Saturday, January 25, 2020

Ecology and Pollution related links 012520


Members of Congress Own Up to $93 Million in Fossil Fuel Stocks: As dire climate change projections mount, one in four members of Congress is invested in oil, gas, or coal interests.

They are killing us. Firefighter blames government for Australia’s bushfire crisis 7NEWS

US firefighters arrive to help with Victorian bushfire disaster: A contingent of 39 firefighters from North America has landed in Melbourne to help fight the East Gippsland blazes.

Australia's bush fires reveal Scott Morrison has lost his way

The 5 Environmental Stories That Could Define 2020: From extreme heat to Greta Thunberg and the youth climate protests — a look at some of the important climate and environmental news stories set to define the new year.

Haunting footage shows the road into a country town lined with THOUSANDS of blackened koala, kangaroo and sheep carcasses after bushfires tore through

Let's talk about asteroids, Australia, Mexico, and misfits....

Huge loss of animal and plant life expected due to bushfires

Nearly Half A Billion Animals Feared Dead In Australian Wildfires: Harrowing scenes showing fleeing kangaroos, burnt koalas and dead birds have appeared on social media

Wildfire Rips Along South Korea's Eastern Coast, Prompting National Emergency

Changing seas bring turtle stranding season to Cape Cod

Why was Australia’s government so ill-prepared for the bushfires?  The hot dry season is getting longer and hotter than before

Australia horse deaths: Wild animals perish at dried-up waterhole

Arizona Pastor: ‘God’s Judgement’ Responsible For Australian Wildfires

Thousands flee as volcano erupts in the Philippines, Manila airport closed: The small volcano south of the Philippine capital that draws tourists for its picturesque lake setting erupted with a massive plume of ash and steam Sunday.

Dolphins Are Finally Living and Breeding in the Potomac River Again: About 1,000 bottlenose dolphins have been recorded in the lower reaches of the recovering river, including one that gave birth in August

'No Other President Has Had the Gall': Environmental Groups Balk as Trump Proposes Major Rollback of Infrastructure Review Process

A Letter From Canberra: The apocalyptic fires in Australia signal another future

The great dismantling of America's national parks is under way: In this waking nightmare, the Trump administration has filled the parks department with anti-public land sycophants

Trump’s Move Against Landmark Environmental Law Caps a Relentless Agenda

A 3-Decade-Long Water Dispute Heads To The Supreme Court

Oceans are warming at the same rate as if five Hiroshima bombs were dropped in every second

We face a pressing transportation-housing-climate crisis, all intertwined

House Democrats Push Environmental Bills, but Victories Are Few

HUMAN-CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSED THE HOTTEST DECADE ON RECORD.   Due to global warming, temperature records don't last long and often smash their way into hotter territory. 2010 was the hottest year on record. Then, 2014 and every year since topped the record set in 2010. The 2010s saw 17 of the 20 hottest months on record. July 2019 tied 2016 as the hottest month on record. The Earth reached the highest temperature on record—129.2°F (54°C)—twice: first in Death Valley, California on June 20, 2013 then again in Mitribah Kuwait on July 21, 2016.

NASA, NOAA Analyses Reveal 2019 Second Warmest Year on Record

It’s a vast, invisible climate menace.  We made it visible

Smoke Signals or Puff of Smoke?

9 Climate Activists of Color You Should Know: Canadian water protector Autumn Peltier, the indigenous-led Guardians of the Forest, and Zero Hour’s Zeena Abdulkarim are helping lead the youth climate movement.

Riverwatch Janaury 17, 2020

Opinion: Want to Stop Australia’s Fires? Listen to Aboriginal People.  Our ancestors survived in a fire-prone landscape for millenniums. We can learn from their techniques.

Student Develops GROUNDBREAKING Climate Solution

Trump replaces key Obama-era water rule, limiting environmental protections for waterways

Murdoch's flagship Australian newspaper pushes climate denial as devastating bushfires rage: A timeline of how The Australian has undercut hard coverage with denialist op-eds

From the sidelines, James Murdoch slams climate denial in Murdoch properties. The problem is even worse than he lets on.  James Murdoch slams climate denial as Murdoch properties spread misinformation worldwide

Laura Ingraham dismisses climate change: Receding glaciers are “why we have the Rocky Mountains”.  Ingraham: “I mean the glaciers, when they recede, they leave pointed peaks

Disinformation and lies are spreading faster than Australia's bushfires

“Our Biggest Enemy Is PG&E”: Inside the Fight to Put Utilities Under Public Control.  Evacuees of the Kincade Fire and members of the Democratic Socialists of America are demanding PG&E be dismantled.

Using Roleplaying To Imagine Life Under a Green New Deal—Dungeons & Dragons Style: Instead of wizards and clerics, Iowans are envisioning roles like community planners and memory stewards, in an environmentally and economically just society.

The Production Gap Report – produced by leading research organizations and the UN – is the first assessment of the gap between the targets of the Paris Agreement and countries’ planned production of coal, oil and gas.

AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. HELEN CALDICOTT, 2019 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT

Natural Gas Provided False Promise, Deception — Severe Health Problems From “Natural” Gas

Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have

The Lost Decade: How We Awoke to Climate Change Only to Squander Every Chance to Act.  This decade was likely the hottest on record. As it comes to a close and another begins, one glaring question is: Can the world make up for this lost time?

Jim Hightower: What If You Were to Own Your Own Power Company?

Can “powerless nobodies” fight the corporate powers?

Special gifts for special people

The Climate Movement Is Gaining Momentum in Spite of Trump: The Trump administration cannot suppress the will of millions of people driving for the large structural change needed to save our species.

Australia: The Fire This Time

A Grim New Definition of Generation X

We are the lawyers for the environment.  We go to court for the future of our planet.  We are here because the earth needs a good lawyer.

Three Years Battling the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Our Health and Environment: Federal courts have checked some of the Trump administration’s worst environmental attacks, but harm continues

Florida’s Waters Are Rising, But So Are Its People: Residents and city leaders rally around climate resilience strategies, in the absence of federal leadership.

Finding Our Power.  Our new storytelling series, LIT: Stories from the Frontlines of Climate Justice, seeks to elevate the stories of people pushing for a just future and livable climate — and inspire others to do the same.

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION BLASTED FOR PLAN TO ALLOW OLD-GROWTH CLEARCUTTING IN ALASKA’S TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST: More than 400,000 comments sent to U.S. Forest Service in defense of cherished national forest

The Trump Administration’s Hazy Plans to Weaken Car Pollution Standards Won’t Work. Here’s Why.
Earthjustice attorney Paul Cort explains why Trump’s EPA chief is careening way outside his lane in trying to undo a key provision of the 1970 landmark Clean Air Act.

Our fight against the Dakota Access pipeline is far from over: Several 2020 candidates have pledged to overturn the DAPL permits as the battle continues in the courts

Federal Judge Restores Ban on Fishing Net That Entangles Whale Species

CT and NY attorneys general file new lawsuit against EPA on cross-state smog pollution

THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIANS DEMAND A STRONGER ELECTRIC TRUCK STANDARD: CARB’s draft rule too weak to make an impact on diesel truck health crisis and climate pollution

PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM PESTICIDES

The Endangered Species Act: Defending At-Risk Species & The Ecosystems They Depend On

When we win….

TRUMP’S EPA REVOKED CHEMICAL DISASTER PREVENTION RULES. NOW GROUPS ARE SUING.  Communities in chemical danger zones fight back against EPA’s latest attack on public health

EPA sued for keeping scientists off advisory committees

INFOGRAPHIC: BEES’ TOXIC PROBLEM

FEDERAL JUDGE REJECTS REQUEST TO LET FLORIDA OFF THE HOOK FOR EVERGLADES CLEANUP.  Victory: Consent decree provides important water quality protections and requires that water sent south to the Everglades is clean

9 Justices, 30 Minutes: Our Lawyer’s Big Moment at the Supreme Court.  This fall, Earthjustice attorney David Henkin went to the Supreme Court to protect everyone’s right to clean water.

Tribes Halt Major Copper Mine on Ancestral Lands in Arizona: A company tried to bend the rules to dig a mile-wide pit in sacred lands, until the Tribes blocked the plan in court.

Italy Becomes First Country To Make Climate Change Education Mandatory

Brewery Creates 6-Pack Rings That Feed Sea Turtles Instead of Killing Them

For First Time Ever, Scientists Identify How Many Trees to Plant and Where to Plant Them to Stop Climate Crisis

Red Tide In Mexico Kills Nearly 300 Endangered Green Sea Turtles

Let's talk about the climate-migrant paradox....

Let's talk about holding government accountable and Flint....

Rain douses some Australian bush fires but flash floods now threaten wildlife

Trump rolls back US water pollution controls

Marcescence: Why Some Trees Keep Their Leaves in Winter

Let's talk about Trump's water rule....

People In 43 US Cities Are Drinking Toxic "Forever Chemicals" In Their Tap Water, Tests Show
Drinking water was contaminated in 43 US cities, a new study found.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/pfas-water-new-orleans-miami-philadelphia

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