In this issue: Virtual training today on improving energy infrastructure |
The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act provides funding for clean energy, climate resilience, agricultural and forestry conservation, environmental justice, and other provisions to address climate change. Here's our breakdown of 12 ways this bill will benefit birds, people, and the places we need. Read more
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| Join the Clean Energy Initiative team today, September 8th, at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT, for a virtual training that will review the why, what, where, and how of electricity transmission. We'll also talk about how YOU are essential to Audubon's efforts to converting our electricity system into a 100% net zero grid. Register now | | | | | | |
| Since the 1900s, sagebrush habitat available for the Gunnison Sage-Grouse has shrunk by approximately 90 percent. The Bureau of Land Management has initiated a review of its land use plans to form management actions that would limit further impacts to Gunnison Sage-Grouse populations and habitat, ultimately helping to promote the species' recovery. Read more | | | | | | |
| Last month, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released its Colorado River forecast and operating guidelines for the next two years, confirming that the scarcity of water in the river has never been more dire. Forty million people and more than 400 bird species rely on the Colorado River. Read more | | | An aerial view of Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam. | | | | | | |
| This hurricane season is off to a slow start, but as of early August the U.S. Climate Prediction Center still called for it to be above-normal. How the season plays out has high stakes not only for people—hurricanes are historically the deadliest and costliest natural disasters—but also for birds. As climate change fuels stronger storms, hurricanes pose a complex and shifting hazard for millions of birds traveling from their North American breeding grounds to wintering areas. Driven by concerns about the toll hurricanes might take on already beleaguered bird populations, and armed with new tools to investigate their impacts, scientists are intent on better understanding this evolving threat. Read more | | | | Audubon supporters sent more than 58,000 comments to protect areas in Alaska, which are vital to both birds and people, during two separate public comment periods that closed in the last two weeks. We are urging the Bureau of Land Management to deny a permit for ConocoPhillips' misguided Willow oil development project that would irreparably harm the globally important Teshekpuk Lake wetlands complex in the Western Arctic, an area that has been protected for decades due to its importance for wildlife. At the same time, we are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to use its authority under the Clean Water Act to veto a permit for the ecologically devastating Pebble Mine, which would impact the delicate Bristol Bay watershed. Stay tuned for updates on both of these issues! | | | | | |
| Photos from top: Scott Suriano/Audubon Photography Awards; Diane Taylor/Audubon Photography Awards; Alan Schmierer/Flickr (CC0 1.0); The Water Desk and LightHawk; TallisMan/Alamy (right); Thomas Wilberding/Audubon Photography Awards (left) | | | | |
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