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Indigenous Activists Demonstrate on Climate In Front of White House

"Casey Camp-Horinek, a tribal elder from White Eagle, Okla., and environmental ambassador for the Ponca Nation, marched in the front of a crowd of hundreds headed toward the White House on Monday and held up her fist."

Source: Washington Post, 10/12/2021

New California Law Bans Gasoline-Powered Lawn Mowers, Leaf Blowers

"Gasoline-powered lawn mowers and leaf blowers will soon be a thing of the past in California. Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that will ban the sale of small internal combustion engines predominately used in lawn and garden equipment, starting as soon as 2024."

Source: Ars Technica, 10/12/2021

"Indigenous Leaders Call For Stronger Rights As UN Nature Summit Begins"

"Indigenous peoples in the Amazon rainforest have a clear message for decision-makers ahead of two global environment conferences: respect our land and human rights to slow climate change and protect biodiversity."

Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 10/12/2021

"Madagascar Prays For Rain As U.N. Warns Of 'Climate Change Famine'"

"This is the fourth year that drought has devastated Aly's home in southern Madagascar. Now more than one million people, or two out of five residents, of his Grand Sud region require emergency food aid in what the United Nations is calling a 'climate change famine."'

Source: Reuters, 10/12/2021

"More Than 30 Countries Join U.S. Pledge to Slash Methane Emissions"

"The Biden administration on Monday announced that 32 countries had joined the United States in a pledge to reduce methane emissions, part of an effort to set new targets to slow global warming before a major United Nations climate summit in Glasgow next month."

Source: NYTimes, 10/12/2021

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