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Market With A Mission: Non-Profit Grocery Stores Help Heal ‘Food Deserts’ [1]

Jubilee Market in Waco, Texas, took a rundown convenience store and created a resource – for food and jobs – that serves the community".

Source: Guardian [2], 04/04/2022

Inside The Leadership Battle At The Nation’s Biggest Environmental Group [3]

"The Sierra Club’s board election has become a fight over not just the racial legacy of its founder but also the future of the club’s structure and mission."

Source: HuffPost [4], 04/04/2022

"'Forgotten People': Sundarbans' Climate Refugees Forced To Move Again" [5]

"Sagar Island in India's Sundarbans delta has been the destination for climate refugees from neighboring islands. Now it too is succumbing to rising sea levels."

Source: DW [6], 04/04/2022

"Washington Creates First Sea Grass And Kelp Sanctuary Off Everett" [7]

"A first-of-its-kind sanctuary has been created offshore of Everett, where 2,300 acres of state tidelands have been put off-limits to development for 50 years."

Source: Seattle Times [8], 04/04/2022

"New Vehicles Must Average 40 Mpg By 2026, Up From 28 Mpg" [9]

"New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average at least 40 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2026, up from about 28 mpg, under new federal rules unveiled Friday that undo a rollback of standards enacted under President Donald Trump."

Source: AP [10], 04/04/2022

Calif. Drought: Sierra Snowpack Falls To One Of Lowest Levels In 70 Years [11]

"January-March was driest such three-month period in San Francisco since records began during Gold Rush".

Source: San Jose Mercury News [12], 04/04/2022

"In the Ocean, It’s Snowing Microplastics" [13]

"Tiny bits of plastic have infiltrated the deep sea’s main food source and could alter the ocean’s role in one of Earth’s ancient cooling processes, scientists say."

Source: NYTimes [14], 04/04/2022

"Fire And Rain: West To Get More One-Two Extreme Climate Hits" [15]

"The one-two punch of nasty wildfires followed by heavy downpours, triggering flooding and mudslides, will strike the U.S. West far more often in a warming-hopped world, becoming a frequent occurrence, a new study said."

Source: AP [16], 04/04/2022

"New UN Climate Report To Tackle Reining In Emissions" [17]

"The U.N. climate science panel publishes its final report in the current assessment cycle on Monday, and this time will focus on ways of curbing greenhouse gas emissions, although the consensual nature of the reports means it could steer away from the most dramatic warnings."

Source: Reuters [18], 04/04/2022

Battlefront Emerges Over Disclosure of Financial Climate Risks [19]

The Biden administration’s “whole-of-government” attack on climate change has increasingly focused on the financial arena, with the most recent move a vote by the Securities and Exchange Commission to draft rules requiring publicly traded corporations to disclose climate risks. Industry and GOP opponents are preparing for the fight over the complex regulations, and WatchDog Opinion argues environmental journalists have a big stake.

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