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Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists

Grist

logging and woods products industry has positioned itself as a purveyor of “natural climate solutions.” As our civilization begins the slow process of jettisoning fossil energy, logging interests assure us that wood products are not a retrogression but a way forward. This rosy view of logging, however, is hotly contested.

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British supermarkets threaten to boycott Brazilian products over proposed land-grab law

Business Green

Echoing the concerns of environmentalists and scientists who have vehemently opposed the bill in recent months, the British businesses claim the law "would encourage further land grabbing and widespread deforestation", endangering the survival of the Amazon, the world's climate goals, and the rights of Indigenous communities.

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I Was Targeted Under Louisiana’s Felony Trespassing Law for Reporting on Police Working for a Pipeline Company

DeSmogBlog

I’m an investigative journalist and I’d been arrested twice in 2018, both times for allegedly trespassing on what’s known as “critical infrastructure,” a felony under a then-new Louisiana law that — at the urging of the oil and gas industry — redefined pipelines and their construction sites as critical infrastructure. (In In the U.S.,

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Certain environment authority decisions are based on trust in citizen data

Envirotec Magazine

This may concern logging or exploiting land and water areas for road construction, wind turbines, emissions, industrial installations, or other types of interventions that have consequences for the environment. The study is based on interviews with officials around Sweden who use citizen’s sightings to make decisions on land and water issues.

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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

GreenBiz

In fact, when California passed its landmark 2006 climate law — which directed the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions down to 1990 levels by 2020 — supporters claimed that it would save thousands of lives through improved air quality alone. California has done exactly that. New York may offer an interesting model.

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Li-ion battery pack prices rise for first time, to $151/kWh

Charged

Lithium-ion battery prices have been dropping for so long that industry players and pundits tend to factor ever-cheaper cells into their predictions, and many have made (dubious) comparisons to Moore’s Law, one of the core tenets of the computer industry.

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Using Planet Satellite Data to Monitor Threats to Wildlife and Ecosystems

Planet Pulse

To achieve these goals, FZS needs to demonstrate the presence of threatening activity to local law enforcement and protected area agencies so they can take action. . “We FZS conservationists need to share trusted, reliable, and timestamped data to local agencies and law enforcement to drive action in protected areas. Trust in data.