TOP STORIES
Inside Climate News – Does Nature Have Rights? A Burgeoning Legal Movement Says Rivers, Forests and Wildlife Have Standing, Too
Business Green – oil and gas production emissions could be double official estimates, satellite data suggests
GreenWire – What to expect from Interior and EPA this fall
Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes
Axios – The Toll of Environmental Racism
The Washington Post – wildfire threatens historic trees at Sequoia National Park. Fireproof blankets are the defense
E&E – Beefed-up air monitoring needed for national parks — report
E&E – Methane fee collides with EPA rules. ‘It’s very unusual’
The White House – Joint US-EU Press Release on the Global Methane Pledge
Washington Post – Anatomy of a wildfire: how the Dixie Fire became the largest blaze of a devastating summer
NY Times – The Unconventional Weapon Against Future Wildfires: Goats
Here’s your link to this week’s NACAA Washington Update.
Climate Change/Energy
Grist – The climate costs of keeping Line 5 open would be very high
Climate Signals – Atlantic Hurricane Season 2021
COP26 – UN Climate Conference UK 2021
The Hill – Facebook’s new climate change misinformation effort falls short, advocates say
Billboard – Billie Eilish, Finneas, Maroon 5, Brittany Howard & More Push Congress to Act on Climate Change Bill
AP – Drought tests centuries-old water traditions in New Mexico
Today Show – Offshore wind farms provide promising roadmap for more clean energy
Toxics/Mobile Sources
AP – Biden, world leaders push climate action, vow methane cuts
MSNBC – What Congress will ask oil execs when they testify on climate disinformation
National Observer – Major toilet paper brands are flushing our forests down the drain
Energy News Network – Solar project helps to reclaim site of notorious Boston-area toxic waste case
Gizmodo – Chevron CEO: ‘let them plant trees’
Gizmodo – E-waste from a single Bitcoin transaction is like throwing away two iPhone 12 minis
Indoor Air Quality
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