"Golf Club for the 1 Percent Wants to Seize a Migratory Bird Habitat"
"The snowy owl was first spotted just beyond the 18th hole of one of the most expensive golf courses ever built."
Source: NY Times, 01/09/2020
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Wildscreen Festival
The biennial Wildscreen Festival in the UK is a celebration of wildlife filmmaking and photography. The 2024 event, October 14-18, offers both hybrid and virtual options.
DEADLINE: ICN’s Mountain West Environmental Reporting Workshop
Are you a journalist in the U.S. Mountain West who wants to produce more in-depth clean energy, environmental and climate stories for your news outlet? InsideClimate News' next regional workshop will be held March 23-24, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The deadline to apply is Feb. 3.
"How a New Wave of Orbiting Sentinels Is Changing Climate Science"
"On Sept. 15, 2018, at precisely 6:02 a.m., a Delta II rocket lifted off in a cloud of fire and smoke from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast."
Source: Undark, 01/09/2020
"Interior FOIA Overhaul Continues With Creation Of Legal Team"
"The Interior Department plans to establish a new 'litigation unit' to consolidate legal challenges over Freedom of Information Act requests, part of the agency's ongoing overhaul of its handling of public records demands."
Source: Greenwire, 01/09/2020
"Oil And Gas: Groups To Judge: Toss BLM's 'Error-Riddled' NEPA Review"
"WildEarth Guardians and Physicians for Social Responsibility are renewing calls for a federal judge to throw out oil and gas leases issued by the Bureau of Land Management under the Obama administration."
Source: EnergyWire, 01/09/2020
Dems Outline Sweeping Legislation To Make U.S. Carbon Neutral By 2050
"House Democrats outlined their vision for sweeping climate legislation Wednesday, offering a first look at a bill that would push the U.S. to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050."
Source: The Hill, 01/09/2020
"House PFAS Bill Has ‘No Prospects’ in Senate, Barrasso Says"
"A far-reaching House bill that would force the federal government to address PFAS contamination has little hope of becoming law in its current form, according to the chairman of the Senate’s environment committee."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/09/2020
"‘Multiheaded Hydra’ of PFAS Products Under California Scrutiny"
"California has its eye on “forever chemicals,” and is taking a closer look at safer alternatives in common consumer products, including stain-resistant coatings for boots and food packaging items."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/09/2020
"U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Doubled In Last Decade: Report"
"The number of billion-dollar climate- and weather-related disasters in the United States more than doubled in the last decade, with costs soaring above $800 billion, according to a U.S. government report released on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 01/09/2020
