"Two Florida Panthers Dead In First Week Of 2021"
"Four days into the new year, two endangered Florida panthers have been found dead, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission."
Source: Orlando Sentinel, 01/07/2021
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"Warnock Makes History With Senate Win As Dems Near Majority"
With razor-thin margins and the last votes still being counted, Democrats appear to have taken control of the U.S. Senate. This would enable the incoming Biden administration to pass aggressive climate legislation and reverse many environmental deregulatory actions of the Trump administration.
Source: AP, 01/06/2021"U.S. Judge Denies Effort To Stop Drilling Auction In Arctic Refuge"
"A federal judge in Alaska ruled late on Tuesday that the Trump administration’s planned auction of oil drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) could proceed as planned on Wednesday morning."
Source: Reuters, 01/06/2021Massachusetts To Require 100 Percent Of Car Sales To Be Electric By 2035
"Massachusetts plans on ending the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035, following California’s lead in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
Source: The Hill, 01/06/2021"Michigan Judge Nullifies Crucial Permit For Mining Project"
"A Michigan judge has overruled state regulators who approved a key permit for a proposed open-pit mine in the Upper Peninsula, another delay for a project that has been debated for nearly two decades."
Source: AP, 01/06/2021"Mexican Fisherman 'Dies After Attack On Sea Shepherd Conservationists'"
"A Mexican fisherman has died after his boat collided with a larger vessel used by US conservationist group Sea Shepherd, reports say."
Source: BBC News, 01/06/2021"Grasslands May Soon Produce More Greenhouse Gases Than They Sequester"
"The world’s grasslands are an essential carbon sink, and may even be more efficient at capturing atmospheric carbon than trees. But thanks to animal agriculture and fertilizer use, they’re now producing as much greenhouse gas pollution as they sequester, according to a new study published in Nature Communications on Tuesday."
Source: Earther, 01/06/2021"Harnessing Rice Fields to Resurrect California’s Endangered Salmon"
"California’s salmon populations have been dangerously close to extinction for decades. A new partnership may help tip the scales toward recovery."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/06/2021"Electric Vehicles: 4 Ways 2021 Could Be The Year Of The EV"
"Whether you look to the manufacturing floor or the Oval Office, 2021 is shaping up as pivotal year for the electric vehicle."
Source: E&E News, 01/06/2021"Trump Admin, in Parting Gift to Industry, Reverses Bird Protections"
"The Trump administration gutted protections for migratory birds on Tuesday, delivering the second of two parting gifts to the oil and gas industry, which has long sought to be shielded from liability for killing birds unintentionally in oil spills, toxic waste ponds and other environmental disasters."
Source: NYTimes, 01/06/2021Feral Cats 20 Times More Deadly To Australian Wildlife Than Native Predators
"Australia’s wildlife are at least 20 times more likely to come across a deadly feral cat than one of the country’s native predators, according to a new study."
Source: Guardian, 01/06/2021"EPA Finalizes Rule To Limit Science Behind Public Health Safeguards"
"The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a rule to limit what research it can use to craft public health protections, a move opponents argue is aimed at crippling the agency’s ability to more aggressively regulate the nation’s air and water."
Source: Washington Post, 01/05/2021"117th Congress Opens To New Energy, Environment Fights"
"The 117th Congress opened to an uncertain political landscape yesterday, with a tight vote for the House speakership and with Senate control still up in the air. Lawmakers face fresh fights on energy and environmental issues, particularly climate change, but first they have to get through the political and logistical hurdles of the next few weeks."
Source: E&E News, 01/05/2021"Chemicals: EPA Finds Possible Carcinogen Poses No Harm To Public"
"EPA marked the last day of 2020 with a controversial announcement, finding few unreasonable risks associated with a common chemical solvent classified as a likely carcinogen. In its final risk evaluation for 1,4-dioxane, EPA determined no unreasonable risks exist for the environment, consumers and bystanders, or the general population."
Source: E&E News, 01/05/2021Global Warming Could Stop Relatively Quickly After Emissions Go to Zero
"That’s one of several recent conclusions about climate change that came more sharply into focus in 2020."
Source: Inside Climate News, 01/05/2021
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