"Protect This Place: Ladakh, the Planet’s ‘Third Pole’"
"Home to glaciers, snow leopards, and rich human cultures, Ladakh suffers from a lack of political representation, which has inspired recent protests."
Source: The Revelator, 11/21/2024
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DEADLINE: Investintech-CAJ Data Journalism Scholarship
The scholarship will go to one Canadian student who shows an interest and understanding of data journalism tools and techniques before they even enter the newsroom professionally, to get Canadian and journalism students to really think about the data used in stories. Deadline: Apr 11, 2025.
Canadian Association of Journalists Annual Conference
In 2025, the CAJ conference will be held May 30-31 in Calgary, Alberta.
Five Firms In Alliance ‘Made 1,000 Times More Plastic Than They Cleaned Up’
"Oil and chemical companies who created a high-profile alliance to end plastic pollution have produced 1,000 times more new plastic in five years than the waste they diverted from the environment, according to new data obtained by Greenpeace."
Source: Guardian, 11/21/2024
"Huge Gas Plant Eyed To Power Mystery $5B Louisiana Data Center"
"Entergy proposes a new $3.2 billion natural gas plant to run a ‘game changing’ data center in northeast Louisiana; critics question the move"
Source: Floodlight, 11/21/2024
Human-Caused Warming Intensified All 11 Atlantic Hurricanes In 2024
"Human-caused climate change boosted the wind speeds of recent Atlantic hurricanes, making them more damaging and costly, according to a pair of scientific reports released today."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 11/21/2024
"Climate Finance Outcome at COP29 Still in Doubt"
"Countries are wrangling over who gets money, who will pay and whether debt relief will be part of the package."
Source: Inside Climate News, 11/21/2024
Giraffes Are Up Next On The Endangered Species List: US Wildlife Officials
"Giraffe populations are declining at such an alarming rate — from habitat loss, poaching, urbanization and climate change-fueled drought — that US wildlife officials announced a proposal on Wednesday to help protect several of the species."
Source: CNN, 11/21/2024
"More Than 50 Countries Sign UN Sustainable Tourism Declaration"
"More than 50 governments have signed a U.N. declaration to make tourism around the globe more climate friendly, the United Nations said on Wednesday, in what it hailed as a major achievement of the climate summit in Azerbaijan."
Source: Reuters, 11/21/2024
"A Call For EPA Action On Climate Risks To Hazardous Waste Facilities"
"The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should be doing more to help address potential climate change-related risks to hundreds of hazardous waste facilities across the country, according to a recent government watchdog report."
Source: The New Lede, 11/21/2024
