"Can the World’s Strangest Mammal Survive?"
"The platypus is imperiled by habitat loss, predation by feral cats, and now drought and wildfires wrought by climate change."
Source: NY Times, 02/11/2020
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Things related to the web of life; ecology; wildlife; endangered species
Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor
This special report is designed to help journalists in the Pacific Northwest cover the impacts of climate change, as well as the actions taken to mitigate its worst effects and to adapt to what can’t be stopped. The report includes a wide-ranging issue backgrounder and tipsheets on climate impacts, mitigation and adaptation, plus a toolbox of sources. Read on for a wealth of story ideas for right now, and over the coming decade. We hope this is the first in a series of regional climate special reports, and welcome your suggestions and ideas for future editions of "Covering Your Climate."
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The Emerald Corridor — Impacts, Fixes and Rethinking Everything
As the Pacific Northwest faces serious impacts from climate change, and moves to respond, the Society of Environmental Journalists provides a special in-depth report on how journalists can tell the unfolding story. “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor” launches Feb. 11 with an extensive issue backgrounder, which will be followed by tipsheets and a toolbox over the next few weeks. We hope this is the first in a series of regional climate special reports, and we welcome your suggestions and ideas for future editions of "Covering Your Climate."
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"BLM Struggles To Fill Top Positions In New Western HQ"
"When the Bureau of Land Management moves its Washington-based headquarters to Grand Junction, Colo., this year, more than half of the senior leaders may be as new as the office itself."
Source: Greenwire, 02/06/2020
‘Last Days of the Mighty Mekong’ and ‘Dead in the Water’
The Mekong River is a lifeline for millions and a biodiversity hotspot. But massive hydropower projects have put the Southeast Asian body of water, as well as the lives of the people and natural world around it, in serious jeopardy. In the latest BookShelf, writer Melody Kemp, who lives alongside the legendary river, reviews two volumes that help explain what’s killing the Mekong.
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"Groups Give Notice They Will Sue To Protect Beluga Whales"
"Two environmental groups gave formal notice Friday that they will sue to protect endangered Alaska beluga whales from problems caused by oil and gas operations."
Source: AP, 02/03/2020
"Trump’s Border Wall Faces Environmental Challenge at High Court"
"Environmental groups are calling on the Supreme Court to review the legality of the Trump administration’s decision to exempt various border wall projects from environmental laws."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 02/03/2020
"Florida Hunters Capture More Than 80 Giant Snakes in Python Bowl"
"Annual challenge encourages the public to catch as many of the invasive giant snakes that decimate native wildlife as possible".
Source: Guardian, 01/31/2020
"Accidental Bird Kills by Industry Legal Under Interior Plan"
"The Interior Department plans to cement into regulation its 2017 opinion that the accidental killing of migratory birds isn’t a criminal act—a reversal of prior federal policy that prosecuted unintentional bird killings as a misdemeanor, Interior officials said Thursday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 01/31/2020
"Federal Agency Would Protect Coalfields Habitat For Crayfish"
"A federal agency has proposed designating habitat areas for two protected crayfish species in the coalfields of Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia."
Source: AP, 01/30/2020
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