"The Divestment Movement’s Big Month"
"Investors, foundations, universities and governments pulled their assets from fossil fuel companies in record numbers in October."
Source: The Revelator, 11/01/2021
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All forms of advocacy, esp. environmental groups.
Will 2022 See the Start of Formal Negotiations Toward a Global Plastics Treaty?
Plastic waste, already the subject of preliminary international talks, could be increasingly targeted after UN meetings in early 2022. Meanwhile, this ubiquitous product is polluting land, ocean and air in its various forms, as well as through little-understood microplastic particles. The latest TipSheet has the backstory on efforts to forge an international plastics treaty, as well as ideas for how to cover plastic pollution locally.
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"Greenpeace Chief Warns Of ‘Greenwashing’ at UN Climate Talks"
"The head of environmental group Greenpeace on Thursday warned against efforts by countries and corporations at the forthcoming U.N. climate talks in Glasgow to “greenwash” their ongoing pollution of the planet."
Source: AP, 10/22/2021
"Environmentalists Secure Water Rights For Great Salt Lake"
"In an effort to help save the shrinking Great Salt Lake, environmentalists are attempting a novel idea: securing water rights for a terminal system."
Source: AP, 10/19/2021
Climate Risk Disclosure Guides Journalists, Not Just Investors
A profound tightening of companies’ environmental risk disclosure requirements may be ahead, thanks to efforts by the Biden administration’s Securities and Exchange Commission. And the new WatchDog Opinion column argues that as fossil fuel firms position themselves as part of an environmentally sound future, journalists must act too — demanding full disclosure of corporate financial risks related to climate.
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"Indigenous Demonstrators Make Statement At Interior"
"Dozens of Indigenous leaders held a sit-in Thursday at the Interior Department in Washington, D.C., in an effort to stop the extractive fossil fuel industries."
Source: Indian Country Today, 10/15/2021
Indigenous Activists Demonstrate on Climate In Front of White House
"Casey Camp-Horinek, a tribal elder from White Eagle, Okla., and environmental ambassador for the Ponca Nation, marched in the front of a crowd of hundreds headed toward the White House on Monday and held up her fist."
Source: Washington Post, 10/12/2021
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