Judge Finds Trump-Era Rule Allowing Old-Growth Logging Violates Federal Law (e360.yale.edu)
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Indonesia, Malaysia Have Cut Deforestation in Half in Last Half-Decade (e360.yale.edu)
“Indonesia and Malaysia have managed to keep rates of primary forest loss near record-low levels,” according to an analysis from the World Resources Institute. Across both countries, average yearly forest loss fell dramatically between the years 2015-2017 and 2020-2022, with Indonesia seeing a 64 percent decline and Malaysia...
Close to 2,000 Environmental Activists Killed Over Last Decade (e360.yale.edu)
New Research Sparks Concerns That Ocean Circulation Will Collapse (e360.yale.edu)
Nations Are Undercounting Emissions, Putting UN Goals at Risk (e360.yale.edu)
How Parking Reform Is Helping Transform American Cities (e360.yale.edu)
In cities across the U.S., planners are pushing to eliminate mandates requiring parking spaces in new buildings. The reforms — along with banning street parking or adding meters — help to reduce car dependency, create public and green spaces, and lower housing costs.
Why Is Britain Retreating from Global Leadership on Climate Action? (e360.yale.edu)
TIL - Bulgaria , over the past 35 years, has seen the fastest decline in population of any country in the world — a 28 percent drop (e360.yale.edu)
Edible Insects: In Europe, a Growing Push for Bug-Based Food (e360.yale.edu)
Report Alleges UN Complicit in Violent Evictions from World Heritage Sites (e360.yale.edu)
A new report alleges the U.N. has been complicit in the violent eviction of Indigenous people from six World Heritage Sites in Africa and Asia....
In Texas, the Heat Index Is Rising Faster Than the Temperature (e360.yale.edu)
In Texas, the Heat Index Is Rising Faster Than the Temperature (e360.yale.edu)
Nations Are Undercounting Emissions, Putting UN Goals at Risk - Yale E360 (e360.yale.edu)
The data supplied to the UNFCCC, and published on its website, are typically out of date, inconsistent, and incomplete. For most countries, “I would not put much value, if any, on the submissions,” says Glen Peters of the Centre for International Climate Research in Norway, a longtime analyst of emissions trends.
In Mongolia, a Killer Winter Is Ravaging Herds and a Way of Life (e360.yale.edu)
In Mongolia, a Killer Winter Is Ravaging Herds and a Way of Life | Scientists say this extreme cold and heavy snow following summer drought is occurring more frequently and is linked to climate change (e360.yale.edu)
Rain Comes to the Arctic, With a Cascade of Troubling Changes (e360.yale.edu)
As Use of A.I. Soars, So Does the Energy and Water It Requires (e360.yale.edu)
Amid Record Drop in Fossil Power, Europe Sees Wind Overtake Natural Gas (e360.yale.edu)
How Parking Reform Is Helping Transform American Cities (e360.yale.edu)
As Use of A.I. Soars, So Does the Energy and Water It Requires (e360.yale.edu)
A.I. use is directly responsible for carbon emissions from non-renewable electricity and for the consumption of millions of gallons of fresh water, and it indirectly boosts impacts from building and maintaining the power-hungry equipment on which A.I. runs....