"The Arctic Is In A Death Spiral. How Much Longer Will It Exist?"
"The region is unravelling faster than anyone could once have predicted. But there may still be time to act".
Source: Guardian, 10/13/2020
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"Mining Covers More Than 20% Of Indigenous Territory In The Amazon"
"Mining, both legal and illegal, impinges on more than one-fifth of Indigenous territory in the Amazon, according to a new study from the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Amazon Geo-Referenced Socio-Environmental Information Network (RAISG)."
Source: Mongabay, 10/13/2020
"Top Asset Owners Commit To Big Carbon Emissions Cuts"
"Thirty of the world’s largest asset owners, with portfolios worth a combined $5tn (£3.8tn), have committed to cutting the carbon emissions linked to companies they invest in by up to 29% within the next four years."
Source: Guardian, 10/13/2020
Judge Tries To Oust Pendley. Now Some Want His Decisions Tossed, Too
"William Perry Pendley’s “acting” status as head of the Bureau of Land Management calls into question his rulings on energy leases, monuments and conservation plans."
Source: InsideClimate News, 10/13/2020
"EPA Hired Consultants To Counter Staff Experts On Fluoride"
"At a trial over fluoride regulations this summer, EPA eschewed its own experts, hiring an outside company often deployed by corporations to deny and downplay chemicals' health impacts."
Source: E&E News, 10/13/2020
Appeals Court Nixes Trump Use of $3.6 Billion In Military Funds For Wall
"A federal appeals court ruled late Friday that President Donald Trump’s use of his emergency powers to build his long-promised border wall with military funds is illegal, striking a blow to one of his signature campaign promises just weeks before the November election."
Source: Texas Tribune, 10/13/2020
Enviros and Dam Operators, at War for Years, Start Making Peace
"The industry that operates America’s hydroelectric dams and several environmental groups announced an unusual agreement Tuesday to work together to get more clean energy from hydropower while reducing the environmental harm from dams, in a sign that the threat of climate change is spurring both sides to rethink their decades-long battle over a large but contentious source of renewable power."
Source: NYTimes, 10/13/2020
Another Casualty Of Coronavirus Pandemic: Trust In Government Science
"This has been the 2020 pattern: Politics has thoroughly contaminated the scientific process. The result has been an epidemic of distrust, which further undermines the nation’s already chaotic and ineffective response to the coronavirus."
Source: Washington Post, 10/13/2020
UN Warns of Rise in Climate Disasters Over Past 20 Years
"There has been a 'staggering' rise in natural disasters over the past 20 years and the climate crisis is to blame, the United Nations said Monday."
Source: CNN, 10/13/2020
Time To Flip the Ocean Script — From Victim to Solution
The narrative around the ocean should become a more hopeful one, argues former NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco. As evidence at the Society of Environmental Journalists’ recent virtual conference, Lubchenco cites a top-level international analysis that suggests the ocean can play a positive role in everything from reducing climate change to securing the future of food. Find out more.
