"What’s on the Menu When Your Cat Goes Out? Probably More Than You Think."
"Free-ranging cats hunt or scavenge more than 2,000 species, some of them imperiled, according to a new study."
Source: NYTimes, 12/13/2023
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Environmental Change Threatens What's Left Of Japan's Cormorant Fishing
"Cormorants have been a constant presence in Youichiro Adachi’s life, and when he was young, he cried whenever one of his family’s birds died. Now 48, Adachi still cares deeply for his birds, drawing them out of their baskets each morning and stroking their long necks to confirm their health and maintain a bond."
Source: Reuters, 12/13/2023"Countries Most at Risk Call Proposed Climate Agreement a ‘Death Warrant’"
"Environmental groups and negotiators from countries that are most vulnerable to climate disasters assailed a draft of a final agreement, made public at the United Nations climate talks on Monday, that fell short of calling for a phaseout of fossil fuels."
Source: NYTimes, 12/12/2023Endangered Species List Grows By 2,000. Climate Change Part Of The Problem
"Climate change is worsening the planet’s biodiversity crises, making environments more deadly for thousands of species and accelerating the precipitous decline in the number of plants and animals on Earth, according to an international organization that tracks species health."
Source: AP, 12/12/2023"Specter Of Second Trump Term Looms Over Global Climate Talks"
"Donald Trump casts a long shadow over the U.N. climate summit in Dubai. If elected, he will likely again pull the United States from the Paris climate accord."
Source: Washington Post, 12/12/2023"Sewers Are Overflowing Everywhere. One Solution Is Right In Your Backyard."
"When a heavy rainstorm hits D.C., it’s bad news for the city’s rivers. The city’s sewer system, which combines storm runoff and raw sewage in some areas, has a history of overflowing. Instead of flowing into a treatment plant, that toxic mix, along with the sediment, trash and other pollutants storm water washes off streets, ends up in rivers."
Source: Washington Post, 12/12/2023"Alberta Sets a Methane ‘Super-Emitter’ Record"
"Alberta owns a new record. The province is home to an abandoned and unplugged gas well that leaks methane, an explosive greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere at the highest rate ever recorded in North America."
Source: The Tyee, 12/12/2023Two Men Indicted For Killing, Trafficking Montana Bald And Golden Eagles
"Two men were indicted by a federal grand jury in Montana on Friday on allegations they illegally killed 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles on the Flathead Indian Reservation, then illegally sold the eagles on the black market."
Source: States Newsroom, 12/12/2023Newsom Advances Delta Tunnel Project Despite Environmental Opposition
"In the face of heavy opposition from environmental groups, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his administration are pushing forward with a controversial plan to build a 45-mile water tunnel beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta—a project the governor says is vital to modernizing the state's aging water system."
Source: LA Times, 12/12/2023Lithium ‘Gold Mine’ Buried Under Portuguese Heritage Farming System
"The hilly Barroso region of northern Portugal has been recognized for its centuries-old and “globally important” farming system that combines agricultural biodiversity, resilient ecosystems and a valuable cultural heritage. But the region is also home to what’s believed to be one of Europe’s largest deposits of lithium ... ."
Source: Mongabay, 12/12/2023"‘A Scam All Around’: Navajo Nation Groups Oppose Hydropower Projects"
"Navajo Nation environmentalists are opposing a “self-described jet setter” and French millionaire’s plans for a massive hydropower project they claim will adversely affect the land, water, wildlife, plants and cultural resources of the largest land area held by Indigenous American peoples in the US."
Source: Guardian, 12/12/2023"Deep in the Wilderness, the World’s Largest Beaver Dam Endures"
"The largest beaver dam on Earth was discovered via satellite imagery in 2007, and since then only one person has trekked into the Canadian wild to see it. It’s a half-mile long and has created a 17-acre lake in the northern forest — a testament to the beaver’s resilience."
Source: YaleE360, 12/12/2023"Big Divisions Loom Over Fossil Fuels As COP28 Talks Head Into Final Phase"
"The president of the COP28 climate summit on Sunday urged negotiators to work harder to find consensus on a proposed first-of-its-kind deal to phase out the world's use of fossil fuels, as the two-week conference entered its final stage."
Source: Reuters, 12/11/2023"Azerbaijan Is Expected to Host the U.N. Climate Summit in 2024"
"The next United Nations climate change summit appears set to take place in Azerbaijan, a spokesman for the country said Saturday, resolving a bitter, monthslong political standoff over which nation should host the talks in 2024."
Source: NYTimes, 12/11/2023"L.A. County Aims To Collect Billions More Gallons Of Local Water By 2045"
"Over the next two decades, Los Angeles County will collect billions more gallons in water from local sources, especially storm and reclaimed water, shifting from its reliance on other region’s water supplies as the effects of climate change make such efforts less reliable and more expensive."
Source: LA Times, 12/11/2023
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