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Climate Melting of Glacier Threatens To Flood Peruvian City [1]

"A lawsuit is leaning on the new research that found a global warming fingerprint on the melting glacier threatening to send an outburst flood into Huaraz, Peru."

"Not all of the water from the planet’s melting glaciers is pouring into rivers and oceans. A surprising amount is building up behind unstable piles of rubble left behind by the retreating ice. As the Earth continues to warm, the swelling lakes threaten to burst through the glacial moraines holding them back and wash away the forests, towns and farms below.

Source: Inside Climate News [2], 02/05/2021

S Korea Unveils $43 Billion Plan For World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm [3]

"South Korea unveiled a 48.5 trillion won ($43.2 billion) plan to build the world’s largest wind power plant by 2030 as part of efforts to foster an environmentally-friendly recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic."

Source: Reuters [4], 02/05/2021

"California Rains Starting Later, Extending Fire Season: Study" [5]

"California’s rainy season now starts a month later than it did decades ago, prolonging the state’s destructive wildfire season into November, the American Geophysical Union said on Thursday, citing new research."

Source: Reuters [6], 02/05/2021

Rich Countries Must Update Financial Vows To Tackle Climate Crisis: UN [7]

"Rich countries must step up with fresh financial commitments to help the developing world tackle the climate crisis, the UN’s climate chief has said."

Source: Guardian [8], 02/05/2021

"China Brings Back Climate Envoy With Record of Deals With U.S." [9]

"China’s re-appointment of veteran climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua -- a key architect of the Paris Agreement and the country’s plan to end carbon emissions by 2060 -- signaled that Beijing is looking to engage the Biden administration on the issue."

Source: Bloomberg [10], 02/05/2021

"Biden Admin Delays Trump Rule Slashing Migratory Bird Protections" [11]

"The Biden administration on Thursday delayed the implementation of a Trump-era rule that gutted protections for hundreds of species of migratory birds."

Source: HuffPost [12], 02/05/2021

"Tribes Expect A Voice On Land And Waters Under Haaland" [13]

"With Democratic New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland poised to become the first Native American Interior secretary, tribal governments historically marginalized by the agency expect not only a greater respect for their autonomy, but also a more significant role in the nation's land and water management decisions."

Source: E&E News [14], 02/05/2021

"Justice Department Tosses Trump-Era Environmental Directives" [15]

"The Justice Department has withdrawn a series of Trump-era policies that constrain the agency’s environmental enforcement tools."

Source: Bloomberg Environment [16], 02/05/2021

"Judge Orders US Officials To Weigh Coal Mine’s Climate Costs" [17]

"A judge says U.S officials downplayed climate change impacts and other environmental costs from the expansion of a massive coal mine near the Montana-Wyoming border, in a case that could test how far the Biden administration is willing to go to unwind its predecessors’ decisions."

Source: AP [18], 02/05/2021

SEJ Calls on U.S. EPA To Renew Commitment for Journalists To Inform Public [19]

February 3, 2021 — SEJ wrote to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Administrator-Designate Michael Regan, calling for the agency to take steps to ensure that journalists are able to effectively convey essential information to the public. The letter says, in part, "We are calling on President Biden and you as Administrator to commit the agency to restoring government openness and transparency, and to respect the vital role that journalists play in our democracy." Read the letter [20].

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