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Plan To Allow Floating Fish Farms In Gulf Of Mexico Struck Down In Court

"A federal appeals court has struck down plans backed by President Donald Trump's administration to open the Gulf of Mexico’s federal waters to fish farming, a practice opposed by environmental groups and elements of the seafood industry that depend on wild fisheries."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 08/05/2020

"How the Pandemic Defeated America"

"How did it come to this? A virus a thousand times smaller than a dust mote has humbled and humiliated the planet’s most powerful nation. America has failed to protect its people, leaving them with illness and financial ruin. It has lost its status as a global leader. It has careened between inaction and ineptitude. The breadth and magnitude of its errors are difficult, in the moment, to truly fathom."

Source: The Atlantic, 08/05/2020

300 Green Groups Say Senate Must Reject Trump's BLM Pick Pendley

"More than 300 environmental groups are calling on senators to vote against President Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), arguing William Perry Pendley should be disqualified because of his history of controversial comments and opposition to federal ownership of public lands."

Source: The Hill, 08/04/2020

Storm Isaias Makes Landfall In Southern North Carolina: U.S. NHC

"What was once Hurricane Isaias has been downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall late Monday night in North Carolina. The National Hurricane Center said in its 5 a.m. ET advisory Tuesday that threats of tornadoes were beginning to spread into southeastern Virginia."

Source: USA TODAY, 08/04/2020

"Big-Money Investors Gear Up For A Trillion-Dollar Bet On Farmland"

"For a glimpse of what could happen to a trillion dollars worth of American farmland, meet Ray Williams. He's a lawyer-turned-farmer, growing organic grain and feeding young cows on 3,000 acres in northeastern Oregon. Last year, he and his brother Tom decided that they were getting too old for the long hours and hard work."

Source: NPR, 08/03/2020

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