"Could ‘Smokey Beaver’ Help Fight Wildfires?"
"Science shows beavers make landscapes more resistant to wildfire and drought, inspiring a growing movement to partner with them against the worst effects of climate change."
Source: OPB, 11/16/2021
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Nations Strike Climate Deal, but World Remains Far From Limiting Warming
"GLASGOW — Diplomats from nearly 200 countries on Saturday struck a major agreement aimed at intensifying global efforts to fight climate change by calling on governments to return next year with stronger plans to curb their planet-warming emissions and urging wealthy nations to “at least double” funding to protect poor nations from the hazards of a hotter planet."
Source: NYTimes, 11/15/2021"Sinking Tuvalu Laments Watered Down U.N. Glasgow Climate Pact"
"The South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu is disappointed with the outcome of the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, fearing it will fail to hold back global warming and worsen the threat of rising sea levels facing low lying countries."
Source: Reuters, 11/15/2021Glasgow Climate Promises Now Rest With a Handful of Powerful Leaders
"After two weeks of lofty speeches and bitter negotiations among nearly 200 nations, the question of whether the world will make significant progress to slow global warming still comes down to the actions of a handful of powerful nations that remain at odds over how best to address climate change."
Source: NYTimes, 11/15/2021"John Kerry Says Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are The ‘Definition Of Insanity.’"
"John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy for climate change, on Friday described fossil fuel subsidies as the “definition of insanity,” denouncing measures taken by governments that artificially lower the price of coal, oil or gas."
Source: NYTimes, 11/15/2021"Flooding and Nuclear Waste Eat Away at a Tribe’s Ancestral Home"
"For decades, chronic flooding and nuclear waste have encroached on the ancestral lands in southeastern Minnesota that the Prairie Island Indian Community calls home, whittling them to about a third of their original size."
Source: NYTimes, 11/15/2021Messonnier, Birx Detail Political Interference In Coronavirus Response
"The Trump administration repeatedly interfered with efforts by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year to issue warnings and guidance about the evolving coronavirus pandemic, six current and former health officials told congressional investigators in recent interviews."
Source: Washington Post, 11/15/2021"U.S. Court Voids Emissions Rules For Heavy-Duty Truck Trailers"
"A U.S. appeals court on Friday tossed out greenhouse gas emissions rules for heavy-duty truck trailers, ruling two government agencies had exceeded their authority."
Source: Reuters, 11/15/2021"$1B Transmission Smack Down May Upend Northeast Renewables"
"The challenge to a $1 billion New England transmission line is raising concerns about how the region’s largest state will now reach its clean energy targets, underscoring the obstacles facing large infrastructure critical for renewables and President Biden’s decarbonization efforts."
Source: E&E News, 11/15/2021Biden Plans to Bar New Drilling Around Major Native American Cultural Site
"After years of tribal requests, the president plans to block new oil and gas leases within 10 miles of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. The ban is likely to generate strong pushback from industry."
Source: NYTimes, 11/15/2021"Days After Climate Summit, Biden To Hold ‘Carbon Bomb’ Gulf Oil Sale"
"Environmentalists are accusing the president of breaking a campaign promise to ban new federal fossil fuel leasing. The administration says its hands are tied."
Source: HuffPost, 11/15/2021"Calls for Climate Reparations Reach Boiling Point in Glasgow Talks"
"For decades, vulnerable countries and activist groups have demanded that rich polluter countries pay for irreparable damage from climate change. This year, there may be a breakthrough."
Source: NYTimes, 11/12/2021"COP26 Talks on Global Carbon Market Run Into New Obstacles"
"Talks on creating a global carbon market ran into new obstacles, highlighting how difficult it will be to break a six-year deadlock on an issue seen as a key benchmark of success for COP26."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 11/12/2021Veterans Exposed To Burn Pits Will Get Expanded Health Care: White House
"The Biden administration on Veterans Day announced a series of new support options for veterans who had been exposed to 'contaminants and environmental hazards,' such as burn pits, while serving."
Source: CNN, 11/12/2021Despite GOP Gains in Va., State’s Clean Energy Law Will Be Hard to Derail
"Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin said during the campaign that he wouldn’t have signed the law, but support remains in the Senate and at two key regulatory agencies."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/12/2021
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