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Environment & Health
Ensuring That the Global Methane Pledge Is More Than Just Words Won’t Be Easy
Methane emissions are notoriously underreported and an accurate baseline is needed to measure progress toward reduction.
Biden Condemned for Approving Fossil Fuel Lease Sales Amid COP26
The proposal to open up 734,000 acres of public land for extraction could unleash up to 246 million tons of emissions.
Manchin Headlined Invite-Only Coal Forum While Negotiating Reconciliation Bill
The event was held weeks before Sen. Joe Manchin gutted the climate portion of the Build Back Better Act.
Absolute Carbon Reduction Is an “Issue of Life and Death” for Indigenous Peoples
The focus on “net zero” rather than absolute carbon reductions suggests leaders don't plan to make serious changes.
Corporations Have the Power to Sue Governments Over Resource Extraction Policies
Expensive lawsuits over environmental regulations could undermine whatever agreements might be reached in the COP26.
Nursing Home Residents Are Overlooked in Scramble for COVID Antibody Treatments
Critics say a change in federal policy limits supplies for the vulnerable population of frail and elder residents.
Protests at COP26 Call on UK to Block Massive Cambo Oil Field Off Scottish Coast
The extraction of 800 million barrels of oil would be “the equivalent of 10 years of Scotland’s annual emissions.”
G20 Summit Fails to Deliver on Vaccine Equity, Climate Action
G20 nations constitute 62 percent of the global population but have used 82 percent of the world's COVID-19 vaccines.
Growing Number of Indigenous People in US Are Becoming Climate Migrants
Climate change is forcing tribal citizens to choose between staying on ancestral lands or moving to protect themselves.
COVID-19 Has Set Back the Fight Against Tuberculosis Across the Globe
For the first time since 2005, the number of deaths due to TB increased from one year to the next.