"Why the Arctic's Mosquito Problem Is Getting Bigger, Badder"
"The trend could spell disaster for caribou (and more nasty bites for humans)."
Source: National Geographic, 08/15/2017
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In Egypt, Rising Sea Raises Worries About Climate Change's Effects
"On Egypt's Mediterranean coast, August should be prime tourist season. But the seaside restaurants in Alexandria are almost empty. Worries over security are keeping a lot of foreign tourists away. But there's a much bigger worry looming: that hotter weather and a disappearing shoreline could make Egypt's prospects even worse."
Source: NPR, 08/15/2017
Climate Explodes Larch Beetle Numbers, Transforming Minnesota Forests
"Eastern larch beetles, tiny burrowing bugs native to Minnesota, are exploding in number across the state’s northern forest and have killed or damaged about a third of the state’s tamarack trees — one of the first clear signs of a rapidly changing climate."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 08/15/2017
"Trump To Sign Executive Order Tuesday On Infrastructure Projects"
"President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday 'establishing discipline and accountability in the environmental review and permitting process for infrastructure projects,' the White House said in a statement on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 08/15/2017
"Science Says: Fast-Melting Arctic Sign Of Bad Global Warming"
"One of the coldest places on Earth is so hot it’s melting. Glaciers, sea ice and a massive ice sheet in the Arctic are thawing from toasty air above and warm water below. The northern polar region is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the planet and that’s setting off alarm bells."
Source: AP, 08/15/2017
"Popular Pesticides Keep Bumblebees From Laying Eggs"
"A group of scientists in the United Kingdom decided to look at how bumblebee queens are affected by some widely used and highly controversial pesticides known as neonicotinoids. What they found isn't pretty."
Source: NPR, 08/15/2017
"Yemen Records 500,000 Cholera Cases, Nearly 2,000 Deaths: WHO"
"More than half a million people in Yemen have been infected with cholera since the epidemic began four months ago and 1,975 people have died, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday."
Source: Reuters, 08/15/2017
"Sierra Club Sues U.S. Energy Department Over Power Grid Study"
"Environmental group the Sierra Club sued the U.S. Energy Department on Monday in hopes of forcing it to reveal the groups it has consulted in conducting an eagerly awaited study on the electricity grid."
Source: Reuters, 08/15/2017
"Chemicals: Greens Launch Legal War On EPA's TSCA Rules"
"Several green groups launched a legal campaign last week against the Trump administration over a pair of rules issued by U.S. EPA under the nation's new chemicals law."
Source: E&E News PM, 08/15/2017
"California Sues for Answers About Pruitt's EPA Stewardship"
"California Attorney General Xavier Becerra sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to compel it to say what steps were taken to ensure its rule making and procedures remain impartial even as it’s led by a man who opposed the EPA in at least a half dozen lawsuits while serving as Oklahoma’s attorney general."
Source: Bloomberg, 08/15/2017
