Monday, July 27, 2020

Ecology and Pollution related links 072720


A Dispatch From Outer Space: A producer reflects on his childhood dream coming true on The Daily’s interstellar phone call.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/podcasts/daily-newsletter-NASA-space-coronavirus.html

 

Judge Rules that Federal Fishery Managers Violated the Endangered Species Act: Did not consider risks to right whales when authorizing lobster fishery

https://www.clf.org/newsroom/u-s-lobster-fishery-unlawfully-operating-harming-endangered-right-whale/

 

“Prince of Whales” threatens lawsuit against Maine Lobstering Union members

https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/maine-news/waterfront/prince-of-whales-threatens-lawsuit-against-maine-lobstering-union-members/

 

Lawsuit Launched to Overturn Trump Administration’s Denial of Protection to California Spotted Owls

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/lawsuit-launched-to-overturn-trump-administrations-denial-of-protection-to-california-spotted-owls-2020-04-15/

 

Critics go online to question Okefenokee Swamp area mining plans

https://georgiarecorder.com/2020/05/15/critics-go-online-to-question-okefenokee-swamp-area-mining-plans/

 

Inspiring, enabling and mobilizing action to restore vitality to degraded landscapes and forests around the globe.

https://www.wri.org/our-work/project/global-restoration-initiative

 

Don’t Blame the Bats

https://defenders.org/magazine/summer-2020/dont-blame-bats

 

Researchers united on international road map to insect recovery

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200106121957.htm

 

Calling for an End to Live Markets

https://defenders.org/magazine/summer-2020/calling-end-live-markets

 

This Land is Their Land, Too

https://defenders.org/magazine/summer-2020/land-their-land-too

 

The Return of Yellowstone’s Superstars

https://defenders.org/magazine/summer-2020/return-of-yellowstones-superstars

 

Is Chemistry A Force For Good Or Evil?

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2020/06/is-chemistry-a-force-for-good-or-evil/

 

Letters, Letters to the Editor, Letters – Vol. 44 No. 4

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2020/06/letters-vol-44-no-4/

 

Florida reports a record 156 deaths, plus near-high for new coronavirus cases

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-florida-coronavirus-deaths-cases-thursday-july-16-20200716-dpsxfldh65hzvfixrxnmnkqj2u-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0wqOuQE5v9iNttjPiZO8_Zob4jpod_FmI73a2KIr_3GinnMNaGL8hmiUA

 

GROUPS SUE TO PROTECT IMPERILED PACIFIC OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARKS: Government violating federal rules designed to rebuild the population

https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2020/groups-sue-to-protect-imperiled-pacific-oceanic-whitetip-sharks

 

MAUI COUNTY ILLEGALLY CIRCUMVENTED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR LED STREETLIGHTS PROJECT

Victory: Citizen groups vindicated in lawsuit to protect Maui seabirds and sea turtles

https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2020/maui-county-illegally-circumvented-environmental-review-for-led-streetlights-project

 

CALIFORNIA COURT: KERN COUNTY VIOLATING LAW BY RUBBERSTAMPING OIL DRILLING

Victory: Kern County ordinance written by the oil and gas industry to permit up to 72,000 new wells falters

https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2020/california-court-kern-county-violating-law-by-rubberstamping-oil-drilling

 

Keeping Florida Panthers Off the Road to Extinction: Earthjustice has filed a federal lawsuit to target the big cats’ leading cause of death – getting hit by vehicles.

https://earthjustice.org/blog/2020-february/florida-panthers-roads-lawsuit-endangered

 

EARTHJUSTICE CONDEMNS ROLLBACK OF FEDERAL CLEAN CARS STANDARDS: Trump administration is putting polluters above people with yet another weakening of environmental standards

https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2020/earthjustice-condemns-rollback-of-federal-clean-cars-standards

 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ILLEGALLY BURNING STOCKPILES OF TOXIC “FOREVER CHEMICALS”: Communities challenge Trump administration’s PFAS incineration

https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2020/department-of-defense-illegally-burning-stockpiles-of-toxic-forever-chemicals

 

After a somber week, a quiet ray of clean energy hope emerges from the Sunflower State.

In public utility commissions across the country, good lawyers are making an outsized impact on our climate future. Today, it was in Kansas.

https://earthjustice.org/features/lawyering-in-time-of-covid

 

This Stunning Wilderness Victory Is Proof We’re Stronger When We Work Together

A community came together to secure permanent protections for the Methow Valley in Washington state.

https://earthjustice.org/blog/2020-march/methow-valley-victory-mining-withdrawal

 

FEDERAL COURT RULES AGAINST MASSIVE OLD-GROWTH RAINFOREST LOGGING PLAN IN ALASKA

Decision is a win for subsistence hunters and families on Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island

https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2020/court-ruling-halts-massive-old-growth-rainforest-logging-plan

 

CONSTITUTION PIPELINE PROJECT SCRAPPED: Victory: Decision is a major win for advocates fighting to protect clean water and our climate

https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2020/victory-constitution-pipeline-project-scrapped

 

Still Standing:  Youth activism and legal advocacy work hand in hand in the fight for justice

https://earthjustice.org/features/standing-rock-still-standing

 

Greta Thunberg won a $1.15M humanitarian prize. She's donating it all to environmental groups.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/07/21/greta-thunberg-wins-gulbenkian-prize-humanity-donate-money/5478938002/?fbclid=IwAR2SiSPZh4nk6R8wshW76o_gog5l2Q-LXpFxUEd0Q4RhpC1Un8AcbpG06XE

 

The Philippines’ traditional three-hulled boat is being redesigned, to draw its power not from fossil fuels, but from the energy of the waves.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200718-the-revolutionary-electric-boat-powered-by-the-ocean?fbclid=IwAR0a2RyTy-N5sS3vSK52g8vkEAG-Hom1eUTYHtwhk9iNk25vcyfFIDd5yHA

 

Small number of rich Americans responsible for most residential pollution

https://www.frontpagelive.com/2020/07/21/rich-americans-pollution/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Trump+the+tyrant%3A+The+US+now+has+all+14+traits+shared+by+history+s+fascist+regimes&utm_campaign=7%2F22%2F2020

 

Hurricane Season Is About to Collide With COVID: Sheltering in place during a storm may be more dangerous than evacuating

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/hurricane-season-about-collide-covid?suppress=true&utm_campaign=sierramag&utm_medium=broadcast&utm_source=messenger

 

Plastic pollution flowing into oceans to triple by 2040: study

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-environment-plastic-ocean-pollution/plastic-pollution-flowing-into-oceans-to-triple-by-2040-study-idUSKCN24O2RK?fbclid=IwAR3NJfh-c7o7bwuGzYjDLf1l5bGV8EzYZMfz0dQNhi5-RzWqCGYev8aY_oY

 

Ohio EPA: Bridgeport, Ohio water has unsafe chemical levels, not recommended for drinking

https://www.timesleaderonline.com/news/local-news/2020/07/ohio-epa-bridgeport-ohio-water-has-unsafe-chemical-levels-not-recommended-for-drinking/?fbclid=IwAR1FVhmbJTv6yq_6Ue45Vxzd9XynGRO3HQMQpkLkpsqafefN7ncYsmz63WU

 

Major new climate study rules out less severe global warming scenarios

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/major-new-climate-study-rules-out-less-severe-global-warming-scenarios/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=article_inset_1.1&fbclid=IwAR2f2SZ9p4vmI6Q88G3PDMrppW1vgnqFh0MERMACtiq-B4vGF2-IE8BEbDw

 

New Date Reveals Hidden Flood Risk Across America

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/29/climate/hidden-flood-risk-maps.html?mc=aud_dev&ad-keywords=auddevgate&subid1=TAFI&ad_name=INTER_20_XXXX_XXX_1P_CD_XX_XX_SITEVISITXREM_X_XXXX_COUSA_P_X_X_EN_FBIG_OA_XXXX_00_EN_JP_NFLINKS&adset_name=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Finteractive%2F2020%2F06%2F29%2Fclimate%2Fhidden-flood-risk-maps.html&campaign_id=23845255733690063&fbclid=IwAR2ADwN8xGpks9k8bQQWGDx-a3cWsG-lmMEVht9k515abBlEczgO67LfDeU

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