Brazil Court Decision Could Hand Indigenous Land To Farmers
"Land rights advocates say allowing the state and farmers to negotiate on the size of a protected area sets a worrying precedent".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 09/08/2020
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Hoboken, New Jersey, Seeks Climate Change Damages From ExxonMobil
"The city of Hoboken, New Jersey, filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking damages from ExxonMobil and other major oil and gas companies for misleading the public about the harmful climate-related impacts such as sea level rise they knew would be caused by burning fossil fuels."
Source: InsideClimate News, 09/08/2020
Animal Rights Group Sues Feds To Stop Aquarium From Acquiring 5 Belugas
"An animal rights group filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Thursday in an effort to stop the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut from acquiring five new beluga whales."
Source: The Hill, 09/08/2020
"Marsha Jackson Is Trying to Move Shingle Mountain"
"The illegal dump is southern Dallas’ most visible environmental justice crisis. It’s far from the only one."
Source: Texas Observer, 09/08/2020
US Dismantles International Crime Ring That Trafficked in Shark Fins
"Shark fin soup, considered a delicacy in some countries, has long fueled demand for illegally harvested fins. But federal authorities in Georgia announced this week that they had dismantled at least one source for the ingredient: a multimillion-dollar organization they described as an international money laundering, drug trafficking and illegal wildlife trade ring."
Source: NYTimes, 09/08/2020
"Tahlequah, 'Tour of Grief' Killer Whale, Gives Birth"
"An endangered killer whale named “Tahlequah,” which famously carried her dead calf on her head in mourning for 17 days through the Salish Sea off British Columbia in 2018, is a new mother."
Source: Reuters, 09/07/2020
Invisible Enemy: Battle To Save Black-Footed Ferrets From The Plague
"Yersinia pestis killed millions of people across Europe in the middle ages. Today it remains a deadly threat to one of the US’s most endangered species"
Source: Guardian, 09/07/2020
"US Regulators Take Public Comments On Nuclear Fuel Plan"
"U.S. nuclear regulators have hosted their final public hearing on a proposal to build a multibillion-dollar complex in southern New Mexico to store spent nuclear fuel from commercial power plants around the country, and there’s still disagreement about whether granting a license to Holtec International would be a good thing."
Source: AP, 09/07/2020
"Environment Activists Blockade UK Newspaper Printing Plants"
"Police arrested more than 70 environmental activists who blockaded two British printing plants, disrupting the distribution of several national newspapers on Saturday."
Source: AP, 09/07/2020
"EPA Denies Pledge to ‘Cancer Alley’ Communities on Chemical Risks"
"U.S. Gulf Coast communities got no assurance from the EPA that the agency’s second round of chemical risk evaluations will examine whether the groups’ particularly high exposures put them at high risk for asthma, cancer, or other diseases."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/07/2020
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