Climate Change

"New Global Climate 'Loss And Damage' Fund Names First Director"

"The board of The Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage to help countries ravaged by climate-driven disasters named Senegalese finance specialist Ibrahima Cheikh Diong as its first director, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change announced on Saturday."

Source: Reuters, 09/23/2024

DOE Promised Yakama Nation a $32 Million Solar Grant. Bureaucracy Stalls It

"The Department of Energy gave the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation what seemed like very good news earlier this year: It had won a $32 million grant for a novel solar energy project in Washington state. ... Months after announcing the grant, the same department is making it nearly impossible for the tribal nation to access the money."

Source: OPB/ProPublica, 09/23/2024

Americans Most Affected By Climate Crisis Head To Midwest

"Unbearable heat and worsening storms prompt residents of states such as Florida to move elsewhere"

"As a Rust belt town of 65,000 people in eastern Indiana, Muncie may not be the most exciting place in the world. It doesn’t have beaches, year-round warm weather or much in the way of cosmopolitanism.

But for Laura Rivas, a cybersecurity engineer formerly of North Miami Beach, Florida, Muncie is perfect.

Before she moved there in 2022, life in Florida had become unbearable.

Source: Guardian, 09/23/2024

In NYC And Elsewhere, Climate Protesters Say Action Isn’t Fast Enough

"Six years after a teenage Greta Thunberg walked out of school in a solitary climate protest outside of the Swedish parliament, people around a warming globe marched in youth-led protest, saying their voices are being heard but not sufficiently acted upon."

Source: AP, 09/23/2024

"How Colorado Cowboys and Conservationists Joined Forces to Stop Drilling"

"The drilling leases in a pristine corner of Colorado seemed like a done deal. But then an unlikely alliance of cowboys and environmentalists emerged. And things changed."

Source: NYTimes, 09/20/2024

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