"Newsom Signs Bill To Ban Octopus Farming In California"
"Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bipartisan bill Friday making it a crime to farm octopuses for human consumption in California."
Source: LA Times, 09/30/2024
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Reporter Who Revealed Deforestation In Cambodia Now Charged Himself
"A journalist who covered the land grab and deforestation of a community forest by a mining company has himself been charged with deforestation."
Source: Mongabay, 09/30/2024
As Logging Intensifies Wildfires, Wet’suwet’en Fight To Protect Old Growth
"Members of Wet’suwet’en Nation in British Columbia want to conserve a pristine old-growth watershed, Caas Tl’aat Twah, in its traditional territory. The nation has obtained a logging deferral for Caas Tl’aat Twah and is planning how to protect it permanently."
Source: Mongabay, 09/30/2024
"If Trump Wins The Election, This Is What's At Stake"
"Imagine, for a moment, oil and gas infrastructure carving up Alaska’s far northern tundra, a refuge for migrating caribou and polar bears. Copper-nickel mines on the doorstep of one of the largest wilderness areas east of the Rockies, a nearly 1.1m-acre (450,000-hectare) expanse of pristine lakes and forests full of loons, wolves and moose. Or uranium and coal exploration in once-protected landscapes, including areas bordering the Grand Canyon."
Source: Guardian, 09/30/2024
We Made An Emergency Alert Guide To Help Calif. Make One For Your State.
"CalMatters and The Markup reported on how residents in each of California’s 58 counties can sign up for local emergency alerts, and found a few surprises along the way. Here’s how you can build the same guide in your state."
Source: CalMatters, 09/30/2024
"End Of An Era As Britain’s Last Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts Down"
"Britain’s only remaining coal power plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire will generate electricity for the last time on Monday after powering the UK for 57 years."
Source: Guardian, 09/30/2024
Residents Near Atlanta Evacuate Due To A Chemical Plant Fire
"Some residents east of Atlanta were evacuated while others were told to shelter in place Sunday to avoid contaminants from a chemical plant fire that sent a massive plume of dark smoke high into the sky that could be seen from miles away."
Source: AP, 09/30/2024
"Leonard Leo-Linked Group Attacking Efforts To Educate Judges On Climate"
"A rightwing organization is attacking efforts to educate judges about the climate crisis. The group appears to be connected to Leonard Leo, the architect of the rightwing takeover of the American judiciary who helped select Trump’s supreme court nominees, the Guardian has learned."
Source: Guardian, 09/30/2024
"Helene Dumps Rain on Millions of US Homes That Lack Flood Insurance"
"On Thursday night Helene crashed into Florida’s coast as a Category 4 hurricane. ... The disaster underscores Americans’ dangerously low levels of flood insurance coverage, especially away from coastal areas."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 09/30/2024
