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"Technology Replaces Fire Lookouts At The Forest Service" [1]

"For more than a hundred years, the Forest Service has relied on lookouts, whose job it is to spot wildfires before they get big. But they're increasingly being replaced by satellites, remote cameras, also drones. NPR's Nathan Rott spent a day with one lookout in southwest New Mexico to see what could be lost in a transition to technology."

Source: NPR [2], 08/27/2019

"What the Seas Will Swallow" [3]

"Alex MacLean’s aerial images of the US East Coast convey just how much infrastructure perches in the coastal danger zone."

Source: Hakai [4], 08/27/2019

Trump Claims To Be 'Environmentalist,' Skips G-7 Climate Change Meeting [5]

"President Donald Trump sought to defend his environmental record on Monday after skipping a meeting on climate change with world leaders at the G-7."

Source: Politico [6], 08/27/2019

Some Manufacturers Say Energy Efficiency Testing Rule Goes Too Far [7]

"Some appliance manufacturers are pushing back against an energy efficiency testing proposal from the Department of Energy (DOE) designed to benefit the industry."

Source: The Hill [8], 08/27/2019

"The Toxic Waste Threat That Climate Change Is Making Worse" [9]

"More than 100 storage sites for coal-burning power plants’ toxic leftovers lie in areas that federal emergency managers have labeled a high risk for flooding, according to POLITICO’s examination of government and industry data."

Source: Politico [10], 08/27/2019

"Interior: Democratic Appropriators Signal Trouble for BLM Move" [11]

"Interior Department officials and congressional Democrats remain on a collision course over the Trump administration's plans to relocate Bureau of Land Management headquarters."

Source: Greenwire [12], 08/27/2019

Conservation Body CITES Agrees To Protect 18 Species Of Sharks And Rays [13]

"Countries have agreed to protect more than a dozen shark species at risk of extinction, in a move aimed at conserving some of the ocean’s most awe-inspiring creatures who have themselves become prey to commercial fishing and the Chinese appetite for shark fin soup."

Source: AP [14], 08/27/2019

Newark to Borrow $120M, Speed Replacing Pipes Blamed For Lead In Water [15]

"NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey's biggest city on Monday announced a plan to borrow $120 million to drastically cut the time it will take to replace pipes causing elevated lead levels in drinking water."

Source: AP [16], 08/27/2019

Tropical Storm Dorian Could Be Hurricane As It Nears Puerto Rico [17]

"The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch and tropical storm warning for Puerto Rico early Tuesday as Tropical Storm Dorian moved through the Windward Islands. Also early Tuesday, the Dominican Republic government issued a hurricane watch for some parts of the island and a tropical storm watch for portions of its north and south coasts."

Source: CBS/AP [18], 08/27/2019

Brazil Slams, Rejects G7 Aid Offer As Amazon Fires Rage [19]

"Brazil on Monday rejected aid from G7 countries to fight wildfires in the Amazon, with a top official telling French President Emmanuel Macron to take care of 'his home and his colonies.'"

Source: AFP [20], 08/27/2019

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