, 03/02/2021Feds Withdraw Environmental Impact Statement, Delaying Oak Flat Land Swap
"The U.S. Forest Service has withdrawn the final environmental impact statement for a huge copper mine near Superior, temporarily halting a land swap that would have given the mine's owners title to a parcel deemed sacred by many Apaches and other Southwestern tribes."
Source: Arizona Republic, 03/02/2021Texas PUC Chair Resigns After Criticism Over Management Of Power Outages
"The chairwoman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the agency that regulates the state’s electric, telecommunication, and water and sewer utilities, resigned Monday, according to a resignation letter provided to the Texas Tribune."
Source: Texas Tribune, 03/02/2021Austin Had A Bold New Climate Plan – Until A Gas Company Got Involved
"When the city of Austin drafted a plan to shift away from fossil fuels, the local gas company was fast on the scene to try to scale back the ambition of the effort." "The fossil fuel industry is using the same playbook to fight city climate plans around the country".
Source: Floodlight, 03/02/2021
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