"In Mexico, Dive Tourism Is Worth as Much as Fishing"
"The surprising value of the country’s dive tourism industry gives another reason to protect its marine ecosystems."
Source: Hakai, 06/10/2021
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Hook To Plate: Blockchain Tech Could Turn Tide For Sustainable Fishing
"Could using digital tags to track fish reduce seafood fraud, help conservation and hold everyone in the supply chain to account?"
Source: Guardian, 06/10/2021
After Exposé, Oregon House Moves To Curb Forest Institute’s Power, Budget
"The Oregon House on Tuesday passed a bill to redirect funding from a tax-funded institute created 30 years ago to inform residents about forestry, after an investigation found that the organization sought to discredit scientists and acted as a lobbying and public relations arm for the timber industry."
Source: Oregonian/OPB, 06/10/2021
US-Funded Study Of Whale Hearing Going Ahead Despite Concerns For Whales
"An international team of scientists is preparing to trap a dozen baleen whales off the coast of Norway and conduct hearing tests on them to gauge their sensitivity to human-made sounds such as sonar."
Source: NPR, 06/10/2021
Red States Warn of ‘Collusive’ Tactics by Biden in Kids' Climate Case
"Republican-led states want a seat at the table as the Biden administration discusses settlement options in a novel climate case led by a group of children and young adults. Alabama and 16 other states on Tuesday moved to intervene in Juliana v. United States, also known as the kids’ climate case, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/10/2021
"Vale's Decomissioned Brazil Dam At Risk Of Collapse, Labor Body Says"
"Iron ore miner Vale SA's decomissioned Xingu dam is at "imminent risk of collapsing," according to a statement on Wednesday by the Regional Labor Department for the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais."
Source: Reuters, 06/10/2021
IG: Park Police Didn’t Clear Lafayette Square Protesters For Trump Visit
"When the U.S. Park Police led law enforcement officers into a crowd of mostly peaceful protesters outside Lafayette Square on June 1, 2020, including officers equipped with chemical irritants and officers on horseback, they did so as part of a plan made days earlier to build a fence around the park to protect officers, not to facilitate the visit minutes later by President Donald Trump to a nearby church, an inspector general’s report released Wednesday concluded."
Source: Washington Post, 06/10/2021
B.C. Agrees To Defer Old-Growth Logging For 2 Years In Fairy Creek Area
"British Columbia has approved the request of three First Nations that want old-growth logging deferred for two years in part of their territories, including at the site of ongoing protests and arrests."
Source: Canadian Press, 06/10/2021
"EPA to Rewrite Trump-Era Waters Rule That Boosted Builders"
"The Biden administration is planning to restore wetlands protections lost under a Trump-era rule that promotes development, the EPA announced Wednesday."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 06/10/2021
"Keystone XL Pipeline Developer Pulls Plug On Controversial Project"
"The firm behind the Keystone XL pipeline officially scrapped the project on Wednesday, months after President Biden revoked a cross-border permit for the controversial pipeline and more than a decade after political wrangling over its fate began."
Source: Washington Post, 06/10/2021
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