Environment-Current-Events-2020

The Environment and The Republic

Oregon: Wildfire Season Sees More Than A Millions Acres Burned and At Least Nine Killed - Six Men Across Oregon Accused of Intentionally Setting Fires that Annihilated Homes, Entire Towns and Treasured Natural Areas

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Azusa Canyon, California: Homeless Man Suspected of Starting Wildfire that Burned 1,400 Acres

Brooklyn, NY: In Effort to Improve NY Harbor Water Quality - Repurposed Shipping Containers to Become Oyster Breeding Tanks For Oysters that Will One Day Filter Local Waters

2020

Glacial National Park, Montana: Park Officials Remove Signs Claiming Park’s Glaciers Will Be Gone by 2020; Glaciers Still Shrinking

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World Oceans: Study Claims Plastic Pollution in Oceans will Triple by 2040 - 29 Million Metric Tons of Plastic Projected to Enter Ocean Every Year

Casper, Wyoming: Downside of Wind Power - Landfill Becomes Final Resting Place For Old Wind Turbine Blades That Can’t Be Recycled

New York: Enforcement of Plastic Bag Ban Delayed Due to Coronavirus Concerns

Vermont: Wind Turbine Project Canceled - Aesthetic, Sound and Environmental Concerns Fuel Community Opposition to Wind Power Development

Sri Lanka: Herd of Elephants Seen Foraging For Food at Landfill; Global Scourge of Garbage Encroaches on Wildlife Habitat - Majestic Pachyderms Reduced to Scavenging Trash

Salt Lake City, Utah: Animal-Only Bridge - Wildlife Utilize Specially Constructed Overpass to Safely Cross Highway in Parleys Canyon (See Incredible Video)

New York: Plastic Bag Ban Coming to State - Lack Enforcement to Follow Initial Implementation Phase of Single-use Plastic Bag Ban

New York: Reusable Tote Bags Risk Spread of Coronavirus in wake of Statewide Plastic Bag Ban

Perdido Key, Florida: Oil Washes Ashore on 5-Mile Stretch of Johnson Beach in Aftermath of Hurricane Sally

Honduras: Massive Trash ’Tsunami’ Inundates Beach - Plastic and Other Garbage Wash Up On Shoreline Along Caribbean Sea - Hondurans Blame Motagua River in Neighboring Guatemala As Source of Pollution

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Brooklyn, NY: Two Cars Pulled from Gowanus Canal During Dredging of Infamous Superfund Site; 1.5 Billion Cleanup Effort Slated For 2023 Completion

United States: Government Looks to Indigenous Tribes For Guidance On Managing Wildfire Risk

Nation / World: Popular Brands Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestle Top List of World’s Most Prolific Plastic Polluters

New York: New Yorkers Express Opposition and Skepticism Toward State Plastic Bag Ban

MORE ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS

United States: Rockefeller Family Members - Descendants and Benefactors of Standard Oil Dynasty - Push Banks to Stop Funding Fossil Fuel Development