Brazil Amazon Deforestation Tops 11,000 sq km, Reaching 12-Year High
"Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon topped 11,000 square kilometers for the first time since 2008 reports the Brazilian government."
Source: Mongabay, 12/01/2020
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"Nemonte Nenquimo: The Indigenous Leader Named 'Environmental Hero'"
"An indigenous leader from the Ecuadorean Amazon is one of the winners of the Goldman environmental prize, which recognises grassroots activism."
Source: BBC News, 12/01/2020
"Is it Too Late to Save ‘America’s Amazon’?"
"Alabama’s Mobile River basin has the most aquatic biodiversity in the country. But we’re in danger of losing it before we even know what’s there."
Source: The Revelator, 12/01/2020
Federal System For Tracking Covid-19 Hospital Beds Gives Poor Data
As the nation's hospitals are being overwhelmed by coronavirus patients, the federal data system for tracking them, poleaxed this summer by the Trump administration, is giving inaccurate and unreliable data to officials trying to manage the crisis.
Source: Science, 12/01/2020
"An Unusual Snack For Cows, A Powerful Fix For Climate"
"Feeding them seaweed slashes the amount of methane they burp into the atmosphere"
Source: Washington Post, 11/30/2020
"Appropriators Urged To Shield Career Staff From Trump Order"
"Top House Democrats are calling on congressional appropriators to block funding for President Trump's order that would make it easier to fire career employees like EPA scientists."
Source: E&E News, 11/30/2020
Trump Banking Proposal On Fossil Fuels Sparks Backlash From Libertarians
"A new Trump administration proposal that could push more banks to finance fossil fuel activities is creating divisions in conservative circles as free market groups decry the move as government overreach."
Source: The Hill, 11/30/2020
Rebuilding After Wildfire? States Don't Require Fire-Resistant Materials
"After record-breaking wildfires this year, thousands of people across the West are still clearing piles of charred debris where their homes once stood in the hope of rebuilding their lives. ... But most states don't require rebuilding with fire-resistant materials, an NPR analysis has found."
Source: NPR, 11/30/2020
"Severe Fire Danger For Australia As Temperatures Smash Records"
"Parts of Australia, including Sydney, sweltered through the hottest November night on record with temperatures likely to stay high on Sunday, prompting authorities to issue a total fire ban."
Source: Reuters, 11/30/2020
"Wildfire Smoke Is Poisoning California’s Kids. Some Pay a Higher Price"
"The fires sweeping across millions of acres in California aren’t just incinerating trees and houses. They’re also filling the lungs of California’s children with smoke, with potentially grave effects over the course of their lives."
Source: NYTimes, 11/30/2020
