"India Gas Leak: At Least 13 Dead After Visakhapatnam Accident"
"At least 13 people have been killed by a massive gas leak at a chemical plant in southern India, with hundreds of others taken to hospital."
Source: BBC News, 05/07/2020
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Most Climate Ag Research Focused On Crops, Not The People Who Pick Them
"The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the importance of people who grow, pick, and process food as essential workers. These agricultural workers will also be on the front lines of climate change, a new study makes clear." "At 2 degrees warming, the entire growing season will be considered unsafe for agricultural work in some places".
Source: Anthropocene, 05/06/2020
"Climate Advisers Show Britain Path To Green Recovery"
"Britain should use economic stimulus measures to speed a shift away from fossil fuels and take advantage of low oil prices to raise revenues from carbon taxes without hurting consumers, state-appointed climate advisers said on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 05/06/2020
Gas Stoves Making Indoor Air Up To 5X Dirtier Than Outdoor Air: Report
"Gas stoves are making people sick, contributing pollution that makes indoor air up to two to five times dirtier than outdoor air, according to a new report."
Source: Guardian, 05/06/2020
Greta Thunberg And Kids Group Hit Back At Attempt To Toss Climate Case
"Greta Thunberg and a group of other children have pushed forward their legal complaint at the UN against countries they accuse of endangering children’s wellbeing through the climate crisis, despite attempts to have it thrown out."
Source: Guardian, 05/06/2020
"Coronavirus Could Drive 'Mass Abandonment' Of Oil Wells"
"In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that's shaken the global oil sector, oil states fighting to restart their economies may face another kind of crisis: orphaned wells. The pandemic could add thousands of wells to already-strapped programs to reclaim old oil infrastructure in the West and Appalachia."
Source: Energywire, 05/06/2020
"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
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
