"Fighting Fire With Fire"
"It’s a clear, sunny spring morning in Seeley Lake, Mont., and 34 firefighters are gathering on a road east of town, drip torches in hand. They are here to set a fire, not stop one."
Source: Washington Post, 08/02/2021
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Climate Groups Plan Make-or-Break Blitz Over Congressional Recess
"A coalition of climate-focused groups is readying a multimillion-dollar blitz of advertising, organizing and public events over Congress’s recess in August, seeing it as their best and last opportunity to influence members before Democrats start crafting crucial climate legislation this fall."
Source: HuffPost, 08/02/2021
Brain Drain Among Federal Scientists Bogs Down Biden Climate Ambitions
"Hundreds of scientists and policy experts left the government during the Trump administration. The jobs remain unfilled nearly six months into President Biden’s term, slowing his climate agenda."
Source: NYTimes, 08/02/2021
"Athletes Battle Tokyo Summer As Staff Suffer Heat Illness"
"As competitors battled for the podium on the third day of Olympic athletics on Sunday, it was Tokyo's oppressive heat that perhaps dished out the most pain."
Source: Reuters, 08/02/2021
"EPA Outlines Plan To Expand Wetland Protections"
"The Biden administration laid out plans today [Friday] for scrapping and replacing a contentious Trump-era Clean Water Act rule that pulled back federal protections for millions of streams and wetlands."
Source: E&E News, 08/02/2021
"China, India Miss UN Deadline To Update Emissions Targets"
"China and India have missed a U.N. deadline to submit fresh plans for cutting their greenhouse gas emissions in time for the global body to include their pledges in a report for governments at this year’s global climate summit, officials said Saturday."
Source: AP, 08/02/2021
After Months Of Work, Senators Unveil $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
"U.S. senators introduced a sweeping $1-trillion bipartisan plan to invest in roads, bridges, ports, high-speed internet and other infrastructure, with some predicting the chamber could pass this week the largest public works legislation in decades."
Source: Reuters, 08/02/2021
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Drought in the American West: "The Everything Disaster"
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