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“Sea Level Rise Could Drive 1 in 10 People from Their Homes, with Dangerous Implications for International Peace, UN Secretary General Warns
António Guterres says rising seas are a serious threat requiring a coordinated global response at the highest levels. With 900 million people at risk, sea level rise could drive “a mass exodus of entire populations on a biblical scale.””
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Human sacrifice capitalism:
“Drowning Deaths Last Summer From Flooding in Eastern Kentucky’s Coal Country Linked to Poor Strip-Mine Reclamation
A social justice group asks the Interior Department to review the adequacy of federal law as climate change supercharges storms and turns coal hollows into dangerous chutes of water.”
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“Mono Lake Tribe Seeks to Assert Its Water Rights in Call For Emergency Halt of Water Diversions to Los Angeles
The Kootzaduka’a says the state water board should live up to its recently adopted environmental justice promises to save their cultural and natural heritage.”
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“Corporate Pledges to Fight Climate Change Are Falling Way Short. America’s Culture War Isn’t Helping
The Republican backlash against so-called “woke capitalism” may have convinced the Securities and Exchange Commission to water down a major climate-related financial rule.”
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“At EPA, staffing crisis clashes with expanded mission
“The future of the EPA and our planet are at stake.””
Quote: “Thousands of employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are lobbying this week for Congress to address staffing issues that they say are limiting their ability to meaningfully carry out the Biden administration’s ambitious climate goals.”
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“Redefining coal country
With historic funding available, local organizations are striving to diversify and rebuild West Virginia’s economies.”
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Yes, even an apocalypse can get worse:
“As Right Media Hail DeSantis as ‘Woke’ Killer, Centrists Admire His Brand”
“The College Board has “purged the names of many Black writers and scholars associated with critical race theory, the queer experience and Black feminism” from its Advanced Placement African-American studies curriculum after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—and likely Republican presidential candidate—moved to ban the curriculum in public schools (New York Times, 2/1/23).”
“DeSantis is offering red meat to the conservative media who are able to mobilize Republican voters”
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