"Set It Back: Moving Levees to Benefit Rivers, Wildlife and Communities"
"Removing dams is one thing, but thousands of levees also restrict rivers in the United States — and they’re not working as intended."
Source: The Revelator, 07/06/2022
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"Judge Throws Out Trump-Era Rollbacks On Endangered Species"
"A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered or threatened species, a year after the Biden administration said it was moving to strengthen such species protections."
Source: AP, 07/06/2022
"Scientists Find Ozone Hole in Tropics Much Bigger Than in Antarctica"
"A hole in the ozone layer seven times bigger than the one over the Antarctic continent has been discovered sitting over the tropics - and has been there for over 30 years."
Source: Zenger News, 07/06/2022
Heat Wave from the Midwest to the Southern US Prompts Heat Warnings
"Excessive heat warnings and heat advisories are currently in place as a massive heat wave is "consuming" most parts of the Midwest into the Southern US, according to the National Weather Service (NWS)."
Source: Nature World News, 07/06/2022
Webinar: How To Cover Oceans & Fisheries for Journalists
During this Mongabay webinar, expert panelists from the University of British Columbia, Ecotrust Canada and Hakai Magazine will discuss emerging impacts on our oceans such as plastic pollution, bottom trawling, overfishing, and climate change as well as fisheries, law, regulations, and how reporters can cover these issues. 5:00 p.m. ET.
UK: "Environment Agency Chief Hits Out At Greenwashing By Businesses"
"Widespread greenwashing by businesses is compromising efforts to prepare for climate impacts such as floods and heatwaves, the chair of the Environment Agency will say in a speech on Monday."
Source: Guardian, 07/05/2022
"EPA Sets Wildlife Protections On 3 Pesticides"
"EPA has set new restrictions on the use of three commonly used pesticides, including the highly controversial chemical chlorpyrifos."
Source: E&E News, 07/05/2022
"The EPA Prepares For Its 'Counterpunch' After The Supreme Court Ruling"
"The Supreme Court's ruling that curbs the power of the Environment Protection Agency will slow its ability to respond to the climate crisis, but "does not take the EPA out of the game," according to the agency's administrator Michael Regan."
Source: NPR, 07/05/2022
"Kerry: Despite Setbacks At Home, US To Make Climate Goals"
"U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Friday that setbacks for President Joe Biden’s climate efforts at home have “slowed the pace” of some of the commitments from other countries to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuels, but he insisted the U.S. would still achieve its own ambitious climate goals in time."
Source: AP, 07/05/2022
"Climate Change: 'Sand Battery' Could Solve Green Energy's Big Problem"
"Finnish researchers have installed the world's first fully working "sand battery" which can store green power for months at a time."
Source: BBC News, 07/05/2022
