German Court Upholds Wiretaps Of Climate Activists' Calls To Press
"A court in Bavaria has ruled that police were right in wiretapping phone calls between members of the Last Generation climate activist group and journalists."
Source: DW, 12/01/2023
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"Next Thanksgiving, Smokey Bear Should Talk About Climate Change"
"Call me basic, but I love waking up on Thanksgiving morning and watching the Macy’s parade. Without fail, I’m enthralled by the pageantry and comforted by the tradition: the floats, the crowds, the Broadway dance numbers. Santa Claus. The last few years, though, one element has bothered me."
Source: LA Times, 12/01/2023US Will Protect Wolverines As Climate Change Melts Their Mountain Refuges
"The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed threatened species protections under a Biden administration proposal released Wednesday in response to scientists’ warnings that climate change will likely melt away the rare species’ snowy mountain refuges and push them toward extinction."
Source: AP, 11/30/2023"Vice President Harris Will Attend COP28 Climate Conference In Dubai"
"Vice President Kamala Harris will join the U.S. delegation to Dubai for the annual United Nations conference on climate change, the White House said Wednesday."
Source: AP, 11/30/2023"This Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Is the Next Carbon Bomb"
"Calcasieu Pass 2 threatens local communities and global climate targets". "On the Louisiana coast, in Cameron Parish, plans are underway to build a massive, 550 acre, $10 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal called CP2 that would ship up to 24 million tons of gas each year, mostly to foreign markets."
Source: Sierra, 11/30/2023"The $500,000 Fight To Protect A Muskoka Wetland"
"Very few of Ontario’s quickly vanishing marshes and swamps are safe from development. A group of citizens managed to preserve one, but they also found deep flaws in the system".
Source: The Narwhal, 11/30/2023The Love Story Of An Endangered Tree And The Little Bird Who Eats Its Seeds
"The balance of an ecosystem hangs on the survival of a scraggly mountain tree. In northwest B.C., ecologists are facing climate change, droughts and wildfires as they work to protect whitebark pine and the species that rely on it".
Source: The Narwhal, 11/30/2023"In Reversal, Mexico Calls For Moratorium On International Deep-Sea Mining"
"On Nov. 21, Mexico became the latest nation to call for a moratorium on deep-sea mining in international waters."
Source: Mongabay, 11/30/2023"A Roll Of The Dice: The Unknown Threat Of Exposure To Chemical Mixtures"
"Shortly after entering the field of public health in the early 1970s, Stephen Lester learned there was one thing he should steer clear of studying: how exposure to multiple chemicals at once might be devastating human health."
Source: HuffPost, 11/30/2023"‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Drinking Water Sources Across England"
"Potentially toxic “forever chemicals” have been detected in the drinking water sources at 17 of 18 England’s water companies, with 11,853 samples testing positive, something experts say they are “extremely alarmed” by."
Source: Guardian, 11/30/2023Salton Sea Has Even More Lithium Than Previously Thought, New Report Finds
"Want to produce a huge amount of lithium for electric vehicle batteries — and also batteries that keep our homes powered after sundown — without causing the environmental destruction that lithium extraction often entails? Then the Salton Sea may be your jam."
Source: LA Times, 11/30/2023Meet Three Therapists Who Are Helping People Cope With Climate Anxiety
"Increasingly, Americans of all generations are suffering from climate anxiety."
Source: Rhode Island Current, 11/30/2023"Pope Forced To Pull Out Of COP28 Trip Because Of Health Issues"
"Pope Francis has cancelled his planned trip to the COP28 climate meeting in Dubai because of the effects of influenza and lung inflammation, the Vatican said on Tuesday, adding to concerns about his health."
Source: Reuters, 11/29/2023Pro-Iran Group Claims To Have Hacked Water Authority In Pennsylvania
"Federal officials are investigating after a pro-Iran hacking group claimed to have committed a cyberattack at a water authority in Pennsylvania, according to a state congressman and water authority officials."
Source: CNN, 11/29/2023"They Fled Climate Chaos. Asylum Law Made Decades Ago Might Not Help"
"“We need protection,” one migrant at the U.S. border said. But the legal system for refugees never envisioned the millions displaced by global warming."
Source: NYTimes, 11/29/2023
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