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It’s time to stop burning volatile propellants at Salt Lake Valley rocket facility, groups say

For decades, potentially explosive waste has been burned in the open in the Salt Lake Valley, starting with dynamite and now unspent rocket propellant.

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Coastal GasLink gets green light to start pipeline work near Unist’ot’en Healing Centre

BC approves impact studies and calls for consultation with Wet’suwet’en as work proceeds in contested area.
thetyee.ca

Russian Indigenous groups call on Elon Musk not to buy battery metals from Nornickel

Tesla is a world leader in electric cars, while Nornickel is a global leader in environmental damage. This doesn't match, claims Aborigen Forum.

thebarentsobserver.com

British Columbia’s looming extinction crisis

British Columbia has well over 2,000 species at risk of disappearing yet has no endangered species law.

thenarwhal.ca

How Mike Pompeo built a blood-for-oil pipeline

The State Department, a conservative-connected shell company, and a key Kurdish crime family team up to siphon Syrian oil for U.S. investors.
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In West Africa, climate change and extremism have created a crisis that will impact us all

Mass migration, human-trafficking, drought, famine and terrorism have combined to make the Sahel one of the most dangerous regions of the world right now.

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Here's what extreme heat looks like: Profoundly unequal

Earth is overheating. This year is poised to be one of the hottest ever. Millions are already feeling the pain, but the agony of extreme heat is profoundly unequal across the globe.
www.nytimes.com

David F. Coursen: A neglected environmental justice issue: indoor plumbing

Access to clean water and sanitation is also a crucial environmental justice issue, but it is neglected in current policy and funding.
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Wildfire smoke and environmental justice: One little girl’s story

Extreme wildfires fueled by climate change have been spewing more harmful smoke into California's air in recent years. But not everyone is affected equally. Kids like Ta'Kira Dannette Byrd, who live in unhealthy, high-poverty neighborhoods, suffer more.

www.kalw.org

Nine things to know about household water debt

Circle of Blue has compiled nine things you need to know about water debt in the United States.
www.circleofblue.org

Past recession data previews deep transit cuts

Transit agencies are already facing a grim economic outlook amid pandemic. Data from the last recession shows how some cuts were never restored. 
www.bloomberg.com

Michael Gerson: COVID-19 threatens to overwhelm the developing world

The United States must provide aid, for moral and security reasons.
www.washingtonpost.com

After Hiroshima's carnage, Setsuko Thurlow devoted her life to peace

Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima 75 years ago, has used the power of her personal story to try to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
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New podcast 'How to Save a Planet' aims to solve the climate crisis

Spotify and Gimlet explore disaster prep, Europe’s Green New Deal, and asks the question, “How screwed are we?”
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Bill McKibben: North Dakota oil workers are learning to tend wind turbines—and that’s a big deal

In many ways, clean energy produces jobs at least as good as those in the oil fields, where boom-and-bust cycles make stability hard.
www.newyorker.com

Fires in the Pantanal: ‘We are facing a scenario now that is catastrophic’

Devastating wildfires that burned out of control in late 2019 and early 2020 in Brazil's Pantanal wetland are back.

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Indonesian fishers who fought off tin miners prepare to battle all over again

Fishers in Sumatra have joined forces in opposition to a government plan to allow coastal mining that they say will destroy their fisheries.

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New global standards for mine waste won’t prevent dam failures, critics say

The international standards are facing criticism for failing to include enforcement mechanisms or penalties for companies that fall short of requirements.

thenarwhal.ca

How electricity deepens the South's racial divide

Nationwide protests over racial injustice in recent weeks are stirring a fight against a deep-rooted energy gap in U.S. households: People of color pay disproportionately high electricity bills.

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Solar lights the way towards sustainability

While global access to electricity has been rising, there are still 940 million people off the grid; solar technology can help more people access cheap, portable, and clean power to alleviate poverty and increase quality of life.

www.climatechangenews.com

Escape from the nuclear family: COVID-19 should provoke a rethink of how we live

Naomi Klein argues that it's time for some big bold thinking about how we can safely live, work, and learn with the virus — and maybe even enjoy ourselves.

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Oakland A's sue state agency over alleged pollution at opponent of waterfront stadium site

A's President Dave Kaval said West Oakland residents deserve cleaner air, while Schnitzer Steel believes the legal action is a ploy to make room for a new stadium.
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Harris and Ocasio-Cortez team up on a climate 'equity' bill, leaving activists hoping for unity

The legislation comes as the California senator is on Joe Biden’s shortlist for vice president. Will her climate bona fides satisfy progressives?
insideclimatenews.org

When a contagion comes, women bear a heavy burden

While contagions like COVID-19 might kill more men, the impact of a pandemic on women's lives is vast and understudied.

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These people of color transformed U.S. national parks

From Yosemite to Biscayne Bay, these hidden figures helped save natural wonders and historic places.
www.nationalgeographic.com

After a century of logging, Myanmar struggles to preserve its teak groves

Demand in China, India, and Europe drives illegal logging of this valuable, versatile hardwood.
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How indigenous communities are working to save South American forests

Biologist Erika Cuéllar Soto and local residents are “paramedics” for the Gran Chaco ecosystem.
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Collin O’Mara: Trump compares himself to Theodore Roosevelt while assaulting his lifework

The Great American Outdoors Act is a historic victory, but presidential conservation legacies are not defined by individual bills.
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Crystal Geyser bottler fined $5 million for diverting waste from illegal ‘Arsenic Pond’ into SoCal sewers

A California company that produces Crystal Geyser bottled water was sentenced Wednesday to three years' probation and ordered to pay a $5 million fine.

ktla.com

Utility companies’ deadly addiction to profit

From wildfires to shut-off threats, utility companies have a track record of endangering consumers.
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Bill McKibben: Trump tries to make it hard for anyone else to behave ethically, either

The Labor Secretary, Eugene Scalia, has proposed new rules regarding socially responsible pension investing.
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Japan's climate change efforts hindered by biased business lobby: study

Japan's powerful business lobby Keidanren pushes national policies that favor coal and hinders attempts to combat climate change.

www.reuters.com

Miners need more engineers to meet new tailings dam safety standard

Catastrophic failures in recent years have killed hundreds of people and inundated nearby communities with mine waste.

www.reuters.com

Arctic wastewater dump near Russia's Norilsk was toxic, says Greenpeace

Water samples taken by Greenpeace in Russia's Arctic at the site of a wastewater dump by mining giant Norilsk Nickel contained 50 times the permitted level of toxic substances.

www.reuters.com

U.S. court allows Dakota Access oil pipeline to stay open, but permit status unclear

A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said that the Dakota Access Pipeline does not have to be shut and drained per a lower court order.

www.reuters.com

‘Meaningless certification’: Study makes the case against ‘sustainable’ palm oil

While not the initial drivers of deforestation in those areas, these plantations shouldn't be certified sustainable if that history is accounted for, the study authors say.

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