Mountain Glaciers May Have Less Ice Than Estimated, Straining Supply
"Glaciers could be tapped dry sooner than expected as climate change melts ice fields faster".
Source: Washington Post, 02/09/2022
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World Leaders Descend On France For Ocean Summit
"Up to 40 world leaders are due to make “ambitious and concrete commitments” towards combating illegal fishing, decarbonising shipping and reducing plastic pollution at what is billed as the first high-level summit dedicated to the ocean."
Source: Guardian, 02/09/2022
"For The First Time In Generations, Snoqualmie Tribe Has Land"
"The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe has purchased thousands of acres of ancestral forestlands in east King County, land that holds special meaning to the people who have been without a reservation for generations."
Source: KUOW, 02/09/2022
Va. Senate Democrats Put Wheeler’s Bid For Youngkin’s Cabinet In Limbo
"Democrats who control the [Virginia] state Senate thwarted a Republican effort on Tuesday to revive the Cabinet bid of former Trump administration official Andrew Wheeler, leaving Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) embattled appointee in limbo."
Source: Washington Post, 02/09/2022
New U.N. Treaty Effort Could Cap Skyrocketing Plastics Production
"Negotiators from around the world will start work this month on a treaty to reduce plastic pollution, in what diplomats say is the most ambitious round of climate diplomacy since the 2015 Paris agreement that focuses on global warming."
Source: Washington Post, 02/09/2022
Preventing Next Pandemic Is Vastly Cheaper Than Reacting To It: Study
"A new study emphasizes the need to stop pandemics before they start, stepping beyond the quest for new vaccines and treatments for zoonotic diseases to also aggressively fund interventions that prevent them from happening in the first place."
Source: Mongabay, 02/09/2022
"Getting Personal About Climate Change Made Me A Better Reporter"
"The third weekend of August 2020 was a hectic time for California. Wildfires raged, smoke filled the air, and power shortages had forced state officials to order rolling blackouts, meaning hundreds of thousands of homes lacked air conditioning during a brutal heat wave."
Source: LA Times, 02/08/2022
"What’s Needed to Save Wolverines? A New Study Has Answers"
"Policymakers can’t hide behind a lack of research anymore when it comes to enacting meaningful conservation measures to protect dwindling wolverine populations."
Source: The Revelator, 02/08/2022
Biden Vows To Stop Nord Stream 2 Pipeline If Russia Invades Ukraine
"President Biden vowed Monday that a major European energy pipeline would be abandoned if Russia sends forces into Ukraine, intensifying pressure on the Kremlin as Western leaders attempt to stave off a renewed assault on the continent’s eastern edge."
Source: Washington Post, 02/08/2022
"Biden Plan To Spend $725M To Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mines"
"Nearly $725 million in federal funding is available this fiscal year to 22 states and the Navajo Nation for the reclamation of abandoned coal mines and cleanup of acid mine drainage, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced Monday."
Source: AP, 02/08/2022
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