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Florida Buys $300 Million In Land For The Environment — And Developers [1]

"One of the rare bipartisan highlights of Florida’s legislative session this year �was the decision to spend $300 million buying up land for conservation. ... The result could be a boon to landowners and developers as well."

Source: Tampa Bay Times [2], 07/28/2021

139 Dems Urge EPA To "Promptly" Let Calif. Set Its Own Auto Standards [3]

"A group of 139 Democratic lawmakers is urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to “promptly” reinstate California’s ability to set its own vehicle emissions standards — which is expected to increase electric vehicle adoption."

Source: The Hill [4], 07/28/2021

Review Of Federal Oil, Gas Leasing Program Being Finalized Internally [5]

"A highly anticipated review by the U.S. Interior Department of the federal oil and gas leasing program is undergoing final internal review and should be released "very soon," Interior Secretary Deb Haaland told a Senate hearing on Tuesday."

Source: Reuters [6], 07/28/2021

"Biden Mileage Rule To Exceed Obama Climate Goal" [7]

"In a major step against climate change, President Joe Biden is proposing a return to aggressive Obama-era vehicle mileage standards over five years, according to industry and government officials briefed on the plan. He’s then aiming for even tougher anti-pollution rules after that to forcefully reduce greenhouse gas emissions and nudge 40% of U.S. drivers into electric vehicles by decade’s end."

Source: AP [8], 07/28/2021

Journalism Groups Urge White House To Let Government Experts Speak Freely to Journalists and Public [9]

July 26, 2021 — SEJ joined with the Society of Professional Journalists and 23 other journalism groups in sending a letter today to the White House to request a meeting with its Scientific Integrity Task Force. The groups wish to discuss protection against interference in journalists' work, stating facts and making recommendations. Read the letter [10] and press release [11].

"Elephant Island: An Oasis for Fin Whales in an Icy Sea" [12]

"A hydrophone reveals a vital Antarctic feeding and breeding ground for the world’s second-largest whale."

Source: Hakai [13], 07/27/2021

"As Drought Cuts Hay Crop, Cattle Ranchers Face Culling Herds" [14]

"As the drought worsens across the West and ushers in an early fire season, cattle ranchers are among those feeling the pain. Their hay yields are down, leading some to make the hard decision to sell off animals."

Source: AP [15], 07/27/2021

"Are Striped Bass Doomed? Some Conservationists Are Worried." [16]

"The Dawn Marie is rising and falling in the gray swells, one of a hundred boats crowded together in search of striped bass — sometimes called America’s fish — on the Chesapeake Bay."

Source: Washington Post [17], 07/27/2021

"Fairy Creek, The RCMP And A Win For Press Freedom" [18]

"A coalition of journalism organizations, including The Narwhal, has won a court victory over the RCMP’s actions at the Fairy Creek logging blockades in B.C."

"“This is, without question, a watershed moment in the history of Canadian press freedom advocacy.”

That’s the view of Brent Jolly, president of the Canadian Association of Journalists, after a coalition of journalism organizations, including The Narwhal, won a hard-fought court victory over the RCMP’s actions at the Fairy Creek logging blockades.

Source: The Narwhal [19], 07/27/2021

"Warming Rivers In US West Killing Fish, Imperiling Industry" [20]

"Baby salmon are dying by the thousands in one California river, and an entire run of endangered salmon could be wiped out in another. Fishermen who make their living off adult salmon, once they enter the Pacific Ocean, are sounding the alarm as blistering heat waves and extended drought in the U.S. West raise water temperatures and imperil fish from Idaho to California."

Source: AP [21], 07/27/2021

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