The Trump administration is reversing nearly 100
environmental rules.
Exempt from inspection: States ignore lead-contaminated
meat in food banks. Hunter-donated meat
provides crucial protein to US food banks. But an EHN investigation found a
lack of oversight that could result in potentially hundreds of thousands of lead-contaminated
meals this year.
A Native Nation’s Impossible Fight to Stop Trump’s Wall
From Dividing Its Land: The Kumeyaay are trying to block construction—and run
out the clock on the Trump presidency.
Japan To Release Radioactive Fukushima Water Into Ocean
Colorado wildfire jumps U.S.
Continental Divide, threatens mountain towns
Medical Residents Learn To Treat The Growing Health
Hazards Of Climate Change
Dust from your old furniture likely contains harmful
chemicals—but there’s a solution: Researchers find people's exposure to PFAS
and certain flame retardants could be significantly reduced by opting for
healthier building materials and furniture.
THESE INDIGENOUS EDUCATORS ARE BRINGING WESTERN AND
NATIVE SCIENCE TOGETHER IN THE CLASSROOM: By meshing laboratory science with
Traditional Ecological Knowledge, college professors aim to cultivate better
environmental decision makers — and decisions.
Growing trees, growing jobs: How restoring forests across
the United States can help address the unemployment crisis
https://www.americanforests.org/magazine/article/growing-trees-growing-jobs/
Growing pains: the race to plant billions of trees. We need to plant billions of seedlings — soon
— to bring our forests back to health. But with the nation’s tree nurseries
facing labor, infrastructure and other shortages, where will those seedlings
come from?
https://www.americanforests.org/magazine/article/growing-pains-the-race-to-plant-billions-of-trees/
Offshoots: U.S. plants roots in global trillion trees
movement
Washington Outlook: Two legislative wins on Capitol Hill
for national forests
Protecting Species in a Pandemic
https://defenders.org/magazine/fall-2020/protecting-species-pandemic
Wildlife Matters
https://defenders.org/magazine/fall-2020/wildlife-matters
Finding a Way for Wildlife
https://defenders.org/magazine/fall-2020/finding-way-wildlife
All Creatures, Great and Small
https://defenders.org/magazine/fall-2020/all-creatures-great-and-small
10 Things You Can Do To Protect Nature
https://defenders.org/magazine/fall-2020/living-lightly
Toxic Legacy: After decades of pollution, a community
faces unexpected — and unprecedented — opposition from the Department of
Justice.
https://earthjustice.org/features/dte-river-rouge-toxic-legacy
None of us can go it alone if we want to make big change
possible. On finding solace and
solidarity in a brokenhearted world. “It’s
no wonder Gen Z is the most stressed generation in America.”
https://earthjustice.org/features/gen-z-climate-crisis-none-of-us-can-go-it-alone
The Planet Cannot Afford a Risky Choice for the Supreme
Court: We need Justices who will make sure our courts remain a place where
science and the law beat corruption and privilege.
Endangered Whale Protected From Life-Threatening Seismic
Blasts
https://earthjustice.org/brief/2020/endangered-whale-protected-seismic?curation=newsletter
This Dreamy Alaskan Rainforest is a Buffer Against
Climate Change: The Tongass National Forest is threatened by a rule change that
would allow new clear-cut logging. We’re fighting to defend it.
Trump to strip protections from Tongass National Forest,
one of the biggest intact temperate rainforests
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/10/28/trump-tongass-national-forest-alaska
It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Household Gas: Gas appliances
are polluting our homes. Gas lines cause tragic explosions. Electrifying our
housing supply can help.
The Smokey View from the Northwest
https://www.cato.org/blog/smokey-view-northwest
H.R.2546 - Protecting America's Wilderness Act. 05/07/2019 – Introduced in the House and Referred
to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
02/12/2020 – House Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 231 – 183. 02/13/2020 - Received in the Senate and Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2546
Greenpeace warns of “ecological disaster” if governments
force widespread disposables on restaurants
Indigenous groups at risk as Bolsonaro encourages amnesty
for land grabbers in midst of pandemic
Choppy Waters – Forced Labor and Illegal Fishing in
Taiwan’s Distant Water Fisheries
Two Books that Changed my Life. Reading about whale killings moved me to
action.
The International Year of Plant Health. Mother Earth needs a breather from human
interaction.
https://greenpeacefund.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Web-version-GP-Legacy-newsletter-Fall-2020.pdf
Zeta expected to make landfall in Louisiana Wednesday
night: A hurricane warning has been issued for the New Orleans metro area. A
landfall is expected Wednesday evening along the southeast Louisiana coast.
Massive Black Bear Walks Right Into Bowhunter’s Arrow…
And People Got Pissed That He Shot Him
IMF Chief Kristalina Georgieva Says We Have a 'Once in a
Century Opportunity' to Fund a Sustainable Future
https://time.com/collection/great-reset/5901323/imf-kristalina-georgieva-sustainable-economy/
Europe Has Big Plans for a Green New Deal. Poland's Coal
Country Isn't So Sure
https://time.com/collection/great-reset/5900740/europe-green-new-deal-poland/
Lily Cole: We Must Turn This Crisis Into an Opportunity
for a Better World
https://time.com/collection/great-reset/5900763/lily-cole-covid-19-opportunity/
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