Op-Ed: "Avian Botulism Kills 40,000 Birds at National Wildlife Refuge"
"Heat, drought and water policy have created a slow-motion catastrophe at a refuge on the California-Oregon border."
Source: Revelator, 10/15/2020
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"FEMA Ends Policy Favoring Flood Walls Over Green Protections"
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency has taken a dramatic step to encourage communities to use environmentally friendly features such as wetlands for flood protection instead of building sea walls and levees."
Source: E&E News, 10/15/2020
"A Field Guide To The Election And Climate Change"
"The presidential election is just weeks away, and climate change has broken through as a defining issue for Americans this year, even amid a historic pandemic and deep economic uncertainty weighing upon the nation."
Source: NYTimes, 10/15/2020
"Targeted Ecosystem Restoration Can Protect Climate, Biodiversity"
"A new study identifies vast areas of farm and cropland that could be converted back to natural conditions to protect species and store carbon."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/15/2020
Maui Has Begun Managed Retreat. It Wants Big Oil to Pay the Cost.
"With nearly 300 miles of coastline, the Hawaiian islands that make up Maui County face the threat of sea level rise from all sides. It's that assault that has formed the foundation of a lawsuit Maui filed this week against 20 fossil fuel companies seeking compensation for the rising costs of climate change."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/15/2020
"Long-Banned Toxics Are Still Accumulating In Great Lakes Birds"
"Decades ago several bird species in the Great Lakes—including the iconic bald eagle—faced an uncertain future because toxic chemicals were threatening their populations. While several bans and policies have offered some protection, the same chemicals threatening these birds 60 years ago continue to accumulate in their bodies—and new chemical threats are adding to their toxic burdens, according to two new studies."
Source: EHN, 10/15/2020
No Inspection: "States Ignore Lead-Contaminated Meat In Food Banks"
"Hunter-donated meat provides crucial protein to US food banks. But an EHN investigation found a lack of oversight that could result in potentially hundreds of thousands of lead-contaminated meals this year."
Source: EHN, 10/15/2020
Number Of Global Methane Hot Spots Soared This Year Despite Slowdown
"The worldwide number of methane hot spots has soared 32 percent so far this year despite the economic slowdown, according to satellite imagery analyzed by a private data firm."
Source: Washington Post, 10/15/2020
Calif. Fires: PG&E Shuts Off Power To Thousands Of Bay Area Residents
Hotter temperatures and strengthening winds raised wildfire risk in California and prompted power shutoffs.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 10/15/2020
"Barrett's Climate Answers Raise Question: Is She A Denier?"
"Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett called climate change 'a contentious matter' and declined to acknowledge the existence of the scientifically established phenomenon during the third day of her confirmation hearing."
Source: E&E News, 10/15/2020
