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"Deb Haaland's Visit Home: Grandparents’ Prayers"
"Interior Secretary Deb Haaland listened to the concerns of various pueblo governors then vowed for a “new era” in working with tribes, adding President Joe Biden has a shared commitment to restore the nation-to-nation relationship."
Source: Indian Country Today, 04/07/2021
"Alleged Mastermind Of Honduran Activist’s Murder On Trial"
"The trial of an alleged mastermind of the killing of Honduran environmental and Indigenous rights activist Berta Cáceres began Tuesday, five years after the prize-winning activist was shot to death."
Source: AP, 04/07/2021
"U.S. Climate Envoy Kerry Says India Is "Getting Job Done" On Climate"
"U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry praised India as a world leader in renewables as he began talks with government leaders aimed at cutting carbon emissions faster to slow global warming."
Source: Reuters, 04/07/2021
Groups Petition EPA To Remove Ethane, Methane From Emissions Exempt List
"Hundreds of environmental groups on Tuesday submitted a petition calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take action to curtail ethane and methane emissions responsible for smog."
Source: The Hill, 04/07/2021
A Top US Seller of Carbon Offsets Starts Investigating Its Own Projects
"Following concerns that it is facilitating the sale of meaningless carbon credits to corporate clients, the Nature Conservancy says it’s conducting an internal review of its portfolio of carbon-offset projects. The nonprofit owns or has helped develop more than 20 such projects on forested lands mostly in the U.S., which generate credits that are purchased by such companies as JPMorgan Chase & Co., BlackRock Inc., and Walt Disney Co., which use them to claim large reductions in their own publicly reported emissions."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 04/07/2021
"California Is On The Brink Of Drought – Again. Is It Ready?"
"California is at the edge of another protracted drought, just a few years after one of the worst dry spells in state history left poor and rural communities without well water, triggered major water restrictions in cities, forced farmers to idle their fields, killed millions of trees, and fueled devastating megafires."
Source: Guardian, 04/07/2021
Indictment Claims Kansas Man Tampered With Ellsworth County Water System
"WICHITA, Kan. — An indictment made public today claims an Ellsworth County man tampered with a public water system."
Source: KSNW, 04/07/2021
Gulf Coast Fish Farm Permit Will Get A Second Look Under Biden Admin
"Under direction from the Biden administration, the Environmental Protection Agency is revisiting a permit granted to a proposed industrial fish farm off the coast of Sarasota."
Source: WUSF, 04/07/2021
"Left-Wing Party Opposed To Big Mining Project Wins Greenland Election"
"A left-wing party that opposes a large rare earth mining project has become the biggest in parliament after securing more than a third of votes in a snap election."
Source: Reuters, 04/07/2021
