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If a cyberattack successfully hits the nation’s offshore infrastructure, it could cause a catastrophe with impacts similar to those of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. // via @MollyTaft

Many of the projects have damaged local watersheds, either by polluting them with cyanide, metabisulfite and peroxide, or interfering with river flows that result in flooding or droughts. // via @MaxRadin

'In response to the 1930s Dust Bowl, the government planted more than 220 million trees on the Great Plains to protect farms from future dust storms. The "wall" ran in a 100-mile-wide band from Texas to North Dakota.' // via @dcusickmpls

The European Union is the world’s largest consumer of frogs’ legs from wild-caught species, most of them imported from Indonesia, according to a group of conservationists and researchers. // via @Sean_Mow

A new analysis of satellite data of the Amazon published in late May provides the most detailed analysis yet of year-to-year deforestation in the region, revealing exactly where and why the rainforest is being cleared. // via @MaxRadin

Utah’s water policy was largely controlled by a group of water districts and allied special interest organizations and politicians who prioritized building new water projects over conservation. // via @MarkOlalde

The agency typically shuts down air monitors during hurricanes in order to safeguard them. Due to safety concerns, it also waits days after a hurricane makes landfall to send personnel with handheld monitors and additional equipment. // via @NaveenaSivam

Despite the freeze on leasing, the administration has continued to issue individual drilling permits at a 34 percent faster pace than the Trump administration in its first year. // via @BudrykZack

Many climate advocates express concerns that governments and businesses will use CDR as a diversion from efforts to transition away from fossil fuels. // via @Dana1981

New research has generated a comprehensive system for tracking and monitoring fishing vessels… which can help determine possible instances of unlawful fishing. // via @ECAlberts

Research shows that 30 percent is the lower limit for maintaining the functionality of ecosystems: Species such as leopards or tuna need large spaces in which they can move freely. // via @FritzHabekuss

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Indonesia is in the process of revising that timber legality system by adding sustainability components such as geolocation so that its timbers could still be exported to the EU without much due diligence at European ports. // via @Hans_Nich

Whales exert strong effects on the carbon cycle. They do so by storing carbon more effectively than smaller animals, as well as by “ingesting extreme quantities of prey” and generating large amounts of waste, the researchers noted. // via @SharonUdasin

In the north, there are still large stretches of land unencumbered by industry. That means there’s still time to prevent caribou populations from reaching the crisis levels of their neighbours to the south. // via @AinsCruickshank

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is home to around 70% of the world’s cobalt resources, an estimated 40,000 of the 255,000 miners involved in the industry are children, some as young as 6 years old. // via @MollyTaft

'Despite the stricter regulations, many automakers have been broadly receptive to phasing out internal combustion vehicles while increasing production of electric vehicles.' // via @BudrykZack

The Indonesian government plans to reopen its capture fisheries sector to foreign investment, prompting concerns among marine observers about a return to the rampant illegal fishing practices that depleted the country’s fish stocks. // via @bgokkon

"The Climate Club’s goal will be to drive urgent, ambitious, and inclusive action in alignment with the goals of the Paris Agreement." // via @maynotbecool

A growing body of research has found that global warming is increasing the likelihood of a monster storm that could inundate the Central Valley once again. // via @jake_bittle