"What Happens On The Colorado River’s Descent To ‘Dead Pool’"
"The first sign of serious trouble for the drought-stricken American Southwest could be a whirlpool."
Source: Washington Post, 12/01/2022
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In Ancient Reindeer Forest, One Woman Finds A Way To Slow Climate Change
"To get Finland to care about the animals that have for centuries helped cool the planet, Pauliina Feodoroff went global".
Source: Washington Post, 12/01/2022
Puerto Rican Towns Sue Oil Companies Over Suppression Of Climate Science
"Sixteen Puerto Rico municipalities filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against major oil companies, alleging companies like ExxonMobil, Shell and Chevron colluded to suppress evidence of climate change that has devastated the island, including 2017’s Hurricane Maria."
Source: The Hill, 12/01/2022
"Gas Driller Pleads No Contest To Polluting Town’s Water"
"Pennsylvania’s most active gas driller pleaded no contest Tuesday to criminal charges, capping a landmark environmental case against a company that prosecutors say polluted a rural community’s drinking water 14 years ago and then tried to evade responsibility."
Source: AP, 12/01/2022
"CDC Expands Wastewater Testing For Polio To Michigan And Pennsylvania"
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding efforts to test wastewater to detect the polio virus in Philadelphia and the Detroit area, targeting communities at highest risk for the life-threatening and potentially disabling illness, officials said Wednesday."
Source: Washington Post, 12/01/2022
"Lula Wants New Brazil Police Unit To Tackle Environmental Crimes"
"Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's incoming administration aims to create a new Federal Police unit focused on environmental crimes, the transition team's public security chief told Reuters."
Source: Reuters, 12/01/2022
"COP15: Why The World Needs A New Deal To Protect Nature"
"At the Dec. 7-19 gathering in Montreal, about 195 countries will be tasked with finalising a new global biodiversity deal to halt damage to plants, animals and ecosystems - similar to the 2015 Paris Agreement to tackle climate change."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 12/01/2022
"U. S. to Pay Millions to Move Tribes Threatened by Climate Change"
"The Biden administration will give three Native tribes $75 million to move away from coastal areas or rivers, one of the nation’s largest efforts to date to relocate communities that are facing an urgent threat from climate change."
Source: NYTimes, 12/01/2022
"Biden Promises Protections for Nevada’s Spirit Mountain"
"President Biden pledged Wednesday that he would preserve the Spirit Mountain area in southern Nevada, which contains some of the most biologically diverse and culturally significant lands in the Mojave Dese"
Source: NYTimes, 12/01/2022
"Ancient Virus Revived From Russian Permafrost After 48,500 Years - Study"
"Scientists have managed to unearth the oldest known virus on Earth, having recovered the 48,500-year-old virus from the Russian permafrost, according to a recent study.' "The virus, a Pandoravirus, had been lying dormant in Russia's permafrost. The study sheds light on the dangers of climate change awakening prehistoric diseases from permafrost."
Source: Jerusalem Post, 11/30/2022
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