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Thousands urged to flee ahead of post-Florence flooding in South Carolina

Posted on September 24, 2018 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - As many as 8,000 people in and around the city of Georgetown, South Carolina, have been urged to evacuate ahead severe flooding expected this week from two rain-gorged rivers in what may be the final destructive chapter of…

Wyoming wildfire forces evacuations, closes highway south of Jackson

Posted on September 24, 2018 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

PINEDALE, Wyo. (Reuters) - A wind-blown wildfire that has forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes south of the resort town of Jackson, Wyoming, prompted officials on Sunday to close 50 miles of a key highway traveled by tourists to…

Rain-gorged river still poses flood threat in Hurricane Florence's aftermath

Posted on September 24, 2018 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - Rain-swollen rivers in North and South Carolina kept rising on Sunday and were forecast to remain at flood level for days, the National Weather Service said more than a week after the landfall of Hurricane Florence, already blamed…

California urges Trump administration to abandon fuel rule plan

Posted on September 23, 2018 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - California’s top air regulator urged the Trump administration on Sunday to abandon a plan to freeze fuel efficiency standards through 2026, as automakers urged state and federal regulators to reach agreement to extend nationwide rules. Mary Nichols,…

Germany, carmakers to continue diesel talks: transport minister

Posted on September 23, 2018 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) - Carmakers and German government representatives failed to reach a compromise on Sunday over potential hardware retrofits for older diesel vehicles, with the country’s transport minister saying further talks would take place in the coming week. FILE PHOTO:…

France to increase funding for incentives to phase out polluting vehicles

Posted on September 23, 2018 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

PARIS (Reuters) - French environment minister Francois de Rugy said on Sunday that the 2019 government budget would include 570 million euros ($669.69 million) to fund incentives to switch to less polluting vehicles, a 180 million euro increase from 2018.…

Trump’s latest rule rollback makes natural gas as dirty as coal

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Jonathan Thompson | 0 Comments

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This summer’s statistics on electricity use and generation included a significant gem: Over the last 12 months, power generation from coal has dropped to a three-decade…

Rare double-headed snake found in garden in Virginia

Posted on September 23, 2018 by EnviroLink Editor | 0 Comments

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World Gorilla Day: good news and grave threats

Posted on September 23, 2018 by erikhoffner | 0 Comments

September 24 marks World Gorilla Day, when humanity celebrates one of its closest relatives, sharing 98 percent of our DNA as we do, plus we also have a common ancestor that lived not too long ago in evolutionary terms, around…

Latam Eco Review: Black market jaguars, freed green macaws

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Maria Salazar | 0 Comments

The most popular stories from our Spanish-language service, Mongabay-Latam, followed trafficking of jaguar parts in Peru and Bolivia, a strategy to limit cattle ranches in Colombia, and liberated macaws in Ecuador. High demand for jaguar parts in Peru In a…