"Children Have a Right to Sue Nations Over Climate, U.N. Panel Says"
"The finding doesn’t have the force of law, but is notable because it is based on one of the most widely accepted international treaties."
Source: NYTimes, 08/29/2023
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"Environmental Groups Sue To Stop Biden Administration Oil Leases In Gulf"
"A coalition of environmental groups sued the Biden administration over its upcoming oil and gas lease sale, which will auction off 67 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico."
Source: The Hill, 08/29/2023"Texas Nuclear Waste Storage Permit Invalidated By US Appeals Court"
"A U.S. appeals court on Friday canceled a license granted by a federal agency to a company to build a temporary nuclear waste storage facility in western Texas, which the Republican-led state has argued would be dangerous to build in one of the nation's largest oil basins.
A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission lacked the authority under federal law to issue permits for private, temporary nuclear waste storage sites.
Source: Reuters, 08/29/2023How an Oil Giant Took Over Biden's Billion-Dollar Bet on Carbon Capture
"When Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s Vicki Hollub introduced the idea of “net zero oil” two years ago, few outside the chief executive officer’s inner circle knew what she meant."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 08/29/2023US Inches Closer To Breaking Russian Monopoly On Rare And Necessary Fuel
"The Putin government's control over a special nuclear fuel has rattled the West's atomic industry. New deals show the U.S. is finally trying to catch up."
Source: HuffPost, 08/29/2023"How The ‘Urban Doom Loop’ Could Pose The Next Economic Threat"
"All across the country, downtowns, office spaces and shopping centers are at risk of becoming ground zero for a new economic hazard: the urban doom loop. The fear is that a commercial real estate apocalypse could spiral out and slow commerce, wrecking local tax revenue in the process."
Source: Washington Post, 08/29/2023"If South Africa Ends Lion Breeding, What to Do With Captive Cats?"
"In 2021, the South African government committed to shutting down the country’s captive-lion breeding industry, which provided animals for canned hunts. Among the sticking points slowing progress is what should happen to the thousands of lions that remain on private ranches."
Source: YaleE360, 08/29/2023"Tropical Storm Idalia Expected To Hit Florida As Hurricane"
"Tropical Storm Idalia has formed in the Caribbean and could strengthen into a hurricane, bringing high winds and storm surges to Cuba and Florida later this week."
Source: Reuters, 08/28/2023"After America’s Summer Of Extreme Weather, ‘Next Year May Well Be Worse’"
"It’s been a strange, cruel summer in the United States. From the dystopian orange skies above New York to the deadly immolation of a historic coastal town in Hawaii, the waning summer has been a stark demonstration of the escalating climate crisis – with experts warning that worse is to come."
Source: Guardian, 08/28/2023Ecuador’s Government Plans to Keep Drilling in National Park, Despite Vote
"After Ecuadorians overwhelmingly voted to ban new oil wells in a prized national park, the government challenged the legitimacy of the referendum and said it would continue drilling."
Source: YaleE360, 08/28/2023"Covid Closed the Nation’s Schools. Cleaner Air Can Keep Them Open."
"Scientists and educators are searching for ways to improve air quality in the nation’s often dilapidated school buildings."
"On a sunny afternoon in a cluttered music room at East High in Denver, two sophomores practiced violin while their music teacher, Keith Oxman, labored over a desk in an adjoining office.
The ceiling fans were off to prevent the sheet music from scattering. The windows were sealed shut. East High is Denver’s largest high school and among the oldest, and there is no modern ventilation system.
Source: NYTimes, 08/28/2023"New Dawn For Arctic’s First People: The Inuit Plan To Reclaim Their Sea"
"The environment Inuit have lived in for millennia is changing fast. Canada’s government once ignored Indigenous knowledge of it but now they are jointly creating the Nunatsiavut conservation area".
Source: Guardian, 08/28/2023Louisiana Wildfires Force More Evacuations; 17 Parishes Under Emergency
"Unpredictable winds, continued extreme heat and ultra-dry conditions fueled wildfires Saturday in western Louisiana, with officials ordering more residents to evacuate late into the evening."
Source: States Newsroom, 08/28/2023"First Crops, Now Animals: Climate Change Hurts Bangladesh Farmers"
"Along Bangladesh's southern coast, farmers threatened by the impacts of climate change are striving to boost their resilience to rising salinity in the soil and water by growing salt-tolerant crops and turning to innovative agriculture techniques."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 08/28/2023"'We're All Maui': Climate Change Tests Emergency Alert Systems Across US"
"This summer has been one of weather extremes across the United States, a season of intense heat waves, torrential storms and runaway wildfires that have tested how well prepared public safety officials and the emergency warning systems they oversee are for the changing climate."
Source: Reuters, 08/28/2023
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