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In Florida, a race is on to save the Everglades and protect a key source of drinking water

EVERGLADES, Fla. — In a region of Florida known as the River of Grass, John Kominoski plops into hip-deep waters. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Naturalist tour guide Juan Macias is reflected in the tram's mirror as a tourist photographs an alligator in the Shark Valley area of Florida's Everglades National Park, …

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Dutch appeals court overturns landmark climate ruling against Shell

Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark ruling that ordered energy company Shell to cut its carbon emissions by net 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels, while saying that “protection against dangerous climate change is a human right.” The decision was a defeat for the Dutch arm of Friends of the Earth and …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Shell can continue to pollute, Dutch court rules

CNN

London CNN — Shell is not obliged to dramatically reduce its planet-heating pollution by 2030, a Dutch appeals court ruled Tuesday, delivering a blow to efforts by environmental activists to push energy companies away from fossil fuels. “We are pleased with the court’s decision, which we believe is the right one for the global energy transition, the Netherlands and our …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Dutch appeals court overturns landmark climate ruling against Shell

NPR

Dutch appeals court overturns landmark climate ruling against Shell toggle caption Frank Augstein/AP THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark ruling that ordered energy company Shell to cut its carbon emissions by net 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels, while saying that "protection against dangerous climate change is a human right." The ruling …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Developers stop oil drilling in Surrey amid legal row after Supreme Court ruling

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Supreme Court’s landmark judgement in June ruled that …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Will Simone Biles compete in 2028 L.A. Olympics? 'You never know'

LA Times

Simone Biles is the world’s most decorated gymnast, with 11 Olympic medals and 30 world championship medals. The athlete considered by many to be her sport’s GOAT says she “couldn’t be more proud.” Friends of the Children paid tribute to Biles as a “champion for children” at the organization’s 30th anniversary gala Thursday night at Hotel Casa del Mar in …

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2 months ago

Revealed: Mark Robinson’s deeper ties to 'one of America's most dangerous cults'

Raw Story

Embroiled Republican candidate for North Carolina governor, Mark Robinson, took in more than $27,000 in donations and had visitors to his lieutenant governor's office associated with the controversial Word of Faith Fellowship, according to a Raw Story review of financial and government records. According to state elections records, Joshua Farmer, attorney at Farmer & Morris Law, listed on the Word …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Uphold global vision to resolve Ukraine crisis: China Daily editorial

China Daily

Foreign Minister Wang Yi made China's pro-peace stance on the Russia-Ukraine conflict unequivocally clear through a series of bilateral and multilateral meetings he held with foreign leaders and officials on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York over the past week. In the meetings, the foreign leaders and officials of other peace-loving …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Newsom praises court ruling dismissing environmental groups’ challenge of Sites Reservoir

LA Times

California is seeking to build Sites Reservoir in a valley northwest of Sacramento. In the ruling last week, a Yolo County Superior Court judge sided against environmental advocates who had argued Sites Reservoir would harm the Sacramento River’s ecosystem and threaten imperiled fish species. “We are grateful the court’s decision will allow us to advance Sites Reservoir and ultimately supply …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Christophe Jaffrelot, Soros, HLF, and a nexus of dubious groups: DisInfo Lab report on foreign interference in 2024 Indian elections

Op India

The recently concluded 2024 Lok Sabha elections in India saw unprecedented foreign interference aimed at regime change, a detailed new report by DisInfo Lab revealed, providing a lowdown on dubious entities and individuals who made strenuous efforts in their attempt to topple the incumbent Modi government. Henry Luce Foundation and its funding to dubious anti-India organisations Corresponding with the rise …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Eagle Seems To Be Trying To Convince Mate 'It's Time To Let Go' Of Nonviable Eggs

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Two bald eagles whose Southern California nest has been the focus of a widely watched livestream now seem to be coping with the reality that their eggs are apparently nonviable. Friends of Big Bear Valley via AP Last month it became apparent that the eggs would almost certainly not hatch after all, though the pair continued to …

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9 months ago

Pollution of Periyar - A Continuing Battle

The Hindu

The Periyar’s plight The pollution of Periyar is a continuing story, says Purushan Eloor, who has been working for the protection of the river relentlessly for 34 years. At the forefront of the Periyar Malineekarana Virudha Samithi, a forum formed by local residents and environmental activists to fight pollution caused by industrial units in the Eloor-Edayar industrial belt, he has …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Clapham alkaline attack gofundme: Friends of ‘sweet, loving’ mother fighting for life launch fundraiser

The Independent

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1 year, 2 months ago

One of America’s reddest states wants 100% green energy — if dams count as green

LA Times

Deep in the bowels of Idaho’s Brownlee Dam, Neal Lincoln is ready to offer a demonstration. We sat down with Idaho Power’s president, walked along the Snake with an agent of local tribes and watched the sun rise over a spectacular river canyon with environmental activists. After a decade-plus working for the Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation, he sees this …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Environmental group suffers setback in legal fight to close California’s last nuclear power plant

Associated Press

A California judge on Thursday rejected an environmental group’s lawsuit that sought to block the state’s largest utility from seeking to extend the operating life of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. The group was part of a 2016 agreement with operator Pacific Gas & Electric to shutter the state’s last nuclear power plant by 2025. In a statement, PG&E …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Boiling Point: Would filling a new reservoir give off lots of greenhouse gases?

LA Times

This story was originally published in Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment. The Sites Project Authority has presented much smaller estimates of greenhouse gases using different methods, and the agency’s leaders have set a goal of making the project “net-zero” in emissions. “I hope that they look at this as a piece of the overall …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Lolita, a beloved orca at the Miami Seaquarium set to be released into the ocean, has died

CNN

CNN — Lolita, an orca whale who had lived in captivity at the Miami Seaquarium since 1970, died Friday afternoon, according to the facility. Lolita began exhibiting “serious signs of discomfort” over the past several days, according to an Instagram post from the Miami Seaquarium. The 57-year-old whale, sometimes called Toki and known as Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut by the Lummi people, was …

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1 year, 5 months ago

We toured California’s last nuclear power plant. Take a look inside

LA Times

This story was originally published in Boiling Point, a newsletter about climate change and the environment. Tom Jones, a regulatory and environmental senior director at PG&E, leads a tour of Diablo Canyon’s turbine building. As we looked down at the plant from an area where PG&E stores canisters of spent fuel — no photos of the domes allowed from up …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Jaishankar, Brazilian counterpart hold talks on advancing cooperation in BRICS, IBSA, G20 blocs

The Hindu

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met his Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira and held discussions on advancing India and Brazil's cooperation in the BRICS, IBSA, G20 and United Nations frameworks. Prior to this meeting, Mr. Jaishankar also met Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on the sidelines of the BRICS gathering. Following their meeting, Mr. Jaishankar took to Twitter to post, "A …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Check thief jacks Sen. Chuck Schumer's campaign account

Raw Story

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is the latest in a string of prominent politicians and political committees to lose campaign cash to a thief. Schumer's campaign committee acknowledged to federal regulators that a check it cut in November was "fraudulently cashed by someone other than the intended recipient" a short time after its issuance, according to a letter …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Column: The real and complicated reasons why Los Angeles still has so many RV encampments

LA Times

RVs are parked along Jefferson Boulevard as Scott Culbertson, executive director of Friends of the Ballona Wetlands, gives a tour of the destruction from an encampment encroaching on the Freshwater Marsh in Playa del Rey in June 2021. “They don’t necessarily consider themselves as homeless,” said Va Lecia Adams Kellum, the incoming chief executive of the Los Angeles Homeless Services …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Will $4B be enough for of Everglades restoration?

Associated Press

MIAMI — Massive and massively expensive, it’s been touted as the “crown jewel” of Everglades restoration, the key to unlocking every other project that will come after it. “It’s kind of the third rail of Everglades restoration.” In the simplest terms, the reservoir will become Florida’s largest above-ground pool. If the new project missed the mark, it’s possible the “crown …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Go bird watching with an urban ecologist and learn about L.A.’s predators of the sky

LA Times

As the Griffith Park urban ecologist, it’s Courtney McCammon’s job to care for all living things in the 4,000-acre ecosystem, but raptors — the carnivorous birds of prey that include hawks, eagles and vultures — hold special meaning for her. “They’re invaluable indicators of ecosystem health and control prey populations, but are often overlooked in how important they are to …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Allensworth, a onetime Black utopia, could rise again from the Central Valley dust

LA Times

“Food grows where water flows” is a common phrase in California’s Central Valley, but it hits particularly close to home in Allensworth — the state’s first town founded, funded and governed by Black Americans. “Martin Luther King wasn’t the only dreamer,” said Sasha Briscoe, a resident of Bakersfield and president of Friends of Allensworth, which organizes events and assists with …

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In Florida, a race is on to save the Everglades and protect a key source of drinking water

Dutch appeals court overturns landmark climate ruling against Shell

Shell can continue to pollute, Dutch court rules

Dutch appeals court overturns landmark climate ruling against Shell

Developers stop oil drilling in Surrey amid legal row after Supreme Court ruling

Will Simone Biles compete in 2028 L.A. Olympics? 'You never know'

Revealed: Mark Robinson’s deeper ties to 'one of America's most dangerous cults'

Uphold global vision to resolve Ukraine crisis: China Daily editorial

Newsom praises court ruling dismissing environmental groups’ challenge of Sites Reservoir

Christophe Jaffrelot, Soros, HLF, and a nexus of dubious groups: DisInfo Lab report on foreign interference in 2024 Indian elections

Eagle Seems To Be Trying To Convince Mate 'It's Time To Let Go' Of Nonviable Eggs

Pollution of Periyar - A Continuing Battle

Clapham alkaline attack gofundme: Friends of ‘sweet, loving’ mother fighting for life launch fundraiser

One of America’s reddest states wants 100% green energy — if dams count as green

Environmental group suffers setback in legal fight to close California’s last nuclear power plant

Boiling Point: Would filling a new reservoir give off lots of greenhouse gases?

Lolita, a beloved orca at the Miami Seaquarium set to be released into the ocean, has died

We toured California’s last nuclear power plant. Take a look inside

Jaishankar, Brazilian counterpart hold talks on advancing cooperation in BRICS, IBSA, G20 blocs

Check thief jacks Sen. Chuck Schumer's campaign account

Column: The real and complicated reasons why Los Angeles still has so many RV encampments

Will $4B be enough for of Everglades restoration?

Go bird watching with an urban ecologist and learn about L.A.’s predators of the sky

Allensworth, a onetime Black utopia, could rise again from the Central Valley dust