"Climate Change and the Death of the Small Farm"
"The catastrophic flooding in the Midwest is forcing more farmers to consider a stark choice: quit or consolidate."
Source: New Republic, 03/29/2019
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Air Force Seeks $4.9 Billion For Storm-Ravaged Offutt, Tyndall
"The U.S. Air Force said Wednesday that it needs $350 million in emergency funds this year to cover cleanup and basic repair costs after this month’s devastating floods at Offutt Air Force Base."
Source: Omaha World-Herald, 03/29/2019
"Puerto Rico Passes 100% Clean Energy Bill"
"When Hurricane Maria shattered Puerto Rico's power grid in 2017, it set off the longest major blackout in U.S. history. The island territory's political leaders faced a choice: rebuild the long-troubled centralized electric grid, which had been powered largely by imported diesel fuel and coal, or ditch the costly fuel imports and start over by building a more resilient grid powered by clean energy."
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/29/2019
Plague Killing Frogs Everywhere Is Far Worse Than Scientists Thought
"On Thursday, 41 scientists published the first worldwide analysis of a fungal outbreak that’s been wiping out frogs for decades. The devastation turns out to be far worse than anyone had previously realized."
Source: NY Times, 03/29/2019
"'Come With A Plan,' U.N. Chief Tells States Ahead Of Climate Summit"
"U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told governments to come to a September summit with concrete plans to boost climate action, as he released a flagship report on global warming by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 03/29/2019
"Plastic Bags to Be Banned in New York State"
"New York State lawmakers have agreed to impose a statewide ban on most types of single-use plastic bags from retail sales, changing a way of life for millions of New Yorkers as legislators seek to curb an unsightly and omnipresent source of litter."
Source: NY Times, 03/29/2019
Sen. Wyden Assails Bernhardt’s Ethics at Interior Confirmation Hearing
"President Trump’s choice to lead the Interior Department, David Bernhardt, a former oil lobbyist who has been accused of conflicts of interest, faced questioning Thursday from senators who must decide whether he is the right person to oversee some 500 million acres of public land and vast coastal waters."
Source: NY Times, 03/29/2019
"They Grew Up Around Fossil Fuels. Now, Their Jobs Are in Renewables."
"CLAWSON, UTAH — Chris Riley comes from a coal town and a coal family, but he founded a company that could hasten coal’s decline. Lee Van Horn, whose father worked underground in the mines, spends some days more than 300 feet in the air atop a wind turbine. They, and the other people in this story, represent a shift, not just in power generation but in generations of workers as well."
Source: NY Times, 03/28/2019
"European Parliament Votes To Ban Single-Use Plastics"
"The European parliament has voted to ban single-use plastic cutlery, cotton buds, straws and stirrers as part of a sweeping law against plastic waste that despoils beaches and pollutes oceans.
The vote by MEPs paves the way for a ban on single-use plastics to come into force by 2021 in all EU member states. The UK would have to follow the rules if it took part in and extended the Brexit transition period because of delays in finding a new arrangement with the EU.
Source: Guardian, 03/28/2019
"EPA: No Toxic Releases At Superfund Sites In Flooded Midwest"
"Flooding in the Midwest temporarily cut off a Superfund site in Nebraska that stores radioactive waste and explosives, inundated another one storing toxic chemical waste in Missouri, and limited access to others, federal regulators said Wednesday. The Environmental Protection Agency reported no releases of hazardous contaminants at any of eight toxic waste sites in flooded parts of Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa."
Source: AP, 03/28/2019
