"To Catch A Cactus Thief: National Parks Fight A Thorny Problem" [1]
"Hipster tastes have fueled a spike in succulent poaching. Now conservationists are finding creative ways to rescue them".
Source: Guardian [2], 02/20/2019
"Hipster tastes have fueled a spike in succulent poaching. Now conservationists are finding creative ways to rescue them".
"For months, Clovis, New Mexico, dairy farmer Art Schaap has been watching his life go down the drain. Instead of selling milk, he is dumping 15,000 gallons a day – enough to provide a carton at lunch to 240,000 children. Instead of working 24/7 to keep his animals healthy, he’s planning to exterminate all 4,000 of his cows, one of the best herds in his county’s booming dairy industry."
"Royal Dutch Shell PLC, one of the world's largest oil companies, gave fresh signals last week that it intends to be a purveyor of low-carbon electricity. It bought a battery company that will compete with Tesla Inc. and struck a partnership with Google to test an exotic wind generator."
"Claims that insects will disappear within a century are absurd, but the reality isn’t reassuring either."
"Environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a bid to ban the sale toxic paint strippers."
"A day after California filed a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s emergency declaration on the border, the Transportation Department said it was exploring legal options to claw back $2.5 billion in federal funds it had already spent on the state’s high-speed rail network."
"Top Trump administration officials have pushed to build nuclear power plants throughout Saudi Arabia over the vigorous objections of White House lawyers who question the legality of the plan and the ethics of a venture that could enrich Trump allies, according to a new report by House Democrats released on Tuesday."
"Three environmental groups were among the organizations to sue the Trump administration almost immediately after the border wall declaration on Friday."
"The White House is working to assemble a panel to assess whether climate change poses a national security threat, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post, a conclusion that federal intelligence agencies have affirmed several times since President Trump took office."
"The Supreme Court is taking up another far-reaching debate over the scope of the Clean Water Act."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/catch-cactus-thief-national-parks-fight-thorny-problem
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/20/to-catch-a-cactus-thief-national-parks-fight-a-thorny-problem
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pollution-casts-shadow-over-new-mexico%E2%80%99s-booming-dairy-industry
[4] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/20/new-mexico-contamination-dairy-industry-pollution
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/renewables-shell-buying-clean-tech-companies-whats-going
[6] https://www.eenews.net/energywire/stories/1060121337
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/insect-apocalypse-really-upon-us
[8] https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/insect-apocalypse-really-upon-us/583018/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/environmental-groups-sue-epa-bid-ban-toxic-paint-strippers
[10] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/430642-greens-sue-epa-to-get-paint-stripper-banned
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-wants-california-pay-back-25-billion-high-speed-rail
[12] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/us/trump-cancels-california-high-speed-rail-grant.html
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/house-opens-inquiry-proposed-us-nuclear-venture-saudi-arabia
[14] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/us/politics/trump-saudi-arabia-nuclear-power.html
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/environmentalists-join-suing-trump-over-emergency-wall-declaration
[16] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2019/02/19/the-energy-202-environmentalists-join-in-suing-trump-over-emergency-wall-declaration/5c6b2ea11b326b71858c6bbf/?utm_term=.b598cba651e7
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/white-house-plans-panel-assess-if-climate-poses-security-threat
[18] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/white-house-readies-panel-to-assess-if-climate-change-poses-a-national-security-threat/2019/02/19/ccc8b29e-3396-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/supreme-court-clean-water-act-case-could-have-sweeping-impacts
[20] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060121405
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