"COP26 Live Updates"
Running updates of news on COP26 climate talks from New York Times.
Source: New York Times, 11/03/2021
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"After California Oil Spill, Environmentalists Plan To Sue US"
"A month after a Southern California offshore oil spill, environmental advocates said Tuesday that they plan to sue the federal government over the failure to review and update plans for platforms off the coast."
Source: AP, 11/03/2021
"Climate Change Grips Trout Streams Across the Nation": Anglers Respond
"Across the country, anglers have watched as droughts, floods, and high temperatures batter the rivers they depend on. Now, they’re calling for swift action."
Source: Circle of Blue, 11/03/2021
10 Facebook Publishers Push Nearly 70% of Climate Denial Content
"Anyone who’s spent more than a few minutes online is likely acutely aware of the seemingly endless ocean of climate change denial content swirling across social media. But the vast misinformation maelstrom is largely being churned out by less than a dozen publishers."
Source: Earther, 11/03/2021
"Zero Deforestation Commitment: Empty Promises Or A Workable Plan?"
"More than 100 countries have pledged to end deforestation by 2030 to combat global heating at the UN climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. But environmentalists, skeptical of the commitment, say more needs to be done to end the so-called "chainsaw massacre" of the world's forests."
Source: DW, 11/03/2021
World’s Biggest Banks To Play A Role In Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
"Hundreds of the world’s biggest banks and pension funds with assets worth $130tn have committed themselves to a key goal in limiting greenhouse gas emissions, the UK government will announce on Wednesday."
Source: Guardian, 11/03/2021
"Poison in the Air"
"From the urban sprawl of Houston to the riverways of Virginia, air pollution from industrial plants is elevating the cancer risk of an estimated quarter of a million Americans to a level the federal government considers unacceptable." "The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacrifice zones” where residents breathe carcinogens. ProPublica reveals where these places are in a first-of-its-kind map and data analysis."
Source: ProPublica, 11/03/2021
"Biden’s Carbon-Capture Plan Hands Lifeline to Coal Plants"
"Coal-fired power plants would be eligible for billions of dollars in extra tax breaks under President Joe Biden’s economic legislation if they install carbon-capture systems, an incentive that environmental groups say may delay the retirement of dozens of facilities."
Source: Bloomberg, 11/03/2021
Pledges Don't Stop Nations From Exporting Huge Amounts Of Fossil Fuels
"The U.S. may be on the verge of passing the most consequential climate change legislation ever. President Biden is expected to tout it at a big climate change meeting in Glasgow this week. But that won't change one of the country's major sources of greenhouse gas emissions: fossil fuel exports."
Source: NPR, 11/03/2021
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