"Plans by about 150 countries to curb greenhouse gas emissions will slow climate change this century and keep alive a goal of limiting a rise in temperatures to two degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit), the United Nations said on Friday."
"Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has joined the ranks of politicians and environmentalists calling for a federal investigation of ExxonMobil."
"Check your credit score and grab your walking shoes, people! Black Friday is coming."
"Governments around the world will this year raise around $22 billion from schemes putting a price on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions such as taxes or emissions trading systems, a report on Wednesday showed."
"US regulators clear a viral melanoma therapy, paving the way for a promising field with a chequered past."
"Six of Africa’s 11 vulture species – the continent’s largest and most recognisable birds of prey – are now at a higher risk of extinction, according to the latest assessment of birds carried out by BirdLife International for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species."
"A dozen Buddhist authorities, in what they're calling an unprecedented effort, appeal to world leaders to take strong climate change action at next month's Paris conference."
"Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a nasty disease."
Are you a member of SEJ in the NYC region (or eligible for membership)? We're hosting a pre-Thanksgiving happy hour meetup on Nov. 17. We've got a lot to talk about: The upcoming Paris climate negotiations, federal climate policy, flooding in the South and much, much more. And, we'd like to hear your ideas for future SEJ meetups and New York regional activities.
"The island nation of Kiribati is one of the world's most vulnerable to rising sea levels. But residents may have to leave well before the ocean claims their homes."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-curbs-will-slow-temperature-rise-more-needed-2c-goal-un
[2] http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/30/us-climatechange-plans-idUSKCN0SO0YQ20151030
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hillary-clinton-endorses-federal-investigation-exxon
[4] http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/10/29/3717602/clinton-investigate-exxon/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/rei-gives-workers-black-friday-and-tells-them-hit-trails
[6] http://grist.org/article/rei-gives-workers-black-friday-off-and-tells-them-to-hit-the-trails/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/governments-raise-22-billion-carbon-pricing-2015-report
[8] http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/28/us-global-carbonpricing-revenues-idUSKCN0SM1IG20151028
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/first-cancer-fighting-virus-approved
[10] http://www.nature.com/news/cancer-fighting-viruses-win-approval-1.18651
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/africa%E2%80%99s-vultures-are-sliding-towards-extinction-warns-birdlife
[12] http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news/africa’s-vultures-are-sliding-towards-extinction-warns-birdlife
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/buddhist-leaders-call-climate-change-action-paris-talks
[14] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/buddhists-climate-change-letter_56310898e4b00aa54a4c4208?utm_hp_ref=green&ir=Green&section=green
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/lone-star-tick-may-be-spreading-new-disease-across-america
[16] http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/10/28/451990557/the-lone-star-tick-may-be-spreading-a-new-disease-across-america
[17] https://www.sej.org/calendar/sej-nyc-meetup-members-and-friends
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/we-drown-we-may-die-thirst
[19] http://www.nature.com/news/before-we-drown-we-may-die-of-thirst-1.18652
[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results
[21] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2981
[22] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2978
[23] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2979
[24] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2980
[25] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2983
[26] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2984
[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2985
[28] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=2986
[29] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4994