Can an elephant sue to leave a zoo? Colorado’s top court must now decide – State’s Supreme Court to decide on animal rights group’s petition to declare elephants ‘persons’ under the law
https://apnews.com/article/elephants-legal-personhood-colorado-zoo-b72faa585807d3695df2a4a8ec2caa8e
Watch: NBC News: ‘Climate change’s impact on fall foliage’ – Cite duller colors as part of a ‘Climate in Crisis’ & feature ‘Climate Central’ activist group & cherrypicking temps since 1970
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/climate-in-crisis/climate-change-fall-foliage/3689689/ NBC Bay Area: The changing leaves during the fall make for a picturesque view, but seasonal changes are being impacted by our changing climate. Meteorologist Vianey Arana reports. # Related: Flashback: Climate Activists Claim Leaves Falling Earlier, Denying Their Previous Claims Climate change causes duller autumn leaves Climate changes causes more colourful autumn […]
POLITICO: ‘Brace for climate catastrophe’ — ‘The world set a climate goal. We’re blowing it’ – ‘World’s governments are falling far, far short of’ UN climate goals
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2024/10/24/the-world-set-a-climate-goal-were-blowing-it-00185302 By Arianna Skibell Brace for climate catastrophe. A new United Nations report says the world’s governments are falling far, far short of the goals they set themselves when it comes to cutting their greenhouse gas pollution. And time is rapidly running out to change course. One of the report’s most striking findings: The odds of limiting […]
‘Climate Journalism Done Right’: The Washington Post Explains The Real Reason for Increasing Billion Dollar Disasters — ‘Disasters are more expensive because there is more to destroy’
https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/climate-journalism-done-right By Roger Pielke Jr. Excerpt: Today, The Washington Post has published a lengthy analysis titled, “The real reason billion-dollar disasters like Hurricane Helene are growing more common.”1 The article, by the Post’s Harry Stevens, is brilliantly done — extensively reported, data rich, grounded in a large body of research, with a wide diversity of voices. […]
No, CBS, Climate Change Will Not Put Chicago at Heightened Risk for Hurricanes
No, CBS, Climate Change Will Not Put Chicago at Heightened Risk for Hurricanes By Linnea Lueken A recent article posted by CBS News, Chicago asks the question on nobody’s mind: “Will climate change put the Chicago area at heightened risk for hurricanes?” This question and the thinking behind it are ridiculous. Although it is true that […]
World Bank ‘Misplaces’ $41 Billion in Climate Change Funds – Oxfam Investigation finds: ‘No clear public record showing where this money went or how it was used’
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/10/24/world-bank-misplaces-41-billion-in-climate-change-funds-n4933604 By Rick Moran The World Bank was created, in part, to help alleviate the extreme poverty in about 10% of the world’s population. That’s 700 million people living on less than $2 a day. The bank gets its funding from contributions made by rich nations. However, a recent decision to divert 45% of its […]
CO2 Coalition: Don’t Waste Money on CO2 Removal
CO2 Coalition: Don’t Waste Money on CO2 Removal Submitted by: Gregory Wrightstone, Executive Director Frits Byron Soepyan, Research and Science Associate CO2 Coalition, Arlington, Virginia October 22, 2024 to the Wyoming Energy Authority We recommend against the expenditure of Wyoming tax revenues to study or implement the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or […]