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Colorado River stakeholders to face tribal rights, environmental protection and climate change

Talks to revise water-use agreements are set to begin later this year as river flows shrink. The fate of the humpback chub helps explain the challenge.

insideclimatenews.org

UN: World could hit 1.5-degree warming threshold by 2024

The world could see annual global temperatures pass a key threshold for the first time in the coming five years, the U.N. weather agency says.

apnews.com

Fight against environmental racism finally gets its moment

The increased attention to systemic racism and the urgency of climate change has made for a unique opportunity.

time.com

Will “murdered” tree prod Seattle City Council to pass long-promised protections?

Activists and residents are pushing for the Seattle City Council to create a new tree ordinance that will protect more trees.

www.invw.org

Japan’s deadly combination: Climate change and an aging society

Record-breaking rains this week in the country’s southernmost main island, which have killed 62, have shown the vulnerability of people living in nursing homes.

www.nytimes.com

Northern right whales are on the brink, and Trump could be their last hope

The species was declared critically endangered on Thursday, with fewer than 450 left.

www.nytimes.com

NOAA officials feared firings after Trump's hurricane claims, inspector general says

The report found White House pressure led to NOAA’s rebuke of forecasters who contradicted Mr. Trump’s inaccurate claim that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama.

www.nytimes.com

The limits of Democrats’ climate progress

The Unity Task Force climate recommendations are a huge improvement on policy proposals last election cycle. Now what?

newrepublic.com

Miners hunting for metals to power electric vehicles threaten Sámi reindeer herders' homeland

Sámi families in the Tarvantovaara wilderness area fear mining will destroy their indigenous way of life.

thebarentsobserver.com

'They change too:' Rockies photo archive documents high-altitude shifts

Habitat for alpine-adapted plants and animals is slowly disappearing, squeezed between advancing tree line and inhospitable summits.

calgaryherald.com

Tree ring records show increase in extreme weather in South America

South America has experienced an "unprecedented" increase in extreme weather events over the past century, according to a new analysis of 600 years of tree-ring records.

e360.yale.edu

Climate Refugia: Protecting biodiversity in the face of climate change

Areas with natural buffers from the effects of climate change could play a vital role in conservation efforts. New research helps to better understand them.

therevelator.org

Phoenix is trying to combat climate change

On a warming planet, heat hurts communities of color more. But Phoenix is finding ways to cool down.

www.washingtonpost.com

Pandemic plunges Puerto Rico into yet another dire emergency

The island has had to weather a hurricane, a political crisis and earthquakes, but those crises did not lead to the widespread unemployment caused by the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

www.ehn.org

California town’s well fails, now delivers contaminated water

The drinking water is polluted and sometimes the water pressure is too low to flush the toilet. They’re not alone.

www.ehn.org

Trees can’t move fast enough to escape a warming climate. Should we help them?

Concerned about trees' slow migration patterns, some ecologists are spreading seeds themselves. Critics fear they are playing God.

www.theguardian.com

To fight repeated flooding in St. Charles Parish, officials approve this $1.2M drainage plan

The St. Charles Parish Council has given the green light to more than $1.2 million in new drainage and sewerage master plans.

www.ehn.org

Why more great white sharks are showing up in Atlantic Canada

Climate change, a supply of seals to eat and effective conservation in the United States are all possible explanations for the apparent increase in great white sharks in Atlantic Canada, according to a newly published paper in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

www.ehn.org

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