(2024-06-03). Philadelphia's Reforestation Hub Isn't Just Diverting Tree Waste. popularresistance.org Each year, U.S. cities lose an estimated 36 million trees to development, disease and old age, many of which ultimately end up in landfills. Losing these urban trees — known to help cool their neighborhoods, lower carbon emissions and improve mental health, among other benefits — costs an estimated $96 million annually. | In Philadelphia, a partnership is giving the City of Brotherly Love's fallen trees new life. Philadelphia Parks & Rec joined forces with Cambium Carbon, a Washington, D.C.-based startup that repurposes waste wood, and PowerCorpsPHL, a local nonprofit that creates job opportuniti…
(2024-06-03). Texas Has 'The Most Aggressive' Well-Plugging Program In The US. popularresistance.org After a century and a half of oil and gas production in the United States, the nonprofit environmental watchdog Climate Tracker published a sobering report in 2020: Some 2.6 million unplugged onshore wells lay scattered across the country. Plugging all those derelict holes, from the rocky Appalachian hill country of western Pennsylvania to the dry plains of West Texas and the tundra of Alaska, and countless points between, might cost as much as $280 billion. And that figure from the report did not include undocumented wells — the ones that have vanished from the books, if they were ever recorded in the firs…
(2024-06-03). Growing Sinophobia Leads to Stifling of Free Speech in Chinese-Canadian Communities. covertactionmagazine.com Censorship and persecution of anti-war and anti-imperialists in the U.S. have extended to Canada where members of the country's ruling elite—which increasingly align with U.S. foreign policies—have displayed utter hostility and contempt for immigrants who dissent against Canadian foreign policy. A Cold War climate was on display at a recent foreign interference inquiry on Parliament …
(2024-06-03). Spanish Film Festival opens in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The richness of diversity and the effect of climate change are the contents of the Spanish Film Festival, which, until June 9, invites you to enjoy a premiere filmography in this capital.
(2024-06-03). Climate Change Added 26 More Days of Extreme Heat in the Past 12 Months, Report Finds. pressenza.com With Heat Action Day approaching on June 2, a new report from World Weather Attribution, the Red Cross Crescent Climate Centre and Climate Central has found that the planet experienced 26 more days of "excess" extreme heat on average in the past year, which most likely…
(2024-06-03). What Happened to Our Ape Ancestors? pressenza.com Millions of years ago, in the Miocene Epoch (23 to 5.3 million years ago), about 100 species of apes roamed Europe, Asia, and Africa. Just a few million years later, this number had drastically declined, presenting fascinating questions for today's paleoanthropologists. | By Marjorie Hecht | What happened to the extinct species, which have been identified in Eurasian fossil remains over recent decades? How did some apes of these species persist and evolve? And, the most hotly debated question: Did the apes who were our human ancestors originate in Africa or Eurasia? | The traditional view, following Darwin, hypot…
(2024-06-03). Malaysian auto hub in pipeline after Geely revives Proton brand. ecns.cn Chinese carmaker Geely Holding Group and Malaysian conglomerate DRB-Hicom are revving up efforts to build a high-tech automotive park that will make the Southeast Asian nation a regional power in the era of smart new energy vehicles.
(2024-06-03). Afghan Children Face Rising Threats Amid Climate Disasters. devdiscourse.com Tens of thousands of children in Afghanistan continue to suffer from devastating flash floods, particularly in the north and west, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Monday.
(2024-06-03). Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #600. wattsupwiththat.com Nobody understands quantum mechanics.
(2024-06-03). Why this summer might bring the wildest weather yet. grist.org 
(2024-06-03). "How Many Birds Do Wind Farms Kill?" (pro-wind concern). wattsupwiththat.com It's not just the total amount of birds that are killed that matters, but what types. If a particular species of bird is disproportionately affected it could have real impacts on population dynamics and risk of extinction.