This Week on Earth
Week in Review: Environmental News for Feb. 17-23
February 23, 2019
News About Climate Change
Just in: #January 2019 was the 3rd warmest January on record for the globe, says @NOAANCEIclimate https://t.co/QrjEVJaDIU #StateOfClimate pic.twitter.com/z75wainpH4
— NOAA (@NOAA) February 19, 2019
Next week’s @NewYorker cover. “The Real Emergency,” by Barry Blitt: pic.twitter.com/kVLqLkwEA3
— Brady Dennis (@brady_dennis) February 22, 2019
Trump is considering a fervent climate denier to lead a White House panel assessing climate change risk https://t.co/m3XprOrka5
— Climate Desk (@ClimateDesk) February 21, 2019
“Climatic Change: Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?” Wallace Broecker asked in the title of a 1975 paper. He was one of the first scientists to warn about potential planetary catastrophe. https://t.co/X8DG4sbu7i
— NYT Climate (@nytclimate) February 20, 2019
Afforestation, or the planting of new forests, is emerging as a potential natural strategy to address #ClimateChange: https://t.co/L61TkDns2Y via @CarbonBrief pic.twitter.com/JvQe5GPoeL
— Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (@YaleClimateComm) February 19, 2019
News About Plastic Pollution
Mardi Gras will shimmer slightly less this year, after a ban on glitter has come in place to protect the #environment. It will also ban balloons and single-use plastic water bottles. #EarthOptimism #Conservationhttps://t.co/BJ03SpINq8
— Earth Optimism (@EarthOptimism) February 19, 2019
Making waves in a polluted ocean.
🔎 Learn more about innovations in tackling ocean pollution: https://t.co/wvUOUCATpg #plastic #pollution pic.twitter.com/iBJOdMVaJe — World Economic Forum (@wef) February 20, 2019
Join our staff in raising reusable glasses to #SkipTheStrawDay! (The only straws we use are reusable!) #EndPlasticPollution pic.twitter.com/uQvPUL1ipg
— Earth Day Network (@EarthDayNetwork) February 22, 2019
News About Environmental Protections
.@EnergyCommerce oversight panel to hold 2/26 hearing focusing on concerns that Trump has taken environmental enforcement cops ‘off the beat’ @BGOV @environment pic.twitter.com/3fWsVyV1la
— Dean Scott (@deantscott) February 19, 2019
News About Biodiversity and Species Protection
World’s largest bee, once thought extinct, has been found alive https://t.co/E8QqZIDj9c pic.twitter.com/nWm1Rggnfs
— Earther (@EARTH3R) February 21, 2019
The plants, animals, crops and micro-organisms that are the bedrock of food production are in decline@BBCScienceNews https://t.co/rOIzFEwJIx
— BBC Earth (@BBCEarth) February 22, 2019
Giant tortoise believed extinct for 100 years found in Galápagos, via @guardianeco https://t.co/tdzUPL5lUv #ProtectOurSpecies
— Earth Day Network (@EarthDayNetwork) February 21, 2019
Germany’s Environment Minister calls for a new law to protect bugs as a result of plummeting numbers of insect species, via @dw_freedom https://t.co/eeZ97dmdcV #ProtectOurSpecies
— Earth Day Network (@EarthDayNetwork) February 21, 2019
