Climate Change

Public Institute Became A De Facto Lobbying Arm Of The Timber Industry

"As Oregon Gov. Kate Brown crafted a bill in 2018 to enact sweeping limits on greenhouse gas emissions, leaders at an obscure state agency worked behind the scenes to discredit research they feared would persuade her to target one of the state’s most powerful industries."

Source: Oregonian/OPB, 08/05/2020

Storm Isaias Makes Landfall In Southern North Carolina: U.S. NHC

"What was once Hurricane Isaias has been downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall late Monday night in North Carolina. The National Hurricane Center said in its 5 a.m. ET advisory Tuesday that threats of tornadoes were beginning to spread into southeastern Virginia."

Source: USA TODAY, 08/04/2020

Northeast US Climate Pact Has Major Side Benefit — Healthier Children

"A climate change initiative in the Northeastern U.S. designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions has also greatly reduced harmful air pollution and related impacts to kids' health, such as asthma, preterm births and low birth weights, according to a new study."

Source: Daily Climate, 08/03/2020

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