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"'The Sacrifice Zone': Myanmar Bears Cost Of Green Energy"

"The birds no longer sing, and the herbs no longer grow. The fish no longer swim in rivers that have turned a murky brown. The animals do not roam, and the cows are sometimes found dead. The people in this northern Myanmar forest have lost a way of life that goes back generations. But if they complain, they, too, face the threat of death."

Source: AP, 08/11/2022

"Blinken Presses Congo Leaders to Slow Oil-and-Gas Push in Rainforests"

"Pushing for a reconsideration of plans by the Democratic Republic of Congo to auction parts of its vast rainforests and peatlands, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced that American and Congolese officials would form a team to examine proposed oil-and-gas extraction in those areas."

Source: NYTimes, 08/11/2022

"Explainer: On China, US and Climate, Action, Not Talk Is Key"

"The last two agreements the world made to battle climate change came only after the United States and China, by far the two biggest carbon polluters, made deals with each other. Now the successful dynamic is in jeopardy with China cutting off climate talks with the U.S. because of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan."

Source: AP, 08/08/2022

Scientists Say It’s ‘Foolish’ To Not Study Catastrophic Climate Outcomes

"As global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, some climate scientists say it’s time to start paying more attention to the most extreme, worst-case outcomes, including the potential for widespread extinctions, mass climate migration and the disintegration of social and political systems."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/02/2022

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