"Massive Wildfire Spawns Fire Tornadoes In Northern California"
"A massive wildfire in Northern California spawned rotating columns of flames Saturday, prompting forecasters to issue a rare fire-related tornado warning."
Source: LA Times, 08/17/2020
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Native Reservations Struggle With Power Shortages In Pandemic
"Within hours of posting a video to Facebook and Twitter in which she offered to donate iPads to K-12 Native students, Amanda Cheromiah was inundated with increasingly desperate requests."
Source: Guardian, 08/14/2020
"Pandemic: Solar Is Surprising Itself With A Rebound"
"After staring into the abyss during the coronavirus lockdowns earlier this year, the solar industry is a bit startled to find itself thriving again."
Source: E&E News, 08/14/2020
"Trump Exiting Paris Accord Will Harm US Economy – LSE Research"
"Withdrawing from the Paris agreement does not make economic sense for the US, a group of economists has argued, as the cost of clean energy has fallen since the agreement was signed in 2015, while the risks of climate catastrophe have increased."
Source: Guardian, 08/14/2020
Trump Admin Scraps Limits On Methane Leaks At Oil And Gas Sites
"The Trump administration is scrapping limits on methane leaks, allowing oil and gas companies to decide how much of the potent greenhouse gas can escape into the atmosphere from wells, pipelines and storage tanks."
Source: Washington Post, 08/14/2020
"Let It Flow: Trump Administration Eases Showerhead Rules"
"The Trump Administration wants to change the definition of a showerhead to let more water flow, addressing a pet peeve of the president who complains he isn’t getting wet enough."
Source: AP, 08/13/2020
"Mauritius Says Almost All Oil Removed From Damaged Japanese Ship"
"Mauritius’ Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said on Wednesday nearly all remaining oil had been removed from a damaged Japanese ship, which leaked about 1,000 tonnes in a threat to tourism already hurt by the coronavirus pandemic."
Source: Reuters, 08/13/2020
Harris Will Make Racial Justice a Key Part of Biden Climate Agenda
"Kamala Harris made history on Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman to be the vice presidential pick on a major party ticket. But she makes history in other ways, too. Her addition to Team Biden will focus a new spotlight on an issue Harris has championed in the Senate: addressing the racism of environmental pollution."
Source: Mother Jones, 08/13/2020
"Interior Shrinks Oil, Gas Lease Sale Near Utah National Parks"
"The Trump administration on Tuesday responded to fierce local and environmental group opposition to oil and gas leasing near three Utah national parks and said much of that land will be left out of the Bureau of Land Management’s upcoming oil and gas lease sale for the state."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/12/2020
"Alarm As Pesticides Spur Rapid Decline Of US Bird Species"
"Popular pesticides are causing bird species to decline at an alarming rate in the US, adding fuel to a 50-year downward trend in bird biodiversity, a new report has found."
Source: Guardian, 08/11/2020
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