"Extreme Heat Linked To Rise in US Death Rates: Study"
"Extreme heat events, on the rise due to climate change, are associated with higher overall adult death rates across the U.S., a new study has found."
Source: The Hill, 05/20/2022
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"Biden Forest Plan Stirs Dispute Over What Counts As “Old”"
"President Joe Biden’s order to protect the nation’s oldest forests against climate change, wildfires and other problems devastating vast woodlands is raising a simple yet vexing question: When does a forest grow old?"
Source: AP, 05/20/2022
"Rare Monkeypox Case Confirmed In Massachusetts"
"Massachusetts health authorities confirmed a case of monkeypox Wednesday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was monitoring the possible spread of the rare but potentially serious viral illness."
Source: Washington Post, 05/20/2022
Foresters Hope To Help Trees Migrate Amid Climate Change
"Forestry technician Grace Smith has spent the spring working 10-hour days, planting trees in the woods of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in Vermont."
Source: NPR, 05/20/2022
"Pro-Trump Counties Continue To Suffer Far Higher Covid Death Tolls"
"Even with widely available vaccines and newly effective treatments, residents of counties that went heavily for Donald Trump in the last presidential election are more than twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than those that live in areas that went for President Biden. That's according to a newly-updated analysis from NPR, examining how partisanship and misinformation are shaping the pandemic."
Source: NPR, 05/20/2022
Trump Nominees Still Control Key Mine Safety Agency in Biden’s 2nd Year
"The power struggle inside a federal commission shows the real-world consequences of the Senate’s confirmation bottleneck."
"Sixteen months into the Biden presidency, Republicans still effectively control a federal agency that oversees mine safety, frustrating miner advocates who say the Trump nominees will continue to hand down decisions friendly to mine operators.
Source: HuffPost, 05/20/2022
"Former Interior Secretary Didn’t Violate Lobbying Laws, Watchdog Finds"
"The Interior Department’s internal watchdog on Thursday said it found no evidence that former secretary David Bernhardt violated lobbying laws regarding a former client, a California water district that is the nation’s largest agricultural water supplier, although he continued to advise them on legislative matters on occasion after he stopped being their lobbyist."
Source: Washington Post, 05/20/2022
With Severe Drought, An Urgent Call To Rework Colorado River Pact
"One hundred years after a landmark agreement divided the waters of the Colorado River among Western states, the pact is now showing its age as a hotter and drier climate has shrunk the river."
Source: LA Times, 05/20/2022
Lead Poisonings of Children in Baltimore Are Down, But Still A Threat
"An estimated 85,087 occupied homes in Baltimore have “dangerous lead hazards,” according to a recent report from the Abell Foundation, a local public policy think tank. Fixing the problem would cost between $2.5 billion and $4.2 billion, the report said."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/19/2022
