Zeta Strikes Louisiana, Fifth Hurricane This Season

Published by the Environmental News Service NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, October 28, 2020 (ENS) – Hurricane Zeta has just made landfall as a 110 mile per hour, Category 2 hurricane near Cocodrie, Louisiana, a fishing, shrimping and crabbing village in Terrebonne Parish, due south of the city of Houma. It’s the third hurricane to hit Louisiana […]

Oklahoma Ice Storms Leave Thousands Without Power on Eve of Early Voting

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Tree limbs are breaking under the weight of an unseasonable ice storm, downing power lines and cutting off electricity to nearly 375,000 households and businesses across the state. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/us/ice-storm-oklahoma.html

French Companies Integrate Biodiversity Impact Assessment

Published by the Environmental News Service PARIS, France, October 27, 2020 (ENS) – A tool that will allow investors to measure how their investments impact biodiversity – the diversity of plants and animals – is one step closer to completion now that a consortium of some of France’s largest investors have selected the Iceberg Data […]

UN Virtual Climate Dialogues to Fill COP26 Gap

Published by the Environmental News Service BONN, Germany, October 27, 2020 (ENS) – The Climate Dialogues, a series of virtual climate change events, will be offered by the United Nations from November 23 to December 4, 2020. This year, virtual events are taking the place of the annual in-person UN climate change conference, so that […]

As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The administration is imposing new limits on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would undercut action against global warming. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/27/climate/trump-election-climate-noaa.html

Japan’s New Leader Sets Goal of Being Carbon Neutral by 2050

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The announcement, coming weeks after a similar pledge by China, will require a major overhaul of the infrastructure in Japan, which remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/business/japan-carbon-neutral.html

Japan’s New Leader Sets Ambitious Goal of Carbon Neutrality by 2050

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The announcement, coming weeks after a similar pledge by China, will require a major overhaul of the infrastructure in Japan, which remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/business/japans-carbon-neutrality.html

Witnessing Peru’s Enduring, if Altered, Snow Star Festival

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Rising temperatures and melting glaciers have changed key aspects of the age-old Peruvian festival of Qoyllur Rit’i. Still, the celebrations persist. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/travel/qoyllur-riti-snow-star-festival-peru.html

Tropical Storm Zeta Approaches Gulf Coast

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Zeta is expected to become a hurricane before it makes landfall in the United States on Wednesday. It is the 27th named storm of an unusually active Atlantic hurricane season. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/us/tropical-storm-zeta.html

Biden Pledges Ambitious Climate Action. Here’s What He Could Actually Do.

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment If elected, Joe Biden and his allies are preparing to pass climate change legislation, piece by piece — knowing full well that the candidate’s $2 trillion plan would be a tough sell. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/climate/biden-climate-change.html

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