"Large Dams May Threaten Survival Of Platypus Populations, Research Finds"
"Major dams have disrupted gene flow between platypus populations, making them more vulnerable to threats, according to new research."
Source: Guardian, 11/04/2022
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"Nations Must Increase Funding to Cope With Climate Shocks, U.N. Warns"
"Failing to help developing nations brace for disruption will lead to increased conflict and widespread suffering, the United Nations wrote in a new report."
Source: NYTimes, 11/03/2022Over 130 Power Plants Won't Clean Up Leaking Toxic Coal Ash Pits and Ponds
"EPA coal ash regulations issued in 2015 allow polluting utilities to self-regulate. And a giant loophole exempts coal ash piles that stopped receiving coal plant waste before that year."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/03/2022"Lack Of Graphite Could Gum Up American EV Market"
"President Joe Biden’s ambitions for an American-made electric vehicle industry have a graphite problem."
Source: E&E News, 11/03/2022Egyptian Regime Criticized As Climate Activist Arrested Before Cop27
"Concern over country’s human rights record after Indian Ajit Rajagopal arrested on walk to raise awareness about climate crisis"
Source: Guardian, 11/03/2022Many States Omit Climate Education. These Teachers Are Trying to Slip It In
"Around the United States, middle school science standards have minimal references to climate change and teachers on average spend just a few hours a year teaching it."
Source: NYTimes, 11/03/2022Big Agriculture Warns Farming Must Change Or Risk ‘Destroying The Planet’
"Food companies and governments must come together immediately to change the world’s agricultural practices or risk “destroying the planet”, according to the sponsors of a report by some of the largest food and farming businesses released on Thursday."
Source: Guardian, 11/03/2022"How Climate Lawsuits Could Sharpen Cop27 Loss And Damage Talks"
"If international solidarity with climate victims falls short, litigation offers a vital but imperfect avenue for compensation".
Source: Climate Home News, 11/03/2022"We Should Eat More Plants. Here’s Which Ones Are Best For The Planet."
"So you’re thinking about eating more plants?"
Source: Washington Post, 11/03/2022"The Marine Lab in the Path of Fury"
"At the DeFelice Marine Center, researchers and staff are living, working, and adapting to climate change in real time."
Source: Hakai, 11/03/2022"The Pinyon Jay’s Plight"
"Two culprits have pushed this keystone species to the brink in New Mexico."
Source: The Revelator, 11/03/2022"Rishi Sunak Is Now Going To COP27 Climate Summit"
"The prime minister has reversed an earlier decision not to go to the COP27 climate summit in Egypt."
Source: BBC News, 11/02/2022Brazil Top Court Says Bolsonaro Recognized Election Loss By OKing Transition
"Brazil's Supreme Court said in a statement on Tuesday that President Jair Bolsonaro recognized the result of the election he lost by authorizing the start of a transition to a government by President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva."
Source: Reuters, 11/02/2022Feds Pick Gulf's First Two Zones For Offshore Wind Off Louisiana, Texas
"The federal government has selected the first two areas for offshore wind development in the Gulf of Mexico, clearing the way for a process that could have windmills spinning over the waves near Louisiana by the decade’s end."
Source: Nola.com, 11/02/2022Nearly 1/3 of S. Sierra Forests Killed By Drought And Wildfire In Decade
"As climate change continues to transform California’s landscape in staggering and often irreversible ways, researchers have zeroed in on yet another casualty of the shift: the forests of the southern Sierra Nevada."
Source: LA Times, 11/02/2022
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