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There’s A Lot At Stake For The Climate In The 2020 Election

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Jeff Brady | 0 Comments

From NPR Despite the cascade of other crises this year, climate change has emerged as a key election issue. The two presidential candidates’ positions on it could not be more different. (Image credit: Scott Olson and Loren Elliott/AFP/Getty Images) Read…

Most Tenants Get No Information About Flooding. It Can Cost Them Dearly

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Rebecca Hersher | 0 Comments

From NPR Most landlords are not required to disclose if a property is in a flood plain or has flooded before. That’s a big problem in cities where climate change is driving more frequent and severe floods. (Image credit: Scott…

Not up for debate: It’s time to ask Trump and Biden some serious questions on climate.

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Derrick Z. Jackson | 0 Comments

After a total shutout of climate change as a topic throughout the 2016 presidential and vice-presidential debates, moderator Chris Wallace asked President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden for their positions on the issue in their first tilt last…

Public lands and parks are our common heritage: Bruce Babbitt

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Rhett Butler | 0 Comments

Until recently, protecting the environment was a bipartisan issue for Americans. But in an era marked by bitter divides, this is no longer the case. Bruce Babbitt, former governor of Arizona and Secretary of the Interior in the Clinton Administration,…

Paper giant APRIL linked to Borneo forest clearing despite zero-deforestation vow

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Hans Nicholas Jong | 0 Comments

JAKARTA — Pulp and paper giant Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Limited (APRIL) has allegedly violated its own sustainability commitment by purchasing wood from a company clearing rainforest in Indonesian Borneo, according to a new report. APRIL is one of…

Osiris-Rex: Nasa asteroid mission confident of success

Posted on October 22, 2020 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC That was Dante Lauretta’s take after reviewing the first pictures to come down from Nasa’s Osiris-Rex probe following its bid to grab a sample from asteroid Bennu on Tuesday. Read the full article

Planners 'must prepare' for weather extremes – Met Office

Posted on October 22, 2020 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC Isabella O’Dowd from the green campaign group WWF, said: “These are not records we should be breaking. Weather the UK once classed as extreme is fast on its way to becoming the new normal. These predictions provide further…

More pollution expected from stay-home workers

Posted on October 21, 2020 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC Gas burning from boilers is a major source of local pollution, accounting for 21% of total NOx emissions across Greater London, for instance. Read the full article

Hate the electric Hummer? That’s because it’s not for you

Posted on October 21, 2020 by Shannon Osaka | 0 Comments

First the cybertruck, now the “supertruck”. With an assist from LeBron James, General Motors resuscitated the Hummer this week, America’s much maligned military-Humvee-turned-suburban-road-hog. The new Hummer is ginormous. It “crabwalks” diagonally on all four wheels. It’s $112,595. And it’s ……

Secrets of the 'uncrushable' beetle revealed

Posted on October 21, 2020 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

From BBC Follow Helen on Twitter. Read the full article