"Greenland Votes to Move Whaling Away from Tourists’ Eyes"
"In a bid to boost the whale watching economy, a new law bars Greenlanders from taking humpback whales near the capital."
Source: Hakai, 05/21/2021
Search results
"U.S. Proposes Big Increase In Forest Management To Tackle Wildfires"
"The United States must double or quadruple the rate at which it thins and removes dead wood from its forests to reduce the threat of wildfires that have become more frequent and severe due to climate change, the Biden administration said on Thursday."
Source: Reuters, 05/21/2021
"Judge Halts Georgia Dredging Plan Over Threat To Sea Turtles"
"A federal judge ordered an immediate halt on Thursday to plans to dredge a shipping channel on the Georgia coast, citing a threat to sea turtles nesting on nearby beaches."
Source: AP, 05/21/2021
"Electricity: Documents Reveal Natural Gas Chaos In Texas Blackouts"
"Texas' electricity leaders were deeply focused on natural gas shortages days before blackouts crippled the state in February and plunged the state's power industry into chaos, according to documents obtained by E&E News."
Source: E&E News, 05/21/2021
"Biden Orders U.S. Agencies To Assess, Mitigate Risks Of Climate Change"
"President Joe Biden on Thursday directed federal agencies to assess and mitigate the increasing and serious risks that climate change poses to individuals, businesses, the federal government and the U.S. financial system, the White House said."
Source: Reuters, 05/21/2021
"Biden Admin Takes First Step Toward Light Bulb Efficiency Standard"
"The Biden administration is taking the first step necessary to instate an energy efficiency standard for light bulbs, a move that’s expected to undermine incandescent bulbs in favor of LEDs."
Source: The Hill, 05/21/2021
"White House, GOP Infrastructure Talks Hit Crucial Stage"
"Negotiations between the White House and Senate Republicans over President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan are hitting a crucial stage ahead of talks Friday after the latest GOP offer left some dismay in the administration that there wasn’t more movement off the Republicans’ initial $568 billion proposal."
Source: AP, 05/21/2021
NOAA’s Hurricane Outlook Calls For 6th Straight Above-Average Season
"Just months after the conclusion of the busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its 2021 outlook, calling for another active season. The agency is the latest of several forecasting groups watching the upcoming hurricane season’s potential to overperform for the sixth year in a row."
Source: Washington Post, 05/21/2021
"Even Amid a Pandemic, More Than 40 Million People Fled Their Homes"
"Storms, floods, wildfires — and to a lesser degree, conflict — uprooted 40.5 million people around the world in 2020. It was the largest number in more than a decade, according to figures published Thursday by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, a nonprofit group based in Geneva that tracks displacement data annually."
Source: NYTimes, 05/21/2021
New Arctic Council Reports Underline Growing Concerns At Air Pollution
"The Arctic is now warming three times as fast as the global average, and faces an ongoing barrage of dangerous climate and environmental pollutants, Arctic Council experts warned at the start of their meetings in Reykjavik, Iceland this week. Black carbon, or soot, remains high on the list of concerns because of its negative effect on human health and because it accelerates the Arctic meltdown by darkening snow."
Source: Inside Climate News, 05/21/2021
Advertisement 
