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Troubled Green Climate Fund Weighs Troubling Funding Request from Oil-Rich Bahrain
With the United Nations’ troubled Green Climate Fund holding a board meeting in Bahrain last week, the oil-rich desert kingdom stirred serious concerns with ... -
Mikisew Cree Lose Supreme Court Case on Duty to Consult, While Heiltsuk Nation Files Suit in Nathan E. Stewart Spill
The Mikisew Cree First Nation in northern Alberta is vowing to carry on the fight, after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against the ... -
Peatlands Restoration Would Save 21.57 Gigatons of Carbon by 2050
Peatlands restoration is ranked #13 on Drawdown’s list of climate solutions. It can avoid 21.57 gigatons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. While data are too variable ... -
AustraliaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFailure Is Not An OptionForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyUnited StatesWater
Intense, Repeat Wildfires Pollute Rivers, Threaten Water Supplies
Wildfires are increasingly polluting rivers and threatening water supplies, according to a new study by the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. -
Clearcut Logging to Reduce Wildfires Does More Harm Than Good, U.S. Scientists Tell Congress
A group of 217 scientists, educators, and land managers signed an open letter last month, opposing a measure in the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatoryPipelines/Rail TransportWater
NEB Sees No ‘Immediate Danger’ in Hundreds of Faulty Pipeline Fittings
Hundreds of steel fittings currently in use in major Canadian pipelines are at risk of swelling or breaking if they’re put under enough pressure, ... -
ChinaFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyPetrochemicals & PlasticsPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
Exploding Pipeline in Pennsylvania Ties Plastics Manufacturing to Fracked Natural Gas
A natural gas pipeline that exploded outside Pittsburgh earlier this month, just a week after it went into service, is part of a multi-billion-dollar ... -
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Flurry of Low-Carbon Announcements Marks First Day of Global Climate Action Summit
The Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco is entering its second day, with media and other observers scrambling to keep up with a ... -
3.0°C Jump in Great Lakes Temperatures Has ‘Optimistic’ Scientists Worried
A 3.0°C temperature increase in the Great Lakes is capturing the attention of researchers and drawing parallels with the summer heat wave that has ...
