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Virginia groups sue U.S. Forest Service over new environmental review standards
Virginia Mercury: Virginia groups sue U.S. Forest Service over new environmental review standards. https://www.virginiamercury.com/2021/01/11/virginia-groups-sue-u-s-forest-service-over-new-environmental-review-standards/
Four Virginia organizations have joined a coalition of Southern Appalachian environmental groups that are suing the U.S. Forest Service over changes to federal environmental rules that determine how much scrutiny regulators must give activities like logging […]
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Study: As Climate Change Drives Migration To N.H., Towns Face Tension And Opportunity
NPR New Hampshire: As Climate Change Drives Migration To N.H., Towns Face Tension And Opportunity.
Studies show that climate change could prompt millions of Americans to relocate in the coming decades. And by some measures, New Hampshire and northern New England could be ideal places to move.
But preparing for those potential […]
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Virginia groups sue U.S. Forest Service over new environmental review standards
Virginia Mercury discusses Virginia groups sue U.S. Forest Service over new environmental review standards.
Four Virginia organizations have joined a coalition of Southern Appalachian environmental groups that are suing the U.S. Forest Service over changes to federal environmental rules that determine how much scrutiny regulators must give activities like logging and […]
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Wildfires fueled by climate change threaten toxic Superfund sites
NBC News discusses Wildfires fueled by climate change threaten toxic Superfund sites. Blazes at the imperiled hazardous waste sites could release toxins ranging from acid mine drainage to radioactive smoke.
For Jake Jeresek, a leader of the U.S. Forest Service’s firefighting operation in the Kootenai National Forest of northwest […]
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Mountain pine tree that feeds grizzlies is threatened
ABC News discusses how a Mountain pine tree that feeds grizzlies is threatened. US officials say climate change, beetles and a deadly fungus are imperiling the long-term survival of a high-elevation pine tree that’s a key source of food for some threatened grizzly bears.
Climate change, voracious beetles and disease […]
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Report: With world’s aquatic life at risk, scientists issue rare call to action on climate change
AZ Central discusses With world’s aquatic life at risk, scientists issue rare call to action on climate change.
Bonar is fish biologist at the University of Arizona, and on the other end of the call was a biologist from the U.S. Forest Service, who asked Bonar to come immediately to help rescue threatened […]
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Has the Forest Service Been Making Wildfires Worse?
New Republic discusses Has the Forest Service Been Making Wildfires Worse? The logging industry has long promoted science suggesting logging suppresses fire. A lot of recent research disagrees.
The Bear fire was one of the largest of the over 8,000 wildfires that have beset California this year. Now incorporated […]
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Trump Administration Releases Plan to Open Tongass Forest to Logging
The New York Times discusses how the Trump Administration Releases Plan to Open Tongass Forest to Logging. The effort to open the Alaskan wilderness area, the nation’s largest national forest, has been in the works for about two years.
The Trump administration on Friday finalized its plan to […]
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5 articles on wildfires
OPB discusses We know climate change set the conditions for Oregon fires. Did it stoke the flames, too? The extreme weather conditions that led into the Labor Day weekend wildfires were unlike anything Oregon’s seen before but could become more frequent.
Grist discusses how California can recover from wildfires without leaving […]
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Study: Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration
ProPublica discusses how Climate Change will force a new American migration. Wildfires rage in the West. Hurricanes batter the East. Droughts and floods wreak damage throughout the nation. Life has become increasingly untenable in the hardest-hit areas, but if the people there move, where will everyone go?
August besieged California with […]
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