Film Studio Aims To Stir Up ‘Populist Anger’ Over Climate Crisis
"Yellow Dot Studios produces short-form videos to inform with ‘genuine, righteous anger’ and ‘laugh-out-loud comedy’".
Source: Guardian, 03/11/2024
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All forms of advocacy, esp. environmental groups.
"After Decades Of Environmental Issues, Pomona Is Updating Its Zoning Code"
"Residents in Pomona’s industrial zone have dealt with pollution from waste facilities, warehouses, and other polluting industries for decades."
Source: L.A. Public Press, 03/05/2024
Appeals Court Ruling Could Allow Mine On Oak Flat, Land Sacred To Apaches
"An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper mining project in central Arizona suffered a significant blow Friday when a divided federal court panel voted 6-5 to uphold a lower court’s denial of a preliminary injunction to halt the transfer of land for the project."
Source: AP, 03/04/2024
Eat Local for Climate’s Sake? No, Eat Less Meat
Many people who want to reduce their carbon footprint consider the climate impacts of diet, but their efforts may be misdirected. When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, it turns out what we eat is often more important than where it comes from. Sentient Media’s Jenny Splitter unpacks the locavore myth and explains methane burps, carbon opportunity costs and more. First of two parts.
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‘You Want Them To Have A Fighting Chance’: The World Of UK Toading
"A night out with the Somerset volunteers helping amphibians cross the road to their mating grounds as populations decline".
Source: Guardian, 02/21/2024
Lax Calif. Pesticide Regulation Violates Civil Rights Laws, Coalition Charges
"A broad coalition of pesticide-reform groups representing California farmworkers and their families called on the state attorney general to investigate systematic civil rights violations last week at a press briefing in Watsonville, a strawberry-growing stronghold about 90 miles south of San Francisco."
Source: Inside Climate News, 02/21/2024
US Government Ran Decade-Long Campaign Against The Anti-Pipeline Movement
"Newly released documents show the FBI monitoring anti-Keystone protesters much earlier than previously known. Young Native activists were among its first targets."
Source: Type Investigations, 02/16/2024
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