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#SEJSpotlight: Lauren Oakes, Conservation Scientist and Freelance Writer [1]

"Are We on the Verge of Chatting With Whales?" [2]

"An ambitious project is attempting to interpret sperm whale clicks with artificial intelligence, then talk back to them."

Source: Hakai [3], 10/28/2021

Wildfires, Cutting, Heating Turn 10 Unesco Forests Into Carbon Sources [4]

"Forests in at least 10 Unesco world heritage sites have become net sources of carbon since the turn of the millennium due to wildfires, deforestation and global heating, says a new report."

Source: Guardian [5], 10/28/2021

Human Rights Group To Investigate Uranium Contamination On Navajo Nation [6]

"Rita Capitan has been worrying about her water since 1994. It was that autumn she read a local newspaper article about another uranium mine, the Crownpoint Uranium Project, getting under way near her home. Capitan has spent her entire life in Crownpoint, New Mexico, a small town on the eastern Navajo Nation, and is no stranger to the uranium mining that has persisted in the region for decades."

Source: Guardian [7], 10/28/2021

Indigenous Leaders Push Land Tenure Rights As Climate Solution At COP26 [8]

"Indigenous leaders from around the world will join government officials, scientists, activists, and NGO representatives at the U.N. climate summit in Scotland to highlight the role of Indigenous peoples in providing climate mitigation and adaptation solutions."

Source: Mongabay [9], 10/28/2021

Trudeau Picks Ex-Greenpeace Activist As Climate Chief, Angering Oil Patch [10]

"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a post-election overhaul of his government on Tuesday, naming a former Greenpeace activist dubbed “Green Jesus” as environment and climate change minister in a move that has caused consternation in the country’s oil-rich west."

Source: Washington Post [11], 10/28/2021

"EPA Taps 10 Environmental Justice Panel Members to Advise Agency" [12]

"The Environmental Protection Agency has named 10 new members to the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, which has advised the agency on environmental equity issues since the 1990s."

Source: Bloomberg Environment [13], 10/28/2021

"Release of EPA Methane Rules Expected This Week" [14]

"EPA is preparing to release two new draft rules this week that could dramatically reduce the role that oil and gas production plays in driving climate change."

Source: E&E News [15], 10/28/2021

‘Not a Solution Itself’: India Questions Net Zero Targets Ahead of COP26 [16]

"Setting net zero carbon emissions targets is not the solution to climate change, India’s federal environment minister said days before world leaders meet at the Cop26 climate summit."

Source: Guardian [17], 10/28/2021

Putin Pledges Carbon Neutrality By 2060 -- Claims Forests Will Do Job [18]

"Even as large swaths of the Siberian forest have burned in wildfires — made increasingly worse by climate change — the Kremlin has focused its strategy to slash emissions on the region’s trees."

Source: Washington Post [19], 10/28/2021

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