GaiaGram - Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis

GaiaGram - Environmental Headlines from around a changing planet

Three firefighters died  last week while battling an inferno along the Utah-Colorado border  French Polynesia has expanded its marine protections, bringing 30% of its waters under full protection   Legal challenge targets the nearly completed 900-mile East African Crude Oil Pipeline in Uganda Turkey’s has a growing crisis as drought and intensive farming drain groundwater, making sinkholes Drifting tuna fishing devices (dFADs) are entering over half of the world’s marine protected areas, threatening ecosystems Researchers found battery electric vehicles typically produce 40–60% fewer emissions than gas cars Eaglets, hatched to the  famous bald eagle pair are officially named Sandy & Luna

GaiaGram - Environmental Headlines from around a changing planet

Europe has been gripped by severe weather [https://www.dw.com/en/extreme-weather/t-19020379] recently as a prolonged heat wave [https://www.dw.com/en/climate-extremes-sweltering-heat-waves/a-73548975] set in  NOAA forecasts a hotter-than-average summer across most of the United States. The Caspian Sea is shrinking due largely to human activity Trump administration has ordered removal of more than 900 bison from federal lands in Montana Lebanese conservationist Mona Khalil, died at 76 after an Israeli airstrike struck her coastal home Data shows people consistently underestimate how much others care about climate change

GaiaGram - Environmental Headlines from around a changing planet

An unprecedented winter heatwave has struck Antarctica’s rapidly warming peninsula, shattering temperature records  Scientists warn the AMOC , a key ocean current,  may be nearing a tipping point as warming surpasses 1.5°Celcius Solar power generated more U.S. electricity than coal for the first time A judge rules the Trump administration illegally canceled a $2.8 billion environmental justice grant program  Arnold Schwarzenegger urges environmentalists to focus on action rather than despair  Trump  administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system [https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/kiVK9evpXTFQrjyeCCn62A~~/AAAAARA~/5Gkt1R6M4oLIv-w89IXOP4docgQIxibd16iBl00T9NPrgil1pJKQG7GXP4Ce3Jp78aCOcSiLjWWGeP4cuqAu2uwrEsNoEc32C0XnDvKI1XPzTXQ-UmB_odAhTe2HXHNeI_yY-J7yMFF7fFxnrNfofZytCxQd7fHVM8ynYC3rzMyATboofxpLfNStnEsd-hSjcY3xZNfW0fnQMCoJnwk2zkivxcTgPZCsquA_xq42c_-d3izXZuTFDoxEjujBjgqq2vd-SVVjNyVk3kctn_NpLw~~] 44 percent of U.S. adults “worry a great deal about global warming or climate change.”

GaiaGram - Environmental Headlines from around a changing planet

France enacts one of the world’s toughest environmental laws by criminalizing ecocide under its Climate and Resilience Act. Humanity exceeded Earth’s sustainable population decades ago Trying to save a critically endangered Chilean tree reduced to a single wild individual  Asian Glaciers may have finally begun to succumb to global warming Antarctic krill, food for whales, seals, and penguins, face  pressure from climate change and industrial fishing Covering irrigation canals with solar panels can address energy demand and water loss  “ An urban mine” of electronics, and waste streams across 30 countries,could replace up to 56 percent of new supply Electric  vehicle sales set records in 37 countries

GaiaGram - Environmental Headlines from around a changing planet

War’s tolls  leave enduring ecological and health crises long after fighting ends. A vital ice shelf is about to break away from Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier Densely populated coastal regions face accelerated flooding risk as land subsidence amplifies sea-level rise The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observing network  Japan has launched Asia’s first osmotic power plant a reliable, emissions-free source Reintroduced beavers in West London help to combat climate-driven flooding Connecticut is poised to legalize plug-in “portable” solar,