"Rich Countries Failed To Meet Their Climate Funding Goal"
"Rich nations failed to meet a long-standing pledge to deliver $100 billion to help poorer countries cope with climate change, the OECD said on Friday."
Source: Reuters, 08/01/2022
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"Green Bank, Environmental Equity Among Climate Deal’s Winners"
"The launch of what would be the first U.S. green bank to help communities largely left behind by the clean energy revolution is back on track under a Senate climate deal that contains $60 billion in new environmental justice funding."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/01/2022
"Chemical Recycling Bills Gain Momentum and Opposition in States"
"States facing a mounting volume of plastic are turning to a recycling method that uses heat and chemicals to break down materials, even as critics say the process could do more harm than good to the environment."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 08/01/2022
"House Passes 48-Bill Wildfire-Protection Package"
"The House of Representatives narrowly passed legislation Friday boosting the pay of wildfire fighters and taking steps to improve fire resilience in Western forests."
Source: The Hill, 08/01/2022
Romance and Ecological Damage: The Saga of Sable Island’s Wild Horses
"They’ve roamed free for hundreds of years, but is that freedom harming the ecosystem they call home?"
Source: Hakai, 07/29/2022
"Invasive Species Bullfrog And Snake Cost World $16Bn - Study"
"Scientists tallying the economic damage wrought by invasive pests across the world found two species are responsible for more harm than any other. The American bullfrog and brown tree snake have collectively caused $16.3bn (£13.4bn) in global damage since 1986."
Source: BBC News, 07/29/2022
"Unearthing the Secret Superpowers of Fungus"
"Toby Kiers took long strides across the spongy forest floor, felt the adrenaline rush in her veins and stopped at the spot she had traveled so far to reach. Into the ground went a hollow metal cylinder. Out came a scoop of soil."
Source: NYTimes, 07/29/2022
Concerns Over Transparency And Access At Deep-Sea Mining Negotiations
"Delegates of the International Seabed Authority are currently meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, to negotiate a set of rules that would pave the way for a controversial activity: mining the seabed for coveted minerals like manganese, nickel, copper, cobalt and zinc. But scientists and conservationists say there are considerable transparency issues at the meetings that are restricting access to key information and hampering interactions between member states and civil society."
Source: Mongabay, 07/29/2022
"Climate Migration Growing But Not Fully Recognized by World"
"Worsening climate largely from the burning of coal and gas is uprooting millions of people, with wildfires overrunning towns in California, rising seas overtaking island nations and drought exacerbating conflicts in various parts of the world."
Source: AP, 07/29/2022
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