"Fishery Closures and the Ghosts of Past Mistakes"
"Canada is closing fisheries and buying back licenses. Will this latest scheme save salmon or sink fishers?"
Source: Hakai, 10/25/2021
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"U.S. Warns Climate Poses ‘Emerging Threat’ to Financial System"
"Climate change is an “emerging threat” to the stability of the U.S. financial system, top federal regulators warned in a report on Thursday, setting the stage for the Biden administration to take more aggressive regulatory action to prevent climate change from upending global markets and the economy."
Source: NYTimes, 10/22/2021"Billions In Environmental Justice Funds Hang In The Balance"
"Tens of billions of dollars for U.S. environmental justice initiatives originally proposed in a $3.5 trillion domestic spending package now hang in the balance as Democrats decide how to trim the bill down to $2 trillion."
Source: AP, 10/22/2021"La Niña Weather Pattern Likely to Prolong Western Drought, NOAA Says"
"For the second year in a row, the climate pattern known as La Niña has developed in the Pacific Ocean, which will likely prolong the severe drought in much of the Western United States this winter while bringing some relief to Northern California and the Pacific Northwest, government forecasters said Thursday."
Source: NYTimes, 10/22/2021"Climate Change Poses a Widening Threat to National Security"
"The Biden administration released several reports Thursday about climate change and national security, laying out in stark terms the ways in which the warming world is beginning to significantly challenge stability worldwide."
Source: NYTimes, 10/22/2021"Greenpeace Chief Warns Of ‘Greenwashing’ at UN Climate Talks"
"The head of environmental group Greenpeace on Thursday warned against efforts by countries and corporations at the forthcoming U.N. climate talks in Glasgow to “greenwash” their ongoing pollution of the planet."
Source: AP, 10/22/2021"California Seeks Strict Limits On New Oil Drilling Near Communities"
"California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday unveiled a plan to ban new permitting of oil wells within 3,200 feet (975 meters) of communities, calling it a move that will both protect public health and further the state’s goals to combat climate change."
Source: Reuters, 10/22/2021"Federal Firefighters Deserve Better Pay And Benefits, Lawmakers Say"
"A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday to improve pay and benefits for federal firefighters, who often struggle to eke out a living while doing grueling, life-threatening work."
Source: HuffPost, 10/22/2021"Planned Fossil Fuel Output ‘Vastly Exceeds’ Climate Limits, Says UN"
"Fossil fuel production planned by the world’s governments “vastly exceeds” the limit needed to keep the rise in global heating to 1.5C and avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis, a UN report has found."
Source: Guardian, 10/22/2021"Plastics Poised To Overtake Coal As Climate Driver" - Report
"Plastics production is on track to become a major source in driving climate change, according to a report out today that finds the industry will outpace coal in greenhouse gas emissions within a decade."
Source: E&E News, 10/22/2021"Why No Tusks? Poaching Tips Scales Of Elephant Evolution"
"Researchers say years of civil war and poaching in Mozambique have led to a greater proportion of elephants that will never develop tusks."
Source: AP, 10/22/2021U.S.’s Best Hope For Real Climate Policy Is Fizzling. What Happens Now?
"With just two weeks until global leaders gather in Scotland for the world’s biggest climate conference, the United States is about to let its leading proposal to cut emissions die in Congress."
Source: HuffPost, 10/21/2021Document Leak Reveals Nations Lobbying To Change Key Climate Report
"A huge leak of documents seen by BBC News shows how countries are trying to change a crucial scientific report on how to tackle climate change. The leak reveals Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia are among countries asking the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels."
Source: BBC News, 10/21/2021"How Chemical Companies Avoid Paying for Pollution"
"DuPont factories pumped dangerous substances into the environment. The company and its offspring have gone to great lengths to dodge responsibility."
"FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — One humid day this summer, Brian Long, a senior executive at the chemical company Chemours, took a reporter on a tour of the Fayetteville Works factory.
Mr. Long showed off the plant’s new antipollution technologies, designed to stop a chemical called GenX from pouring into the Cape Fear River, escaping into the air and seeping into the ground water.
Source: NYTimes, 10/21/2021"Feds Hit Brakes — Again — On Mining Near Boundary Waters"
"President Joe Biden's administration is seeking a 20-year moratorium on mining in Superior National Forest near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, restarting a process that started, and stopped, under previous administrations."
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune, 10/21/2021
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