National Weather Service Will Send Mobile Alerts for ‘Destructive’ Thunderstorms

July 22, 2021 / by Alyssa Lukpat / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The agency hopes the alerts will get people to take shelter before a thunderstorm unleashes baseball-size hail or winds of at least 80 m.p.h. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/22/climate/national-weather-service-storm-alert.html

The West Is Burning. Covid Is Surging. U.S. Politics Are Stagnant.

July 22, 2021 / by Maggie Astor / Environment, Journalism, New York Times, North America

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Despite raging crises, the gears of government seem as stuck as ever, partly because Americans interpret the events “from the framework they started with,” as one political scientist put it. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/22/us/politics/climate-crisis-covid.html

PG&E Aims to Curb Wildfire Risk by Burying Many Power Lines

July 21, 2021 / by Ivan Penn / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The California utility said the work would involve about 10,000 miles of its network, a project potentially costing tens of billions of dollars. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/business/energy-environment/pge-underground-powerlines-wildfires.html

Rural Oregon Awaits Bootleg Fire Evacuations: ‘Everybody Is Freaking Out.’

July 21, 2021 / by Sergio Olmos and Christine Hauser / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A family prepared to evacuate as the Bootleg Fire burned closer to their home and restaurant. In another town, T-shirts memorialized the nation’s largest blaze. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/us/bootleg-fire-evacuation-order.html

Jeff Bezos vows to fight climate change, but space tourism could do more harm, critics say.

July 21, 2021 / by Sarah Kessler / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Mr. Bezos says space tourism is a first step toward moving people (and heavy industry) into space to avert an energy crisis on Earth. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/business/space-tourism-climate-change.html

Iran’s Problems Compounded by Water Shortages

July 21, 2021 / by Farnaz Fassihi / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A prolonged drought worsened by climate change and government mismanagement has added a volatile new element to the swirl of challenges in Iran, ranging from the pandemic to U.S. sanctions. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/world/middleeast/iran-protests-drought-violence.html

Democrats Prepare for Vote on Tracy Stone-Manning to Lead Bureau of Land Management

July 20, 2021 / by Lisa Friedman / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As a graduate student in the 1980s, Tracy Stone-Manning was linked to a tree-spiking effort by environmentalists. Republicans say that makes her unfit to lead the Bureau of Land Management. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/climate/tracy-stone-manning-blm.html

The Bootleg Fire Is Now Generating Its Own Weather

July 20, 2021 / by HENRY FOUNTAIN / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Unpredictable winds, fire clouds that spawn lightning, and flames that leap over firebreaks are confounding efforts to fight the blaze, which is sweeping through southern Oregon. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/climate/bootleg-wildfire-weather.html

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