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Covid-19, climate, and what comes next

Covid-19, climate, and what comes next

[ad_1] In this moment, there is no question that the government’s first priority should be to protect the vulnerable among us – those most at risk from Covid-19, and those already suffering from the financial impact of the crisis. And then they must protect our future.  Once we have defeated …

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Delta Tells Sick Flight Attendants: ‘Do Not Post’ On Social Media Or Notify Fellow Crew

Delta Tells Sick Flight Attendants: ‘Do Not Post’ On Social Media Or Notify Fellow Crew

[ad_1] Delta Air Lines has directed flight attendants who test positive for the coronavirus to “refrain from notifying” fellow crew members or posting about their health on social media, according to an email HuffPost reviewed. The email, sent Thursday afternoon to more than 25,000 flight attendants, stated that Delta management …

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How much more damage does it take to realize what we’re doing. We’re ending up w…

How much more damage does it take to realize what we're doing. We’re ending up w...

[ad_1] How much more damage does it take to realize what we’re doing????❓. We’re ending up with planet Earth and everything that’s found in it????. There’s no plan B‼️.The Earth needs us and the moment is now and we can’t wait any longer????. Its time to do something and it …

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Spillover Warning: How We Can Prevent the Next Pandemic

Spillover Warning: How We Can Prevent the Next Pandemic

[ad_1] As the novel coronavirus has emerged and spread around the globe, science writer David Quammen has not been surprised. He’d warned of just such a scenario in his unsettling 2012 book, Spillover, which detailed how — as we continue to disrupt the natural world — viruses are increasingly spreading …

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Indigenous communities fear being ‘wiped out’ by coronavirus and fight with scant resources amid lack of government support

Indigenous communities fear being 'wiped out' by coronavirus and fight with scant resources amid lack of government support

[ad_1] Indigenous peoples are at risk of being wiped out by the coronavirus, community leaders have warned, as they battle the pandemic with meagre resources in the void of government support. Community leaders, in the Amazon Basin and Indonesia, are being forced to employ ad-hoc strategies to protect people in …

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Ecuadorian children bring case against government

Ecuadorian children bring case against government

[ad_1] Nine children aged between seven and 14 who live in the contaminated lands of Sucumbios in the Ecuadorian Amazon have taken their government to court in a landmark case which is awaiting resolution after the lockdown.   The state owned Petro Amazonas and the Ministry of the Environment are on the receiving end of the action with the …

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RSVP for the Spring 2020 Earth Institute Research Showcase

RSVP for the Spring 2020 Earth Institute Research Showcase

[ad_1] RSVP for the Spring 2020 Earth Institute Research Showcase by Sydney Proffitt |April 9, 2020 On Friday, April 10, the Earth Institute will host its annual Student Research Showcase. This event highlights current undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students who are conducting research on environmental issues and sustainable development. This …

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Responding to investor pressure, Barclays presents new, beefed up climate policy

High rise glass buildings

[ad_1] After three months of investor discussions, Barclays has announced its ambition to be a net zero bank by 2050. At its upcoming annual general meeting, the bank recommends its shareholders vote in favour of a special climate resolution which contains commitments to align its financing activities with the Paris …

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A jail built on a landfill is at the center of America’s coronavirus outbreak

A jail built on a landfill is at the center of America’s coronavirus outbreak

[ad_1] News on climate in the time of coronavirus Subscribe today New York City is the epicenter of the country’s COVID-19 outbreak — and perhaps nowhere is that outbreak more dangerous than in the city’s most notorious jail complex: Rikers Island. As of Tuesday morning, across the city 287 inmates …

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Automakers Backing Trump’s Gutting of Pollution Rules Are Complicit in Harm to Health and Climate

Automakers Backing Trump’s Gutting of Pollution Rules Are Complicit in Harm to Health and Climate

[ad_1] EWG Challenges GM, Fiat Chrysler and Toyota To Reject Rollback of MPG Standards WASHINGTON – When the economy recovers and Americans go car shopping, they should shun automakers that broke their promises by supporting President Trump’s gutting of air pollution rules, the Environmental Working Group wrote today in an open …

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