Frontiers

MARCH 9, 2022

Endangered mountain gorillas increase the frequency they drink water as the temperature increases, suggesting a likely impact of climate change on their behavior, finds a new study published in Frontiers in Conservation Science. By Suzanna Burgelman, Frontiers science writer. Image: Martha Robbins.

Rainforest

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 10, 2021

r Cymru Welsh Water’s own figures found that raw sewage was dumped into rivers more than 100,000 times in 2020. The combined effects of the Cochiti Dam upstream and climate change have cut the river’s flow to a fraction of what it once was, and the overflowing banks from her father’s childhood are bone dry. ON THE RADAR.

2021

A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2021

The 2021 date is almost as early as the 2019 one (the 2020 date was pushed back due to COVID-19 induced lockdowns), showcasing the increasing impact of humanity on Earth’s biocapacity. million hectares of forest were lost in 2020 and estimates for 2021 indicate up to 43% year-over-year increase in deforestation. The drivers.

Deforestation

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 1, 2021

It contributes to increasing pressure against President Bolsonaro for widespread environmental damage across the country, resulting from a significant lack of climate action and the pervasive destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy. by 2020 against a 2010 baseline.

Rainforest

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The last few days saw two major developments in international rights-based climate litigation, with the adoption of a new resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) and a long-awaited decision on a climate case by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Recent Developments on rights-based climate litigation.

Climate Change

Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 1, 2022

For Akilah Chatman, a Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES) graduate from Drexel University, every day was a new adventure: climbing waterfalls, jumping from cliffs, exploring rainforests, befriending frogs and lizards, inspecting flora, gardening with their mother and so much more.

Environmental Science

A Greener Life

JUNE 13, 2024

A plane flies over a football match at the Japan National Stadium, the primary venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Euro 2020, postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic, was co-hosted by 11 countries, and widely criticised for the climate impact of the resulting international travel. Photo credit: Alamy.

Carbon Emissions

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Climate change will lead to more extreme weather in Brazil , including droughts and floods. When we think about people who are incarcerated, I would argue that they are on the front lines of climate change.” – Andrea Armstrong, a law professor at Loyola University New Orleans. 22 DISTRICTS. ON THE RADAR.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2021

Wolf For Taking A Serious Step On Climate Change -- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Joining RGGI Will Strengthen PA’s Recovery - National Assn. Adopts New Mon Valley Air Pollution Episode Rule -- Reuters: Sweden’s EQT To Buy Covanta Waste Management Company In $5.3

Air Pollution

ESA

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Americans across the country are experiencing the impacts of climate change, from coastal flooding to decreased snowfall to drought and wildfire. In 2020, former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt canceled plans to reintroduce grizzlies to the area, stating that the plan would hurt the bears and people in the state.

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Environmental Progress

MAY 21, 2020

Climate change isn’t, or hasn’t been up to now, a risk of pandemic risk; land-use change and deforestation have been. But under a future climate change, we’ll see significant pandemic risk and need to get ready for both. Peter Daszak, President, Eco-Health. That’s what the science is saying.

Deforestation

Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

USA: Coca-Cola plant employees protest, demanding better health care agreement in midst of pandemic Roxanne Elias | WTOL 11 | November 3, 2020 Workers at the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in north Toledo are on strike, already planning for the days ahead after they walked off the job just after midnight Sunday.

Fossil Fuels

Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

USA: Coca-Cola plant employees protest, demanding better health care agreement in midst of pandemic Roxanne Elias | WTOL 11 | November 3, 2020 Workers at the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in north Toledo are on strike, already planning for the days ahead after they walked off the job just after midnight Sunday.

2015

Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

USA: Coca-Cola plant employees protest, demanding better health care agreement in midst of pandemic Roxanne Elias | WTOL 11 | November 3, 2020 Workers at the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in north Toledo are on strike, already planning for the days ahead after they walked off the job just after midnight Sunday.

2015

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Millions of acres of Alaska’s Tongass forest, the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest, will once again be federally protected from road-building and timber harvests. Mismanaged water structure and climate change — Iraq is the fifth-most vulnerable country to its impacts — compound the situation, Yale reports.

Government

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE #130: FEATURED CASE. 4, 2020); California v.

2020

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

For almost three decades, world governments have met nearly every year to forge a global response to the climate emergency. Those five years were up on 31 December 2020, but the pandemic prevented many countries coming forward. Poor countries were promised at the Copenhagen Cop in 2009 that they would receive $100bn a year by 2020.

Paris Agreement

ESA

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Climate: Twenty-seven Democratic members of Congress wrote to US Climate Envoy John Kerry asking him to push the United Arab Emirates to remove Sultan Al Jaber as the head of this year’s U.N. climate talks. Kerry has previously made remarks supportive of Al Jaber’s role in the climate talks.

2023

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Furthermore, the Bolsonaro administration bluntly disregarded Brazil’s obligations established in climate agreements. At this year’s conference, namely, COP 27, Brazil, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a rainforest protection pact , vowing to cooperate on sustainable development management and conservation.

Paris Agreement

ESA

MAY 9, 2022

ESA is accepting expression of interest from members to receive an ESA “observer status” badge to attend the Conference of Parties (COP) 27 Climate Change Conference, which will take place from Nov. More News: GOP-led states ask Supreme Court to block key Biden climate accounting measure – The Hill. The late Paul G.

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