"Judge Blocks Logging In The Tongass, For Now"
"A federal judge ordered a preliminary injunction Monday halting the sale of nearly 1,200 acres of old-growth trees in the Tongass National Forest."
Source: Juneau Empire, 09/25/2019
Natural Resources
New IPCC Report: Massive Change For World’s Oceans And Frozen Regions
"Climate change is already causing staggering impacts on the oceans and ice-filled regions that encompass 80 percent of the Earth, and future damage from rising seas and melting glaciers is now all but certain, according to a sobering new report from the United Nations."
Source: Washington Post, 09/25/2019
"Without Brazil, Donors Unlock $500 Million To Preserve Rainforests"
"International donors agreed on Monday to free up more than $500 million in aid to protect tropical rainforests, including the Amazon where wildfires are raging, France’s president said on Monday at a U.N. meeting shunned by Brazil."
Source: Reuters, 09/24/2019
"To Prevent the Next Dust Bowl, Give Soil a Chance"
"Hugh Hammond Bennett, the father of the modern conservation movementeffort that became today’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), once wrote, “Take care of the land and the land will take care of you.” Perhaps it would have been more accurate to say, “Take care of the soil and the soil will take care of you.”"
Source: Civil Eats, 09/24/2019
Water Bottles in Class Offer Varying Lessons in Sustainability
Can consumption in the classroom become a reporting exercise for budding journalists? Our quarterly EJ Academy column explores how collegiate educators can handle sustainability questions. Should students be discouraged from using plastic water bottles? And should faculty use electronic handouts and texts instead of paper copies? Top instructors weigh in.
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"Court Suspends Key Permits For Planned Minnesota Copper Mine"
"The Minnesota Court of Appeals has handed environmental groups a victory by suspending two key permits for a planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine ahead of a hearing next month."
Source: AP, 09/23/2019
"BLM Headquarters Moves to Building Housing Oil Company Offices"
"The Bureau of Land Management is moving its headquarters to a building that houses offices for several oil and gas companies operating in Western Colorado, including Chevron USA, Inc., and the local branch of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/23/2019
"Interior: Bernhardt Hands Border Lands To Army"
"Interior Secretary David Bernhardt issued an unprecedented emergency withdrawal last night of public lands, shifting control of a 70-mile stretch to the U.S. military to speed construction of the wall along the southern border with Mexico."
Source: Greenwire, 09/20/2019
Border Fence Construction Could Destroy Archaeological Sites: NPS
"Bulldozers and excavators rushing to install President Trump’s border barrier could damage or destroy up to 22 archaeological sites within Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in coming months, according to an internal National Park Service report obtained by The Washington Post."
Source: Washington Post, 09/18/2019
'National Tragedy': Trump Begins Building Border Wall In Unesco Reserve
"Construction of a 30ft-high section of Donald Trump’s border barrier has begun in the Organ Pipe Cactus national monument in southern Arizona, a federally protected wilderness area and Unesco-recognized international biosphere reserve."
Source: Guardian, 09/13/2019
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