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Lenders Continue Pouring Money Into Meat and Dairy, Despite Climate Promises [1]

"The world’s biggest development banks have agreed that they will funnel their financial support to businesses that promise to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But a new analysis published Wednesday by animal and environmental advocacy groups says those banks have given billions to big livestock and grain companies expanding greenhouse gas-intensive agricultural systems."

Source: Inside Climate News [2], 06/22/2023

"First ‘Lab-Grown’ Meat Approved By Regulators In US" [3]

"Regulators have approved “lab-grown” meat to be sold in the United States for the first time at restaurants and eventually in supermarkets."

Source: The Hill [4], 06/22/2023

"Ruling Clouds EPA Pebble Veto, but Mine Remains Unlikely" [5]

"The EPA will likely need to revise its rationale for protecting Alaska’s Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine following the Supreme Court’s June ruling in a pivotal Clean Water Act case, but the mine is still unlikely to proceed, legal experts say."

Source: Bloomberg Environment [6], 06/22/2023

Tribal Voices Left Out of Key Nuclear Cleanup on Ancestral Land [7]

"Three federally recognized tribes have devoted decades to restoring the condition of their ancestral lands in southeastern Washington state to what they were before those lands became the most radioactively contaminated site in the nation’s nuclear weapons complex, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation."

Source: AP [8], 06/22/2023

Enviros Petition Biden To Crack Down On Methane Emissions From Landfills [9]

"More than a dozen environmental groups are asking the Biden administration to crack down on methane emissions from landfills."

Source: The Hill [10], 06/22/2023

"Texas Cities Set Temperature Records in Unremitting Heat Wave" [11]

"A searing heat wave has pushed temperatures to record highs in recent days in several cities in South and West Texas, prompting health advisories and pleas for energy conservation."

Source: Inside Climate News [12], 06/22/2023

"Biden Admin To Strengthen Endangered Species Protections" [13]

"The Biden administration rolled out a package Wednesday to fortify protections for plants and animals at risk of going extinct, restoring Endangered Species Act provisions that were curtailed during the Trump administration."

Source: E&E News [14], 06/22/2023

Himalayan Glaciers Could Lose 80% Of Their Volume Amid Warming: Study [15]

"Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges and could lose up to 80% of their volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t sharply reduced, according to a report."

Source: AP [16], 06/21/2023

World's Worst Industrial Disaster Harmed People Even Before They Were Born [17]

"Shortly after midnight on December 3, 1984, about 40 tons of deadly gas leaked out of a pesticide factory in the central Indian city of Bhopal. ....Now, a new study shows that the accident ,,, affected not just those who were exposed to the gas that night but also the generation of babies still in the womb when the accident happened."

Source: NPR [18], 06/21/2023

"Portugal To Swap $153 Million Cape Verde Debt For Nature Investments" [19]

"Portugal plans to swap the entire 140 million euro ($152.91 million) debt it is owed by Cape Verde for investments in the archipelago's environmental and climate fund, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Tuesday."

Source: Reuters [20], 06/21/2023

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