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Wheel bug immature, Tulsa, OK, Sept. 21, 2021
Daily Cartoon
More greed, Sept. 21, 2021
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New! A podcast about birds
Inez de Tucson
It's all about the places and spaces where birds and birders meet with deep dives into the lives of some of our most fascinating feathered friends.
Episode 4: A deep dive into the vermilion flycatcher: Sept. 1
Episode 3: Bird news: Summer 2021: Aug. 1
Episode 2: A Deep Dip (American dipper): July 1
Episode 1: Weekend in Portal and surrounds: May 26
Environmental news of the day
DOE begins climate push
From E&E, Sept. 21, 2021
"Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm warned the creators of the nation’s most widely used model for building energy codes yesterday that their work could be sliding toward "irrelevance" in addressing climate change, signaling that a once-obscure policy area is becoming a flashpoint for debates about cutting emissions.
Granholm’s comments came in a recorded speech that was aired at an annual meeting of the International Code Council, a nonprofit group whose model codes are often voluntarily adopted by states and cities."
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environmental news: Sept. 19-26, 2021
From E&E: Big electric could dodge reforms
From Scientific American: Scientists flood trees for insight
From nature: Another look at Australian fire outcome
Loopholes could make changes uneven and unfair: More click here
From nature: Another look at Australian fire outcome
From Scientific American: Scientists flood trees for insight
From nature: Another look at Australian fire outcome
Ocean life may have absorbed more CO2 than first thought: More click here
From Scientific American: Scientists flood trees for insight
From Scientific American: Scientists flood trees for insight
From Scientific American: Scientists flood trees for insight
Experiment simulates ocean encroachment : More click here
From BBC: China at center of pollution question
From BBC: China at center of pollution question
From Scientific American: Scientists flood trees for insight
Environmentalists want more pressure put on China, top polluter: More click here
From The Guardian: Tar Sands using needed water
From BBC: China at center of pollution question
From The Guardian: Tar Sands using needed water
Canadian oil works sucking water from American wetlands. More click here
From EurekAlert!: Coral reef cover cut in half
From BBC: China at center of pollution question
From The Guardian: Tar Sands using needed water
Also cut in half since 1950s, biodiversity and fish catches: More click here
Robbers cave state park, OK, April 13, 2021
leonard, OK, April 9, 2021
White sands national park, NM, March 15, 2021
Rodeo, nm, march 10-14, 2021
Portal, AZ, March 2021
Bosque del Apache NWR, NM, March 9, 2021
AMerican dipper, Cave creek, AZ, Mar. 14
Chiricahua national Forest, AZ, MAR. 14
