"Will Trump Quit The World Bank? It Would Send Climate Shock Waves."
"A conservative plan to withdraw from global development banks threatens poor nations and U.S. credibility, analysts say."
Source: E&E News, 04/18/2024
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America's 'Most Endangered Rivers' List: Sewage, Toxic Algae, Construction
"Water scarcity, overuse and development are among the reasons why 10 waterways across the nation were ranked this year’s most endangered rivers by the advocacy group American Rivers."
Source: USA TODAY, 04/18/2024
"'Reprehensible': Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrates Civil Rights Convention"
"Al Sharpton invited methane representatives to his National Action Network convention, where they fear-mongered attendees about renewables."
Source: HEATED, 04/18/2024
"Trump Rails Against Wind Energy In Fundraising Pitch To Oil Executives"
"“I hate wind,” the former president told oil industry officials at a recent Mar-a-Lago dinner, doubling down on promises to end this form of clean energy."
Source: Washington Post, 04/18/2024
Climate Change Damage Could Cost $38 Trillion Per Year By 2050: Study
"Damage to farming, infrastructure, productivity, and health from climate change will cost an estimated $38 trillion per year by 2050, German government-backed research finds, a figure almost certain to rise as human activity emits more greenhouse gases."
Source: Reuters, 04/18/2024
"Climate Change Played A Role In Killing Tens Of Thousands Of People In 2023"
"At nine years old, Carter Vigh loved soccer, his friends, and dancing to music. ... Carter also had asthma. The hot temperatures and dense wildfire smoke that enveloped the Vighs’ British Columbia home, 100 Mile House, in the summer of 2023 exacerbated his asthma and killed him."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 04/18/2024
"Texas Hack May Be First Disruption Of U.S. Water System By Russia"
"In January, an alert citizen in Muleshoe, Tex., was driving by a park and noticed that a water tower was overflowing. Authorities soon determined the system that controlled the city’s water supply had been hacked. In two hours, tens of thousands of gallons of water had flowed into the street and drain pipes."
Source: Washington Post, 04/18/2024
World Press Freedom Day
Between May 2 and 4, Chile and UNESCO will host the 31st World Press Freedom Day Conference in Santiago. This year's theme is "A Press for the Planet: Journalism in the Face of the Environmental Crisis."
Environmental Journalists on the Frontlines of Democracy
Prior to this year's World Press Freedom Day, the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program, in partnership with SEJ, will celebrate the important role of environmental journalism and highlight the need to protect journalists around the world from surveillance, censorship, oppression and violence. 10am ET.
"Divers In The Philippines Create Nurseries For Rescued Coral"
"A group of scuba diving experts and enthusiasts are setting up coral nurseries in a popular dive spot south of Philippine capital Manila to help in the propagation and recovery of damaged coral."
Source: Reuters, 04/17/2024
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