"American Climate: An InsideClimate News Project"
"Rising temperatures are strengthening the destructive force of wildfires, hurricanes and floods, putting tens of millions of Americans at risk."
Source: InsideClimate News, 11/26/2019
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Majority Believe US Is Doing 'Too Little' To Fight Climate Change
"A majority of Americans believe the government must do more to address pollution and climate concerns, according to a new study."
Source: The Hill, 11/26/2019
"Supreme Court Justices Reject Michael Mann Climate Defamation Cases"
"The Supreme Court will not wade into a defamation battle between a prominent climate scientist and conservative groups that compared the scientist to a convicted child molester."
Source: Greenwire, 11/26/2019
"3M, DuPont, Chemours Hit With Long Island PFAS Claims"
"3M Co., E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., and Chemours Co. were hit with suits by two water authorities in Nassau County, N.Y., alleging the companies contaminated their water supplies with toxic substances."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/26/2019
"EPA Floats Ideas for Industries to Report Some PFAS Releases"
"The EPA asked Nov. 25 for information and opinions as to whether it should require companies and federal facilities that make or use certain “forever chemicals” to report when they are released and how they are managed."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/26/2019
UN: Drastic Action Only Way To Avoid Worst Effects Of Climate Change
"The world has squandered so much time mustering the action necessary to combat climate change that rapid, unprecedented cuts in greenhouse gas emissions offer the only hope of averting an ever-intensifying cascade of consequences, according to new findings from the United Nations."
Source: Washington Post, 11/26/2019
"Under Pressure: Governments Urged To Energize Climate Talks"
"Governments face a struggle at a United Nations summit in Spain next week to inject momentum into efforts to curb global warming, dogged by lack of consensus, U.S. scepticism and disruptive protests demanding more action."
Source: Reuters, 11/26/2019
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