"A Pivotal Choice: Trump vs. Harris on Climate Change"
"Kamala Harris calls global warming an “existential threat.” Donald Trump dismisses it as a “scam.”"
Source: NYTimes, 10/28/2024
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Jailed Reporters, Silenced Networks: What Trump Says He'd Do To The Media
"On the campaign trail and in interviews, Trump has suggested that if he regains the White House, he will exact vengeance on news outlets that anger him. More specifically, Trump has pledged to toss reporters in jail and strip major television networks of their broadcast licenses as retribution for coverage he didn't like."
Source: NPR, 10/28/2024
Biden Apologizes For The ‘Sin’ Of A 150-Year Indian Boarding School Policy
"President Joe Biden on Friday formally apologized to Native Americans for the “sin” of a government-run boarding school system that for decades forcibly separated children from their parents, calling it a “blot on American history” in his first presidential visit to Indian Country."
Source: AP, 10/28/2024
How Climate Change Complicates the Refugee Crisis
The displacement of populations by climate impacts, while not a new phenomenon in human history, is worsening in the face of global warming’s extreme weather patterns. Yet the extensive international regime to aid refugees doesn’t cover those migrating due to flooding, drought, natural disasters or climate change. Backgrounder considers the implications and how nations will respond to the new realities.
Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers In Southeast Changed From Endangered To Threatened
"The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened one, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday."
Source: AP, 10/25/2024
US Power Grid Added Battery Equivalent Of 20 Nuclear Reactors In 4 Years
"Faced with worsening climate-driven disasters and an electricity grid increasingly supplied by intermittent renewables, the US is rapidly installing huge batteries that are already starting to help prevent power blackouts."
Source: Guardian, 10/25/2024
"Landfill Methane Is A Big Climate Problem. Here Are Some Easy Solutions."
"The methane released by U.S. landfills could be cut in half in the next 25 years if the EPA adopts policies that some states have now, a new study finds."
Source: Canary Media, 10/25/2024
"Toxic Blooms in New York’s Finger Lakes Set Record in 2024"
"Owasco Lake is called the region’s “canary in the coal mine” for harmful algal blooms, which threaten swimmers, pets and some local drinking water supplies."
Source: Water Front, 10/25/2024
"Holding Out Hope On the Drying Rio Grande"
"The once-mighty river is barely a trickle through much of West Texas. Scientists and advocates say local initiatives could be scaled up to restore flows to the river."
Source: Inside Climate News, 10/25/2024
Enviros Sue New York, New Jersey And Delaware Over Endangered Sturgeon
"New York, New Jersey and Delaware were accused in federal lawsuits Thursday of improperly allowing Atlantic sturgeon to be killed by commercial fishing operations even as the prehistoric fish is on the brink of disappearing."
Source: AP, 10/25/2024
