"Nature Lawyers Up"
"A growing number of countries and courts say the environment should be endowed with legal rights."
Source: NYTimes, 05/15/2023
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Controlled Burns Prevent Wildfires, But Regulations Make It Very Hard
"Even though the 2021 Marshall Fire made it clear that the fire threat posed by Colorado’s grasslands endangers large urban areas, federal, state and local rules continue to make it difficult to address the risk."
Source: ProPublica, 05/15/2023
Climate Deniers Target Scientists For Vicious Abuse On Musk’s Twitter
"Some of the UK’s top scientists are struggling to deal with what they describe as a huge rise in abuse from climate crisis deniers on Twitter since the social media platform was taken over by Elon Musk last year."
Source: Guardian, 05/15/2023
Flush With Federal Money, a Deep South Factory Votes to Unionize
"Workers at a rural Georgia factory that builds electric school buses under generous federal subsidies voted to unionize on Friday, handing organized labor and Democrats a surprise victory in their hopes to turn huge new infusions of money from Washington into a union beachhead in the Deep South."
Source: NYTimes, 05/15/2023
Kerry Challenges Oil Industry To Prove Its Promised Tech Rescues
"Oil and gas producers talk up technological breakthroughs they say will soon allow the world to drill and burn fossil fuels without worsening global warming. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says the time is here for the industry to prove it can make the technology happen — at scale, affordably and quickly — to stave off climate disaster."
Source: AP, 05/15/2023
"Cyclone Mocha: Deadly Storm Hits Myanmar And Bangladesh Coasts"
"A powerful cyclone has hit the coastlines of Bangladesh and Myanmar after intensifying into the equivalent of a category-five storm. Cyclone Mocha did not make landfall at the sprawling refugee camp in Cox's Bazar as earlier feared, but still tore apart hundreds of makeshift shelters."
Source: BBC News, 05/15/2023
"Unusually Early Heat Wave In Pacific Northwest Tests Records"
"An early heat wave took hold Saturday in parts of the Pacific Northwest, with temperatures nearing or breaking records in some areas and heat advisories in place through Monday. The historically temperate region has grappled with scorching summer temperatures and unprecedented wildfires fueled by climate change in recent years."
Source: AP, 05/15/2023
Koalas Are Dying From Chlamydia. A New Vaccine Effort Is Trying To Save Them
"Australian scientists have begun vaccinating wild koalas against chlamydia in an ambitious field trial in New South Wales."
Source: AP, 05/12/2023
Environmentalists Aim To Block Gold Mine Near Yellowstone — By Buying It
"For decades, conservationists have fought against gold mining at the edge of Yellowstone National Park, fearing hard-rock extraction could fragment its wildlife habitat and pollute its waterways. Now park lovers say they say have a permanent way to preserve this crown jewel of the national park system: buying gold rights at Yellowstone’s doorstep."
Source: Washington Post, 05/12/2023
"As Climate Risks Rise, Flood Insurance Costs Stun US Homeowners"
"A federal flood insurance overhaul to adjust for rising climate change risks has left Americans facing eye-popping bills".
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 05/12/2023
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