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Month: August 2020

  • Canada's National Observer

    Ontario Drops Plan to Allow Quarries in Endangered Species Habitat in the Golden Horseshoe

    In June, the Ford government proposed making it easier for quarries to be built in endangered species habitat. After feedback from the public, the province has shelved the idea.

    Emma McIntosh · August 28, 2020

  • Grist

    Before Laura, There Was Katrina. What Lessons Does New Orleans Have for Coastal Cities?

    In the quest to pump every drop of water outside city walls, New Orleans city planners inadvertently sank the city. Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina, officials and residents are trying to change their tenuous relationship with water; hold it at bay, sure, but also try to work with nature … as the city once had to.

    Zoya Teirstein · August 27, 2020

  • High Country News

    Wildish Podcast: Why Wild Horses Pull on Our Heartstrings

    Episode Two: A wild mustang’s spirit stirs human emotion, making the Bureau of Land Management seem callous.

    Anna Coburn · August 27, 2020

  • Atlas Obscura

    The Unexpected Elegance of Irrigation Systems From Above

    Architect Ronald Rael is documenting this aerial perspective.

    Matthew Taub · August 26, 2020

  • HuffPost

    NOAA Opens—Then Halts—Inquiry Into Alleged Political Meddling

    The sudden postponement of a probe into allegations of misconduct in adopting offshore oil exploration rules “risks undermining the public’s confidence” in NOAA science, a watchdog group says.

    Chris D'Angelo · August 26, 2020

  • Mother Jones

    The Biblical Flood That Will Drown California

    And take America’s most precious farmland—and Disneyland—with it.

    Tom Philpott · August 26, 2020

  • Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

    What Demographic Group Cares the Most About Climate Change? Latinos, Yale Researchers Say.

    “Climate is not an issue that only white, upper middle-class, latte-sipping liberals care about” say researchers.

    Dan Drollette Jr. · August 25, 2020

  • Guardian

    Democratic Platform’s Backtracking on Fossil Fuels Dismays Climate Activists

    The party has mysteriously toned down language on the climate crisis undermining enthusiasm for Biden’s green policies

    Emily Holden and Oliver Milman · August 20, 2020

  • Atlas Obscura

    New York’s Favorite Trash-Strewn Beach Is a Wee Bit Radioactive

    The National Park Service has closed a portion of Dead Horse Bay.

    Jessica Leigh Hester · August 20, 2020

  • High Country News

    Wildish Podcast: Wild Horses in a Not-So-Wild West

    Episode One: Is federal mustang management reaching a breaking point?

    Anna Coburn · August 20, 2020

  • HuffPost

    Rep. Richard Neal Rakes In Fossil Fuel Money Ahead Of Primary With Green New Dealer

    The Massachusetts congressman is a top recipient of corporate donations, including from the company behind a disastrous 2018 gas explosion.

    Alexander C. Kaufman · August 18, 2020

  • Mother Jones

    Donald Trump, Kanye West, and a Weird Western Bird Are All Somehow Involved in a Major Conservation Battle

    West has a green light to build a White House–sized mansion on key sage-grouse habitat.

    Jackie Flynn Mogensen · August 17, 2020

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