"Since the near extinction of the buffalo mostly by White settlers, the animal has become a symbol of both Indigenous resilience and food sovereignty. Now, buffalo are central to a new pilot program to improve food distribution on Native land."
"As the species hangs on to survival in the country, the federal government will defend its role in delaying emergency measures that could have helped the raptor from disappearing in B.C.’s heavily logged forests".
"Every year, farmers in South Florida set fire to more than 400,000 acres of sugarcane fields pre-harvest, creating a “black snow” of ash and soot that falls on the low-income communities nearby."
"More than 80% of ships are speeding through "go slow" zones set by environmental regulators along the U.S. East Coast to protect endangered North Atlantic Right Whales, according to a report released on Thursday by environmental group Oceana."
"Two potentially impactful tropical cyclones, both of which could reach land areas as hurricanes over the next several days, were roiling the waters on Thursday west of Mexico and east of the Leeward Islands: Hurricane Norma in the eastern Pacific and Tropical Storm Tammy in the Atlantic."
"Federal regulators on Thursday approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top officials in West Coast states, who said it goes against the region’s plans to address climate change and could pose a wildfire risk."
Liga para a Protecção da Natureza (LPN) apresenta em 2023 a segunda edição da Semana do Jornalismo de Ambiente. O evento terá lugar nas tardes de 6 a 10 de novembro na Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, em Lisboa, Portugal.
The Mid-Atlantic Biosolids Association (MABA) and the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association invite journalists to a webinar at Noon ET examining the benefits of land-applied biosolids vs. the consequences of ineffectual land application bans in the name of reducing PFAS exposure.
"Records unearthed by a University of Virginia professor shed new light on states’ vocal opposition in the 1950s to tribes claiming their share of the river. Today, many are still fighting to secure water."
"Extreme heat and weather are shifting the areas fit for habitation—and not just for humans. Climate change is turning other vulnerable species into refugees as well."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/usda-working-ranchers-toward-indigenous-food-sovereignty
[2] https://ictnews.org/news/usda-working-with-ranchers-toward-indigenous-food-sovereignty
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/it-s-never-too-late-canada-sued-over-near-extinction-spotted-owls
[4] https://thenarwhal.ca/spotted-owl-federal-court-case-guilbeault/
[5] https://www.sej.org/headlines/florida-gen-z-activists-step-fight-against-sugarcane-burning
[6] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19102023/florida-sugarcane-burning-black-snow/
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ships-speeding-through-us-go-slow-zones-meant-protect-endangered-whale
[8] https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ships-speeding-through-us-go-slow-zones-meant-protect-endangered-whale-report-2023-10-19/
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/norma-and-tammy-gain-strength-en-route-mexico-leeward-islands
[10] https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/10/norma-and-tammy-gain-strength-en-route-to-mexico-leeward-islands/
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/feds-ok-natural-gas-pipeline-expansion-pacific-northwest-over-protests
[12] https://apnews.com/article/natural-gas-pipeline-pacific-northwest-5e9c79c412b407ddc9bcb21c1ff8ee26
[13] https://www.sej.org/calendar/semana-do-jornalismo-de-ambiente-2023
[14] https://www.sej.org/calendar/webinar-assessing-risk-pfas-land-applied-biosolids-vs-other-common-exposure-pathways
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/western-states-opposed-tribes-access-colorado-river-70-years-ago
[16] https://www.propublica.org/article/states-tribes-water-rights-history-repeating-itself
[17] https://www.sej.org/headlines/assisted-migration-helps-animals-adapt-climate-change
[18] https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/assisted-migration-helps-animals-adapt-climate-change
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