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"BLM Proposes End To New Oil Leases On 1.6M Acres In Colorado" [1]

"The Bureau of Land Management proposed Thursday removing more than a million acres of public lands in Colorado from future oil and gas leasing, while also designating tens of thousands of acres of new protected areas in the western part of the state as part of an effort to resolve a series of legal challenges from environmental groups."

Source: E&E News [2], 08/04/2023

"New Chemical Reviews Still Inconsistent EPA Watchdog Finds" [3]

"The EPA’s decisions about whether new chemicals can be produced remain inconsistent despite improvements the agency has made, the agency’s inspector general said in a report urging further efforts."

Source: Bloomberg Environment [4], 08/04/2023

"Did Big Expectations Doom The Tiny House Movement" [5]

"Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram aesthetic."

Source: Grist [6], 08/03/2023

California’s Joshua Trees Are Burning Up, May Be Impossible To Replace [7]

"A light rain fell on the Mojave National Preserve, where firefighters continued their nearly weeklong battle Wednesday against an unusual desert wildfire that has incinerated countless Joshua trees and threatens to forever alter California’s high desert landscape."

Source: LA Times [8], 08/03/2023

"Supreme Court Wetlands Ruling Imperils Waters on Public Lands" [9]

"Wetlands and waterways in national parks, monuments, forests and other federal public lands are newly vulnerable to pollution and development in the wake of the Supreme Court’s May ruling in Sackett v. EPA, natural resources attorneys say."

Source: Bloomberg Environment [10], 08/03/2023

"Presidents of Mediterranean States Demand Climate Crisis Action" [11]

"Italy's president and his counterparts in five European countries have demanded urgent moves to tackle the "climate crisis" after scorching heatwaves, wildfires and flooding."

Source: Reuters [12], 08/03/2023

"'Narco-Deforestation' In Focus At Upcoming Summit Of Amazon Nations" [13]

"When the presidents of Amazon nations including Brazil, Peru and Colombia meet at a regional summit next week, they will train their sights on a new breed of criminal just as comfortable chopping down the rainforest as shipping drugs overseas."

Source: Reuters [14], 08/03/2023

"A Look at How Much Less Antarctic Sea Ice There Is This Year" [15]

"It’s winter in Antarctica, when sea ice cover typically grows. But this year’s sea ice is way behind, reaching record lows with implications for the planet."

Source: NYTimes [16], 08/03/2023

"NIH Taps Jeanne Marrazzo To Succeed Fauci As Infectious-Disease Chief" [17]

"Jeanne M. Marrazzo, a University of Alabama at Birmingham infectious-disease expert, will succeed Anthony S. Fauci this fall as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, federal officials announced Wednesday."

Source: Washington Post [18], 08/03/2023

6 Months After E. Palestine Derailment, Congress Is Deadlocked On Safety [19]

"Congress responded to the fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio earlier this year with bipartisan alarm, holding a flurry of hearings about the potential for railroad crashes to trigger even larger disasters. Both parties agreed that a legislative response was needed. Yet six months after life was upended in East Palestine, little has changed."

Source: AP [20], 08/03/2023

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