Indigenous leaders want to protect whales by granting them legal personhood
"What we're trying to achieve here is to provide whales with certain rights," Takoko told Morning Edition. "Those rights include the right to freedom of movement, natural behavior, development, cultural expression – which includes language – to a healthy environment, healthy oceans, and indeed the restoration of their populations."
The EPA. Under President Biden's administration, finally made a rule for "forever chemicals" in our drinking water.
These chemicals are bad for us, even in tiny amounts, and they can stick around in the environment for hundreds of years. The new rule should help reduce PFAS exposure for about 100 million people. It's been a long time since the EPA set a new drinking water standard, so this is a big deal. 🚰
The EPA has awarded $206 million to restore the Chesapeake Bay, the largest single contribution to the Chesapeake Bay Program to date. The funds will support projects to reduce pollution, enhance ecosystems, and restore wetlands and waterways.
#JosephLieberman, the doggedly independent 4-term #US#senator from #Connecticut who was the Democratic nominee for VP in 2000, becoming the first Jewish candidate on the national ticket of a major party, died March 27 in NYC. He was 82.
The cause was complications from a fall, his family said in a statement.