E.P.A. to Lift Obama-Era Controls on Methane, a Potent
Greenhouse Gas: The reversal is the latest move in the Trump administration’s
ongoing effort to weaken environmental rules, but it could be quickly undone
after the November election.
The FDA Just Issued a Recall of Potatoes, Lemons, Limes,
and Oranges Due to Potential Listeria Contamination: A number of the items
subject to the recall are currently sold at Wegman's stores.
How to drive fossil fuels out of the US economy, quickly:
The US has everything it needs to decarbonize by 2035.
Pollution from Illegal Coal Mining in Qinghai Creates
Hardship for Tibetan Nomads
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/coal-08112020161828.html
Adam Smith and the concept of natural capital
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212041620300395
History and Philosophy of Natural Capital and Ecosystem
Services
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ecosystem-services/special-issue/10MD1DTRC2B
Changes in the global value of ecosystem services
GDP: a brief history.
One stat to rule them all.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/01/03/gdp-a-brief-history/
Natural capital and ecosystem services informing
decisions: From promise to practice
https://www.pnas.org/content/112/24/7348
Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/small-is-beautiful-e-f-schumacher?variant=32123084374050
Banks Attempt to Put a Price on Nature
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/natural-capital-banks-calculate-502851
Put a price on nature? We must stop this neoliberal road
to ruin. The failure of the markets
hasn't stopped the rise of the gobbledygook-filled Nature Capital Agenda. We
can
National natural capital accounting with the ecological
footprint concept
http://metagraphies.org/Sir-Patrick-Geddes/ecology/Wackernagel_National.pdf
About Earth Overshoot Day
https://www.overshootday.org/about-earth-overshoot-day/
Montgomery County officials issue disaster declaration in
wake of Isaias
Flaring reported at Chevron refinery in Richmond
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/reports-of-flaring-at-chevron-refinery-in-richmond/
Feinstein, Harder Introduce Water Management Bill
Greenland's melting ice sheet has 'passed the point of no
return,' scientists say, dooming it to disappear
Marine heat wave along East Coast may intensify Hurricane
and leads to unusual fish catches in New England
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/07/31/marine-heat-wave-hurricanes/
NASA's newest Mars rover begins its journey to hunt for
alien life: The Perseverance rover will scour a dried-out crater lake where
scientists believe ancient life-forms could have left their marks in the rocks.
Hurricane Forecast: ‘One of the Most Active Seasons on
Record’. Scientists at NOAA updated
their prediction for the 2020 hurricane season, and now expect as many as 25
named storms.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/climate/hurricanes-noaa-prediction.html
July's hot weather broke a slew of records across the
US.: Blistering heat swept across the
U.S. in July and shattered a slew of records.
'Owls of the Eastern Ice' Review: The Salmon Eaters. The giant fish owl of Russia’s Far East is a
raptor as big as an eagle but more portly, with enormous ear tufts.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/owls-of-the-eastern-ice-review-the-salmon-eaters-11596207020
Review: 'Owls of the Eastern Ice,' by Jonathan C. Slaght. NONFICTION: A Minnesota biologist heads to
the forests of Eastern Russia to track the world's largest owl.
https://www.startribune.com/review-owls-of-the-eastern-ice-by-jonathan-c-slaght/571967072/
Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan C Slaght review – an
extraordinary quest: Drinking ethanol and saving the world ... an old-school,
tautly strung adventure in pursuit of the largest species of owl
How Big Plastic Is Using Coronavirus to Bring Back
Wasteful Bags: No one knows whether reusable bags really do spread the virus,
but the risk is probably low.
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2020/03/coronavirus-plastic-industry-bags/
Gardens Have Pulled America Out of Some of Its Darkest
Times. We Need Another Revival. Despite
the headlines, Victory Gardens aren’t back. Not yet.
Trump administration finalizes drilling plan for Alaska’s
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Report faults Maryland for failings in Chesapeake Bay
pollution
When Humans Make the Wilderness: How an unusual rewilding
experiment turned into an ethical minefield.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/animal-ethics-conservation-rewilding/
50 years ago, scientists clocked the speed of Antarctic
ice: Excerpt from the August 22, 1970 issue of Science News
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/50-years-ago-scientists-speed-antarctic-ice-moves
Here’s what we know about Russia’s unverified coronavirus
vaccine: Despite incomplete testing, Sputnik-V may be the first COVID-19
vaccine for the general public
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-19-russia-vaccine-testing
Emissions dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic. The
climate impact won’t last: ‘Green’ policies built into coronavirus recovery
plans could leave a more permanent mark
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-19-coronavirus-greenhouse-gas-emissions-climate-change
Climate change made Siberia’s heat wave at least 600
times more likely: Extreme temperatures January to June 2020 led to wildfires,
thawing permafrost and an oil spill
Death Valley hits 130° F, the hottest recorded
temperature on Earth since 1931: Logged in aptly-named Furnace Creek, it’s the
third highest temperature on record
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/death-valley-hottest-recorded-temperature-earth
Predictions for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season just
got worse: Two new forecasts now expect as many as 25 named storms, with nearly
half becoming hurricanes
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/predictions-2020-atlantic-hurricane-storm-season-worse
COVID-19 lockdowns dramatically reduced seismic noise
from humans: Small ground vibrations generated by everyday activities dropped
up to 50 percent in places
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid19-pandemic-lockdowns-seismic-noise-humans
A new Galileo biography draws parallels to today’s
science denialism: Galileo and the Science Deniers delivers a fresh assessment
of the life of a scientific legend
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/book-new-galileo-biography-parallels-modern-science-denialism
Methane pollution soars to new highs: Agriculture and
fossil fuels are behind the rising emissions
Source: Michigan reaches $600M deal in Flint water crisis
https://apnews.com/be582ed788a70a2bb5ab29cd1132558e
How a Plan to Save the Power System Disappeared
California’s Iconic Giant Redwood Trees Burn In Massive,
Out Of Control Wildfire; 50,000 Acres Blackened, 2% Containment
Earth’s average temperature to rise each year for next 5
years, World Meteorological Organization says
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