Australia’s Volunteer Firefighters Are Heroes. But Are They Enough?

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The country relies heavily on civilians to contain its fires, but the monstrous blazes that come with climate change threaten to break the system. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/02/world/australia/volunteer-firefighters.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

NOAA Leaders Privately Disowned Agency’s Rebuke of Scientists Who Contradicted Trump

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Newly released emails show officials at NOAA told the agency’s scientists it did “not approve or support” a controversial agency statement issued after the president falsely said that Alabama was at risk from Hurricane Dorian. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/climate/noaa-trump-hurricane-dorian.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Church of England Devises an Index for Climate-Conscious Investing

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The church’s pension fund will invest 600 million pounds in companies ranked according to their efforts to meet the 2015 Paris agreement. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/business/church-of-england-climate-change.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Coronavirus Declared Worldwide Public Health Emergency

Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, January 31, 2020 (ENS) – The Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, has declared that the outbreak of the novel Wuhan coronavirus 2019-nCoV constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, PHEIC. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2020/01/31/coronavirus-declared-worldwide-public-health-emergency/

Trump Administration Moves to Ease Rules Against Killing Birds

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A proposed regulation would codify a legal opinion in 2017 that declared the ‘incidental’ killing of birds during the course of business as no longer subject to punishment. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/climate/trump-bird-deaths.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

‘Every Day Matters’: Guardian Stops Accepting Fossil Fuel Ads

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment It said the decision was based on the efforts by the industry to prevent meaningful climate action by governments. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/business/media/guardian-climate-change-fossil-fuel-advertisements.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

A Dangerous Glacier Is Melting From the Bottom, Scientists Find

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Researchers in Antarctica found unusually warm water beneath a glacier the size of Florida that is already melting and contributing to sea level rise.  Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/climate/thwaites-glacier-melting-antarctica.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

WHO, China Leaders Plan Battle Against Wuhan Virus

Published by the Environmental News Service BEIJING, China, January 29, 2020 (ENS) – Director-General of the World Health Organization, WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, met Tuesday with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing. They shared the latest information on the novel coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV) outbreak and reiterated their commitment to bring the deadly virus under […]

A Battle to Protect Forests Unfolds in Central Africa

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Indigenous people, environmentalists and industries vie for control over lands that can offer economic benefits or climate protection — but not always both. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/climate/deforestation-central-african-republic.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Walnuts Slow Cognitive Decline in At-risk Elderly

Published by the Environmental News Service LOMA LINDA, California, January 28, 2020 (ENS) – Eating walnuts may help slow cognitive decline in at-risk groups of elderly people, according to a study conducted by researchers in California and Spain. Walnuts contain omega-3 fatty acids and polyphenols, which have been found to counteract oxidative stress and inflammation, both […]

Wuhan CoronaVirus Spreading, More Than 80 Have Died

Published by the Environmental News Service WUHAN, China, January 27, 2020 (ENS) – A new strain of coronavirus is worrying doctors at the World Health Organization, WHO, and medical officials around the world. Doctors call it 2019-nCoV, but it’s more commonly known as the Wuhan coronavirus, named after the place where the virus emerged in […]

New Jersey to Become First State to Make Builders Consider Climate Change

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The move is part of an effort by states to counteract the Trump administration’s rollback of environmental regulations. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/nyregion/climate-change-nj-environmental-rules.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

In Crucial Pennsylvania, Democrats Worry a Fracking Ban Could Sink Them

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The fracking ban pushed by Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders  epitomizes a Democratic quandary: Appeal to swing voters or energize a liberal movement? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/us/politics/pennsylvania-democrats-fracking.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

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