Bangladesh-Based Group Promotes Plans to Resettle Climate Refugees
Where will climate refugees go? Bangladesh-based group promotes a ten-year resttlement program
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Nothing Fundamental Has Changed: Biden Administration Greenlights More Fossil Fuel Drilling Permits in 2021 for Public Lands and Waters than Did Trump in 2017
A coalition of climate groups calls on the Biden administration to use existing statutory authority as a basis for executive action to phase out fossil fuel extraction on public lands.
Read more...Beavers Offer Lessons About Managing Water in a Changing Climate, Whether the Challenge Is Drought or Floods
Beavers, nature’s engineers, seem able to dam any stream, building structures with logs and mud that can flood large areas, thus restoring ecosystems and mitigating the effects of climate change.
Read more...Africa Faces an Uphill Battle Against Western Emissions to Combat Climate Change
African nations are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change, even though .the continent accounts for the smallest share of global greenhouse gas emissions – 3.8%.
Read more...U.S. Interior Department Moves to Block Some Oil and Gas Leasing on Alaska’s North Slope
Interior Department restricts oil and gas development in Alaska’s National Petroleum Researve.
Read more...Warmest U.S. December in History Caps a Stormy, Mostly-Sizzling Year
The year 2021 produced 20 billion-dollar disasters, the second highest number going back to 1980, according to the NOAA.
Read more...Fashion Act: New York Lawmakers Take Aim at the Climate Impact of Fashion Company Supply Chains
New York State legislators will now consider the Fashion Act, a new measure intended to reduce the climate impact of fashion company supply chains.
Read more...Charity Shops: Why They Beat the Rest of the High Street as a Retail Experience
On the pleasures and virtues of shopping at charity shops.
Read more...‘Degrowth’ Isn’t Just About the Economy. It’s About Culture.
What would it take for the idea of degrowth as a response to climate change to get traction?
Read more...Chronic Underinvestment Could Push Oil Prices Higher In 2022
Bullish prospects for oil do not bode well for inflation or global warming.
Read more...Climate Denial Satire “Don’t Look Up” Now Top Film on Netflix Worldwide
Mirabile dictu! An allegorical climate change film becomes a hit. And a billionaire is the bad guy.
Read more...Plastics Packaging: Yet Another Reason to Loathe Amazon
India has forced Amazon to eschew plastics packaging. Rolling out its Indian practices world-wide would in a single step drastically reduce Amazon’s plastics footprint.
Read more...Latin America Calls for U.S. to Reduce its Plastic Waste Exports to the Region
Latin American countries chide U.S. for the volume of its plastic waste exports.
Read more...Coal On Track To Break Records Despite Efforts To Curb Production
So much for coal being on the way out….
Read more...The Democrats Go Full Götterdämmerung as Manchin Makes DOA of BBB Official; Omicron Undermines Scapegoating the Unvaxxed
The Democrats may finally be getting their comeuppance.
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