"New Climate PAC Will Back Inslee For President"
"A new super PAC launching on Thursday will back Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s (D) potential run for president."
Source: The Hill, 02/22/2019
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"Federal Grazing Fees Lowered For 2019"
"Federal grazing fees for 2019 have been lowered, according to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Fees for 2019 were set at $1.35 per animal unit month (AUM), down from $1.41. The new AUM fee is for both BLM and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) lands."
Source: Drovers, 02/22/2019
Green New Deal Is Technologically Possible. Political Prospects Fuzzy
"President Trump derided the Green New Deal as a “high school term paper that got a low mark.” ... Yet, despite that disdain, the goals of the far-reaching plan to tackle climate change and economic inequality are within the realm of technological possibility."
Source: NY Times, 02/22/2019
"Trump Administration Quits Fuel Efficiency Talks With California"
"The Trump administration has broken off talks with the California Air Resources Board over vehicle fuel-efficiency standards and is on track to roll back standards set by President Barack Obama, the White House said in a statement Thursday."
Source: Washington Post, 02/22/2019
"Australian Rat Declared Extinct Due To Man-Made Climate Change"
"The Australian government has confirmed the extinction of a small rodent native to a tiny spit of sand in the northernmost part of the Great Barrier Reef ― the first known mammal lost to human-caused climate change."
Source: HuffPost, 02/21/2019
"Border Barrier No One Wants Grows Without Money to Slow Spread"
"Carrizo cane is the border wall no one wants. A pernicious plant on the banks of the Rio Grande along the U.S.-Mexico border, carrizo cane (Arundo donax) grows as much as 30 feet tall and so thick that people entering the country illegally can easily hide in it. Border patrol officers can’t see into it. Infrared signals can’t penetrate it."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/21/2019
Groups Ask Court To Block Tests That Could Harm Imperiled Atlantic Whales
"Conservation groups fighting the Trump administration’s bid to open the Atlantic Ocean to offshore drilling asked a federal court Wednesday to block companies from conducting seismic tests to determine the location of oil and gas deposits."
Source: Washington Post, 02/21/2019
"Denmark’s Inger Andersen Elected UN Environment Chief"
"The U.N. General Assembly has elected Inger Andersen of Denmark as the new executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, which is based in Nairobi, Kenya."
Source: AP, 02/21/2019
Reckoning Day: US Cities Burn Recyclables After China Bans Imports
"Residents of cities like Chester, outside Philadelphia, fear a rise in pollution from incinerators after China’s recycling ban".
Source: Guardian, 02/21/2019
"Chinese 'Ivory Queen' Smuggler Sentenced To 15 Years Jail In Tanzania"
"A prominent Chinese businesswoman dubbed the “Ivory Queen” was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Tanzanian court on Tuesday for smuggling the tusks of more than 350 elephants, weighing nearly 2 tonnes, to Asia."
Source: Reuters, 02/21/2019
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