Water & Oceans

"White House, GOP Infrastructure Talks Hit Crucial Stage"

"Negotiations between the White House and Senate Republicans over President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan are hitting a crucial stage ahead of talks Friday after the latest GOP offer left some dismay in the administration that there wasn’t more movement off the Republicans’ initial $568 billion proposal."

Source: AP, 05/21/2021

NOAA’s Hurricane Outlook Calls For 6th Straight Above-Average Season

"Just months after the conclusion of the busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its 2021 outlook, calling for another active season. The agency is the latest of several forecasting groups watching the upcoming hurricane season’s potential to overperform for the sixth year in a row."

Source: Washington Post, 05/21/2021

"Even Amid a Pandemic, More Than 40 Million People Fled Their Homes"

"Storms, floods, wildfires — and to a lesser degree, conflict — uprooted 40.5 million people around the world in 2020. It was the largest number in more than a decade, according to figures published Thursday by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, a nonprofit group based in Geneva that tracks displacement data annually."

Source: NYTimes, 05/21/2021

Pesticides Becoming More Toxic For The World's Most Important Insects

"Over the last 25 years, the toxicity of 381 pesticides in the U.S. more than doubled for pollinators and aquatic invertebrates such as crustaceans, mayflies, and dragonflies, according to a new study."

Source: EHN, 05/19/2021

Calif. Water Districts Get OK To Sue Dow, Shell On Groundwater Pollution

"A state appeals court has upheld California’s cleanup standards for a cancer-causing chemical that was added to pesticides and has polluted groundwater in the Central Valley, rejecting challenges by manufacturers that may have to pay the costs."

Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 05/19/2021

"As The Rest Of World Tackles Plastics Disposal, The U.S. Resists"

"In an expansion of the U.N.’s 1989 Basel Convention, amendments to the international protocol on the shipment of hazardous waste were revised to include plastics in 2021, with nations currently figuring out how to implement the agreement."

Source: Mongabay, 05/18/2021

Amid Drought Crisis, Some Ranchers Restore Grasslands to Reserve Water

"It’s calving season and all across the West ranchers are watching the sizes of their herds grow. It’s also the beginning of a new season on most ranches, but in the midst of a historic, persistent drought, a growing herd brings difficult questions."

Source: Civil Eats, 05/18/2021

Worsening Algae Bloom On Lake Okeechobee Threatens Coasts Again

"The scene at Pahokee marina on Lake Okeechobee last week was a warning sign: A thick mat of algae in various shades of green, brown, gray and fluorescent blue covered the area around boat slips. In some spots, the gunk was so dense it stuck out 2 inches above the water."

Source: Miami Herald, 05/18/2021

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