Whistleblower Sounds Alarm At Destruction Of Tribal Sites In N. Carolina
"Spear points, hammer stones and picks lost to history under layers of leaves, roots and rocks — it was the evidence Scott Ashcraft was looking for."
Source: AP, 11/18/2024
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Weather Extremes Spur Illegal Migration Between U.S. And Mexico: Study
"Extreme weather is contributing to undocumented migration and return between Mexico and the United States, suggesting that more migrants could risk their lives crossing the border as climate change fuels droughts, storms and other hardships, according to a new study."
Source: AP, 11/18/2024Five Years: Trial Over Indigenous Forest Guardian’s Killing Faces Delays
"Nov. 1 marked the five-year anniversary of the killing of Indigenous forest guardian Paulo Paulino Guajajara and the attempted killing of fellow guardian Laércio Guajajara in an alleged ambush by loggers in the Arariboia Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon; the suspects haven’t been tried yet."
Source: Mongabay, 11/18/2024California Again Prepares To Battle Trump Over Environmental Policies
"A lot is at stake with the new Trump administration: California’s water projects, its unique authority to clean its air, federal support for offshore wind and disaster aid for wildfires."
Source: CalMatters, 11/18/2024"Can Anything Be Done To Trump-Proof The Environment?"
"As advocacy groups brace for a new administration under President-elect Donald Trump — fearing a slew of deregulation and policy changes that would undermine a range of environmental health measures — some are pondering ways to try to “Trump-proof” the planet."
Source: The New Lede, 11/18/2024Yakama Nation Biologists Seek To Restore Pacific Lamprey In Columbia Basin
"The 450-million-year-old fish is crucial for the Yakama Nation’s health and culture — and the region’s ecology"
Source: Columbian, 11/18/2024Trump Picks Anti-Vax Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As Health Secretary
"NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose views public health officials have decried as dangerous in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research, Medicare and Medicaid.
Source: AP, 11/15/2024"Trump To Nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum For Secretary Of Interior"
"President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to be his secretary of Interior, he announced Thursday evening at a gala."
Source: USA TODAY, 11/15/2024"COP29 Climate Talks Urged To Find $1 Trillion A Year For Poorer Countries"
"Pay now to help poorer countries cope with climate change or pay more later, negotiators were warned on Thursday as experts said poor states need at least $1 trillion per year by the end of the decade to move to greener energy and protect against extreme weather."
Source: Reuters, 11/15/2024"Nation’s First Congestion Pricing Plan Makes A Comeback In New York City"
"Plans to enact the nation’s first congestion pricing program in New York City have been revived, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced Thursday, five months after the initiative was abruptly paused amid pushback from drivers and a flurry of lawsuits."
Source: Washington Post, 11/15/2024Air Force Backpedals Claim It Is Not Responsible For PFAS Cleanup In Ariz.
"The US air force has backpedaled on a claim that the supreme court’s recent reversal of the Chevron doctrine shields it against regulators’ orders to clean drinking water the military polluted in Tucson, Arizona."
Source: Guardian, 11/15/2024"Federal Court Takes Aim At White House’s Environment Authority"
"A federal court in D.C. has issued a ruling that curtails the White House’s ability to set government-wide rules pertaining to how environmental reviews can be conducted."
Source: The Hill, 11/15/2024To Slow Global Warming, Fertilizers Must Be Deployed More Efficiently: UN
"At its annual conference on climate change this week, the United Nations released a major report saying the world has little hope of reaching global climate targets without quickly lowering emissions of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that’s nearly 300 times more powerful at warming the atmosphere than carbon dioxide."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/15/2024"Key Colorado River Basins Could Be At A Tipping Point: Study"
"Six key watersheds along the Colorado River have become increasingly vulnerable to drought and could be nearing a point of no return, a new study has found."
Source: The Hill, 11/15/2024"Dozens Of Brands Come With A Side Of Dangerous Plastics, Report Finds"
"Food and cosmetics from dozens of major retailers come wrapped in potentially dangerous plastics, a new report has found."
Source: The Hill, 11/15/2024
