"World Leaders Pledge To Halt Earth’s Destruction Ahead of UN Summit"
"France, Germany and UK among more than 60 countries promising to put wildlife and climate at heart of post-Covid recovery plans".
Source: Guardian, 09/28/2020
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"Revealed: BP And Shell Back Anti-Climate Lobby Groups Despite Pledges"
"An Unearthed and HuffPost investigation identified at least eight trade associations the companies failed to disclose in transparency reports."
Source: HuffPost, 09/28/2020
"EPA to Promote Lead Testing Rule as Trump Tries to Burnish His Record"
"The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to overhaul the way communities test their water for lead, a policy change that will be pitched ahead of Election Day as a major environmental achievement for a president not noted for his conservation record."
Source: NYTimes, 09/28/2020
Judge Ousts Pendley as Head of BLM; Could Invalidate Some Decisions
"An order by the chief judge of the Montana federal court on Friday not only ousted William Perry Pendley as the top official at the Bureau of Land Management but might also invalidate a wide range of decisions he took to open up vast parts of the American west to oil and gas drilling."
Source: Washington Post, 09/28/2020
Where Will We Go? Let’s Talk About Climate Change and Human Migration
Join the Pulitzer Center and ProPublica at 3:00 p.m. ET for a conversation with ProPublica journalists and SEJ members Abrahm Lustgarten and Elizabeth Weil as they delve into their recent reporting along with Baruch College geographer Bryan Jones and discuss the factors behind the megafires in the West, scientific forecasts for climate migration in the U.S. and beyond, and solutions for preventing further devastation.
"California’s Largest-Ever Fire Threatens Cannabis Farms Worth Millions"
"Nate Trujillo sat on a windy ridge and watched California’s largest wildfire, the August Complex, work its way toward the cannabis-growing enclave of Post Mountain-Trinity Pines, where many of the locals are refusing to evacuate."
Source: LA Times, 09/25/2020
"Natural Debate: Do Forests Grow Better With Our Help or Without?"
"Nations around the world are pledging to plant billions of trees to grow new forests. But a new study shows that the potential for natural forest regrowth to absorb carbon from the atmosphere and fight climate change is far greater than has previously been estimated."
Source: YaleE360, 09/25/2020
"Corporations Roll Out Climate Goals Amid Growing Pressure To Deliver"
"Companies are increasingly setting their own goals for carbon neutrality in the absence of a federal plan to address global warming, bracing their business for the stark financial realities wrought by climate change."
Source: The Hill, 09/25/2020
"Some Young Evangelicals Abandoning Trump Over Climate Change?"
"While conservative Christians remain staunch supporters of the president, the climate consciousness of Generation Z could bring a political shift in the long-term."
Source: InsideClimate News, 09/25/2020
"World's Youth Rallies Against Climate Change"
"United under Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, young people rallied worldwide on Friday to demand urgent action to halt catastrophic climate change, in their first global protest since the coronavirus crisis began."
Source: Reuters, 09/25/2020
