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Aug 14 2023
News
Youth activists win 'game-changer' case for U.S. climate change protections
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge on Monday sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by permitting fossil fuel development without considering its effect on the climate. The ruling in the first-of-its- kind trial in the U.S. adds to a small number of legal decisions around the world that
NBC News (Online)
Aug 14 2023
News
Montana judge hands historic win to young plaintiffs in climate change case
FILE PHOTO: View of an extension of Denbury Inc's Greencore carbon pipeline which connects to a pump station, in Montana (Reuters) - Montana is violating the rights of young people with policies that prohibit the state from considering climate change effects when it reviews coal mining, natural gas extraction and other fossil fuel projects, a state judge said Monday. The decision by Judge
Yahoo News
Aug 14 2023
News
Montana judge hands historic win to young plaintiffs in climate change case
Aug 14 (Reuters) - Montana is violating the rights of young people with policies that prohibit the state from considering climate change effects when it reviews coal mining, natural gas extraction and other fossil fuel projects, a state judge said Monday. The decision by Judge Kathy Seeley in Helena marked a major victory in the first youth-led climate case to reach trial in the U.S. and could
Reuters
Aug 14 2023
News
Montana judge hands historic win to young plaintiffs in climate change case
(Reuters) - Montana is violating the rights of young people with policies that prohibit the state from considering climate change effects when it reviews coal mining, natural gas extraction and other fossil fuel projects, a state judge said Monday. The decision by Judge Kathy Seeley in Helena marked a major victory in the first youth-led climate case to reach trial in the U.S. and could set an
Colorado Springs Gazette
Nov 14 2023
Analysis
Biden gives center stage to the climate report Trump tried to bury
The White House, in coordination with 14 federal agencies, today released the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA), a comprehensive report on the impacts of climate on the United States and what future warming may hold for ecosystems, the economy, and communities across the country.
The report establishes that the effects of rising temperatures are already “worsening across every
Vox
Jun 28 2023
News
The Crises of Heat and Smoke Share a Common Thread: Climate Change
Between the dangerous heat baking Texas and the Southeast, and the wildfire smoke filling the skies throughout the Upper Midwest and into the Mid-Atlantic, people across a huge part of the United States have been seeking relief from the outside world in recent days. The two threats this week aren’t connected directly. But a common factor is adding to their capacity to cause misery. Human-
New York Times (News)
Nov 30 2023
News
Family of woman killed in fire calls for changes to 911 dispatch
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The father of Paoly Bedeski, the woman killed in a mid-October fire, is calling for change in hopes other families do not have to suffer like him. The 22-year-old’s death is at the center of criticism by the union representing Wichita firefighters. The union president says it could have been prevented if there weren’t errors with emergency communications. The second of
KSN TV
Nov 30 2023
News
State Superintendent Proposes Accreditation Changes At OSDE Monthly Meeting
Ryan Walters proposed new changes to the school accreditation system in today's OSDE board meeting. The new focus is on academic performance. The November State Board of Education has wrapped up, and most of the conversation was focused on accreditation. Tulsa Public Schools gave their monthly update to the board, and State Superintendent Walters proposed a change to the state’s accreditation
News 9 Oklahoma
Oct 02 2012
Opinion
Climate Change
Slowing global warming is among the most complex economic, political and diplomatic challenges of our time. Cutting greenhouse gas emissions from burning coal, petroleum, and other fossil fuels will require innovation and hard work by governments, businesses and consumers alike. While there are great challenges, there are also promising opportunities in addressing the problem, not only in
Brookings Institution
Nov 24 2023
News
As Groundwater Dwindles, Powerful Players Block Change
From a small brick building in Garden City, Kan., 13 men manage the use of groundwater across five million acres in the southwest corner of the state, some of the most productive farmland in America for corn, wheat and sorghum.
They serve on the board of Groundwater Management District 3, which since 1996 has overseen the pumping of 16.2 trillion gallons of groundwater — enough to fill
New York Times (News)