"Reluctant Middle East Forced To Open Eyes To Climate Crisis"
"With the region warming twice as fast as the rest of the world but oil spoils keeping regimes in power, leaders are in a bind".
Source: Guardian, 11/01/2021
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Nevada Rancher Cites ‘Shroud Of Secrecy’ At Lithium Mine Near Oregon
"A Nevada rancher suing to block construction of the largest lithium mine in the U.S. says the government’s environmental assessment of the project relies on a baseline set by a consultant for the mining company with a conflict of interest that trivializes potential harm to water resources and wildlife near the Oregon line."
Source: AP, 11/01/2021"The Divestment Movement’s Big Month"
"Investors, foundations, universities and governments pulled their assets from fossil fuel companies in record numbers in October."
Source: The Revelator, 11/01/2021"A Big New Forest Initiative Sparks Concerns of a ‘Carbon Heist’"
"Major funding to finance forest conservation projects is set to be announced at the UN climate summit next week. But some environmentalists contend the LEAF program could exclude the Indigenous people who have long protected the forests that the initiative aims to save."
Source: YaleE360, 11/01/2021Will Reviving B.C.’s Declining Salmon Require A Rethink Of Hatcheries?
"After 150 years of experimenting, it’s becoming clear that pumping more baby fish into the ocean may actually be making the problem worse ".
Source: The Narwhal, 11/01/2021"The Coming Age of Climate Trauma"
"Three years after a devastating wildfire, a California community faces another crisis: PTSD. Is what’s happening there a warning to the rest of us?"
Source: Washington Post Magazine, 11/01/2021"Climate Change Became the Largest Part of Biden Spending Bill"
"Climate has emerged as the single largest category in President Biden’s new framework for a huge spending bill, placing global warming at the center of his party’s domestic agenda in a way that was hard to imagine just a few years ago."
Source: NYTimes, 10/29/2021"Dems, Oil Execs Clash At Hearing: ‘They Are Obviously Lying’"
"Minutes into the questioning of oil company executives at a hearing on climate disinformation this morning, House Oversight and Reform Chair Carolyn Maloney suggested the head of Exxon Mobil Corp. had perjured himself."
Source: E&E News, 10/29/2021"China’s New Climate Pledge Changes Little, in Bad Omen for Global Talks"
"China’s updated targets for cutting emissions to fight climate change reiterate what its leader pledged nearly a year ago. That doesn’t bode well for progress at next week’s global climate summit."
Source: NYTimes, 10/29/2021Brazil's Greenhouse Emissions Rose 9.5% In 2020 With Amazon Deforestation
"Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions increased by 9.5% in 2020 largely due to increased deforestation in the Amazon during the second year of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s government, said a report published on Thursday by climate change experts."
Source: Reuters, 10/29/2021"Forced Relocation Left Native Americans More Exposed to Climate Threats"
"Centuries of land loss and forced relocation have left Native Americans significantly more exposed to the effects of climate change, new data show, adding to the debate over how to address climate change and racial inequity in the United States."
Source: NYTimes, 10/29/2021Enviros Petition EPA To Rescind Factory Farms’ “Free Pass To Pollute”
"A coalition of environmental and animal rights groups petitioned the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday to abandon a "sweetheart" deal with factory farm owners—and start enforcing air pollution regulations."
Source: EHN, 10/29/2021"EPA Unveils Strategy For Reducing Lead Exposure"
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday announced a revised strategy for reducing lead exposure, with a focus on communities that have had a disproportionate amount.
The draft plan would focus on identifying communities with especially high levels of both lead exposure and blood lead levels. The agency would next develop national standards and guidance to address those exposures and enforce existing regulations.
Source: The Hill, 10/29/2021"What a $2B Texas Project Says About U.S. Quest For CO2-Free Grid"
"After a dozen years, multiple energy crises, regulatory delays and political turnover, construction of a novel 400-mile power line connecting Texas to the Southeast is finally within sight."
Source: E&E News, 10/29/2021"What Is COP26 and Why Is It Important?"
"Answers to all your questions about COP26 Glasgow, the world's most important and confusing climate conference."
Source: Earther, 10/29/2021
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