"Forest Service: Study Counters Claim That NEPA Hobbles Projects"
"A new study takes aim at the idea that environmental reviews take too long for timber and other projects in national forests."
Source: Greenwire, 05/06/2020
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Banks’ Vows to Curb Arctic Oil Drilling Loans May Be Largely Symbolic
"Financial institutions rarely provide such loans and with oil prices at rock bottom, the Arctic is not a priority for the energy industry."
Source: InsideClimate News, 05/06/2020
"Ecotourism Collapse Threatens Communities And Wildlife"
"From the vast plains of the Masai Mara in Kenya to the delicate corals of the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelles, conservation work to protect some of the world’s most important ecosystems is facing crisis following a collapse in ecotourism during the Covid-19 pandemic."
Source: Guardian, 05/06/2020
"Pendley Appointment Extended Despite Legal Threat"
"William Perry Pendley will serve for at least another month as acting director of the Bureau of Land Management, despite activist groups warning Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to expect a lawsuit should he extend Pendley’s assignment running the agency."
Source: Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, 05/06/2020
Whistleblower Complaint Alleges Coronavirus Warnings Were Ignored
"Dr. Rick Bright, the ousted director of the office involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine, formally filed an extensive whistleblower complaint Tuesday alleging his early warnings about the coronavirus were ignored and that his caution at a treatment favored by President Donald Trump led to his removal."
Source: CNN, 05/06/2020
"Push To Reopen National Parks Sparks Pandemic Concerns"
"National parks are starting to reopen as they seek to balance public safety concerns about the coronavirus with responding to the White House's push to start reopening sites."
Source: The Hill, 05/05/2020
"Local Governments Asking Insurers to Cut Ties to Coal"
"Local governments outside the U.S. have long been pressuring insurance companies to sever ties with fossil fuels, and the issue is starting to gain some traction domestically."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 05/05/2020
"Antarctica: Too Big to Melt"
"A summer of extremes leaves sobering questions about the state of Earth’s largest store of ice, capable of inundating coastlines worldwide as it melts."
Source: The Revelator, 05/05/2020
A Nuclear Waste Site Where Biggest Fear Isn’t Radiation, but COVID-19
"Workers at ‘most toxic place in America’ are terrified to return to a site where there has been very little protection from the outbreak".
Source: Guardian, 05/05/2020
"Coronavirus Crisis Hits Solar And Wind Energy Industry"
"Trump promised oil and gas companies economic relief. But renewables are getting less focus in Washington."
Source: Washington Post, 05/05/2020
