Wildlife Rescue Centres Struggle To Treat Endangered Species In Outbreak
"Shortages in funds, medicines and masks threaten charity work around the world".AC
Source: Guardian, 03/31/2020
Environmental Health
After 4 Months In Arctic, Researchers Come Home To A World In Crisis
"The about 100 researchers that on Tuesday set foot in Tromsø, Norway, will hardly be able to recognize the life they left in December."
Source: Barents Observer, 03/31/2020
"'We Have Never Done This Before.' Inside N.Y.'s Grid Lockdown"
"New York's historic decision to require workers to live at facilities operating the state's power grid during the novel coronavirus pandemic may be a test case for the rest of the nation."
Source: EnergyWire, 03/31/2020
"Pandemic: Seasoned EPA Whistleblower Raises Alarms, Again
"EPA scientist Cate Jenkins blasted out an email last week questioning whether the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, can be transmitted orally through food and whether the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration have failed to convey the potential risk to the public."
Source: Greenwire, 03/31/2020
"The Burning Problem of America’s Sugar Cane Growers"
"There’s a hidden cost to the way Florida’s farmers bring in the sugar crop. Just visit the hospitals and measure the climate impact."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 03/31/2020
"Revealed: Monsanto Predicted Crop System Would Damage US Farms"
"The US agriculture giant Monsanto and the German chemical giant BASF were aware for years that their plan to introduce a new agricultural seed and chemical system would probably lead to damage on many US farms, internal documents seen by the Guardian show."
Source: Guardian, 03/31/2020
SEJ Webinar: Covering a Crisis: Climate, Coronavirus and Global (In)Action
How should the media cover a crisis? SEJ's 2020 webinar series launched April 2 with a discussion of the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic that could inform how journalists, scientists and advocates communicate about and address climate change. Panelists: Denis Hayes, The Earth Day Network and The Bullitt Foundation; Alice Hill, Council on Foreign Relations; and John Mecklin, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, moderated by Guardian US' Emily Holden.
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"Whitmer Order Halts Water Shutoffs During Virus Pandemic"
"Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order Saturday requiring communities statewide to restore water service, effectively ending water shutoffs for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic."
Source: AP, 03/30/2020
Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Find Opposition Within: Staff Scientists
"Federal scientists and lawyers, told to undo regulations that some have worked on for decades, have embedded data into technical documents that environmental lawyers are using to challenge the rollbacks."
Source: NY Times, 03/30/2020
"EPA’s Relaxed Enforcement Amid Virus Draws Mixed State Reaction"
"State regulators are giving mixed responses to the EPA’s relaxed enforcement on a range of environmental obligations by facilities affected by the coronavirus pandemic."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/30/2020
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