Environmental Health

"EU Green Recovery Package Sets A Marker For The World"

"The European commission has put down a marker for the world with its green recovery package. It sets a high standard for other nations, using the rebuilding of coronavirus-ravaged economies to tackle the even greater threat of the climate emergency, in principle at least."

Source: Guardian, 05/29/2020

"US Lets Corporations Delay Paying Environmental Fines Amid Pandemic"

"Ten corporations that agreed to a total of $56m in civil penalties for allegedly breaking environmental laws are not being required to make payments under a pause granted by the US government during the Covid-19 pandemic."

Source: Guardian, 05/28/2020

"Record Drop In Energy Investment, Warns International Energy Agency"

"The coronavirus crisis is causing the biggest fall in global energy investment in history. Before the pandemic, funding was set to rise 2%, but now it’s predicted to plunge 20%, says the International Energy Agency (IEA)."

Source: BBC News, 05/28/2020

"Ohio Senate, Citing Coronavirus, Would Prohibit Plastic Bag Bans"

"Touting the potential for disposable plastic bags to help prevent coronavirus spread in grocery stores, the heavily Republican Ohio Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit local plastic bag bans for 12 months."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/28/2020

"America’s Never-Ending Battle Against Flesh-Eating Worms"

"The Florida Keys are a place where deer stand next to children at school-bus stops. They lounge on lawns. They eat snacks right out of people’s hands. So when the deer began acting strangely in the summer of 2016, the people of the Keys noticed. Bucks started swinging their heads erratically, as if trying to shake something loose. Then wounds opened on their heads—big, gaping wounds that exposed white slabs of bone."

Source: The Atlantic, 05/27/2020

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