Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Ecology and Pollution related links 041719



Trump EPA OKs 'Emergency' to Dump Bee-Killing Pesticide on 16 Million Acres

Nuclear power deserves  fair hearing

Speaking Up for Public Health: Opposing Mercury Standard Rollbacks

Could Wildfires Benefit Bees? Research shows that fires could fan the flames of pollinator conservation

"Our Voice Matters"

Double Victory for the Jersey Shore

Over 2,000 Questionable Additives Are Lurking in Packaged Food: Organic foods, however, only allow 40 tested chemicals

Zoos Gone Wild—With Hope: How some are giving animals a leg up in the face of climate change

College Republicans Want Their Party to Confront Climate Change: Young conservatives are unhappy with GOP status quo

Eating Out: A Date With Glyphosate.  Tests show glyphosate is prevalent in restaurant food

Report Uncovers Prevalence of Glyphosate in Restaurant Foods

Trump and Big Oil Want to Pull the Plug on the Electric Car Market

Federal judge overrules Trump order, restores Obama-era drilling ban in Arctic: Obama's withdrawals were clearly intended to extend indefinitely "and therefore be revocable only by an act of Congress," the judge wrote.

Hudson river shows signs of rebound after decades as New York's sewer

Asteroid Aftermath: Stunning Fossils Discovery Details the Day Dinosaurs Were Wiped Out

20 Surefire Ways To Always Spot A Tourist In Alaska

The 20 Most Ridiculous Questions Tourists Have Ever Asked About Alaska

16 Problems You’ll Only Understand If You’re An Alaskan Transplant

26 Activities To Add To Your Alaska Bucket List This Summer

Boston Judge Acquits 13 Pipeline Protesters in Groundbreaking Decision

Federal wildlife refuge areas are cleared for border wall

Canada warming at twice the global rate, climate report finds: Report by Environment and Climate Change Canada suggests the majority of warming is the result of burning fossil fuels

Canada Warming Twice as Fast as World, Report Warns: Many environmental effects being seen in the country are ‘effectively irreversible, say authors of study.

SCIENTISTS CAPTURE BACTERIA THAT EATS POLLUTION AND BREATHES ELECTRICITY

Midwest flood damage will likely total more than $1 billion

One dead in fire at KMCO chemical plant in Crosby

Canada's window to defend the Arctic is closing, MP warns: Russia has been expanding its military presence in the far North

Trump Says Wind Turbine Noise Causes Cancer. (It Does Not.)

Trump claims Puerto Rico received $91 billion in aid following Hurricane Maria. It didn’t.  The president falsely suggested the island was given "more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before."

‘A Convenient Life and a Good Life May Not Be the Same Thing’: Margrethe Vestager, Europe’s top antitrust regulator, hasn’t been able to take down Big Tech—but she has a theory of how to tame it.

Hear the Differing Drumbeats of Woodpeckers: Each bird's distinctive hammering serves as a warning to others.

Radioactive leaks found at 75% of US nuke sites

Co2 Levels Hit Three Million Year High - What Does It Mean? (w/ Dr. Michael Mann)

The Science to Climate Action Network: A New Approach to Urgent Local Needs

The 'Doomsday Vault' Seed Storage Imperiled By Melting Permafrost

Fox News reporter gets live surprise by a well-informed Missouri man's support of Green New Deal

South Dakota's new anti-protest 'Pipeline Package' laws met with immediate lawsuit

The Evolution of Consciousness

Beto O’Rourke’s Vote to Lift the Oil Export Ban Looms Over His Climate Record: The Trump administration often deploys the same argument to defend increased drilling and mining and efforts to sell more fossil fuels overseas

The clock keeps ticking in the fight to save the planet

New Poll Shows Supermajority of California Voters Oppose Trophy Hunting of Bobcats

Oil Company Surrenders 15 Land Leases on Sacred Native American Land

THE EARTH'S OCEANS ARE DROWNING IN PLASTIC: A new book documents the plastic pollution crisis, the affect of that pollution on wildlife and people, and initiatives that have been created to tackle the problem.

This Oil Spill Has Been Leaking Into The Gulf For 14 Years

Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage?

A Former Oil Lobbyist Is Now Officially in Charge of America’s Public Lands

QUIZ: JAW-DROPPING FACTS ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS.  Are you a climate expert or a budding activist? See how your knowledge of the climate crisis stacks up. Then, let any friends or family who aren’t on the same page know why urgent action is needed by sharing our quiz on Facebook, Twitter, and more.

Help Needed! Still Without Federal Aid After Massive Flooding, Pine Ridge Braces for Another Storm

I’m Not Afraid, That’s Why I’m a Liberal

The Green New Deal is more than a resolution – it’s a revolution

Green New Deal is a catalyst for debating clean energy

As the clock ticks in the fight to save the planet

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