Last Male Northern White Rhino Dies In Kenya
"The world's last surviving male northern white rhino has died after months of poor health, his carers said."
Source: BBC News, 03/20/2018
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"Storm-Prone States Ease Up On Building Codes Despite Growing Risks"
"A report being released on Monday shows Florida isn’t alone in easing up on building regulations even as the effects of global warming escalate. The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety examined building policies in 18 Atlantic and Gulf Coast states and found that despite the increasing severity of natural disasters, many of those states have relaxed their approach to codes - or have yet to impose any whatsoever."
Source: Bloomberg, 03/20/2018"EPA: Science Reform Eyed As Path To Unravel Endangerment Finding"
"The plan now being developed at U.S. EPA to restrict the science the agency uses could affect the crafting of regulations for years and become one of the most enduring parts of Administrator Scott Pruitt's legacy."
Source: ClimateWire, 03/20/2018"Feds Reject Michigan Permit For Mine Near Sensitive Tribal Waters"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has objected to a wetland permit for the proposed Back Forty Mine in Michigan's western Upper Peninsula near the Wisconsin border."
Source: EHN, 03/20/2018Climate Change Soon To Cause Mass Migration, World Bank Warns
"Climate change will result in a massive movement of people inside countries and across borders, creating “hotspots” where tens of millions pour into already crowded slums, according to the World Bank."
Source: Guardian, 03/20/2018"Decline In Hunters Threatens How U.S. Pays For Conservation"
"A new survey by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows that today, only about 5 percent of Americans, 16 years old and older, actually hunt. That's half of what it was 50 years ago and the decline is expected to accelerate over the next decade."
Source: NPR, 03/20/2018"Coal Ash Pollution Case To Be Heard By Federal Appeals Court"
"A legal battle over the storage of more than 3 million tons of coal ash in Virginia is headed to a federal appeals court in a case closely watched by environmentalists and energy companies."
Source: AP, 03/20/2018"Interior Department Offers Oil Leases Near Utah's Wilderness Monuments"
"The U.S. Department of Interior on Tuesday will auction off more than 51,000 acres (21,000 hectares) in southeastern Utah for oil and gas development, over objections from conservationists, who say the move threatens sensitive archaeological and wilderness sites."
Source: Reuters, 03/20/2018"U.S. Supreme Court Allows Flint Water Contamination Lawsuits"
"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave the green light to two class-action lawsuits filed by residents of Flint, Michigan who are pursing civil rights claims against local and state officials over lead contamination in the city’s water supply."
Source: Reuters, 03/20/2018"Canada’s Outdoor Rinks Are Melting. So Is a Way of Life."
"WATERLOO, Ontario — Jack Williams and his sister, Cara, sat in their kitchen watching their backyard rink melt."
Source: NY Times, 03/20/2018Offshore Drillers Hate Rules, but Inspections Find Big Safety Problems
"Faced with questions about its commitment to safety, the Interior Department sent teams to the Gulf of Mexico last week to inspect giant cranes used in offshore oil and gas operations that are a significant source of accidents."
Source: NY Times, 03/19/2018Scott Pruitt, Rule-Cutting Trump EPA Chief, Plots His Political Future
"The headline speakers at the Conservative Political Action Conference’s annual showcase, the Ronald Reagan Dinner, have historically been rising stars in the Republican Party — firebrand pundits, prominent activists, future presidential candidates. Last month, it was Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency."
Source: NY Times, 03/19/2018"Pruitt Huddled With Coal Exec Who Raised Over $1M for Trump"
"EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt met with an Indiana coal executive last year who was seeking to soften a pollution rule — and who once boasted about raising more than a million dollars for President Donald Trump’s campaign, according to documents provided to POLITICO."
Source: Politico, 03/19/2018"‘Rewilding’ Missing Carnivores May Help Restore Some Landscapes"
"If you’re lucky, you can spot a gray wolf in Yellowstone National Park. But a century ago, you’d have been hard pressed to find any there. Poisonings and unregulated hunting obliterated nearly all of these majestic canines from Canada to Mexico, their original home range. Then the rewilding began."
Source: NY Times, 03/19/2018"States: US Government To Rewrite 2 Endangered Species Rules"
"The Trump administration will rewrite rules governing how to choose areas considered critical to endangered species to settle a lawsuit brought by 20 states and four trade groups, according to state attorneys general."
Source: AP, 03/19/2018
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