Global Climate Talks Resumed This Week in Germany, For the First Time in 30 Years Without the United States

Tommy MalettaGlobal Citizen, Wealth of Networks, Latest Headlines

By Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News At a Bonn conference on climate, some participants say there’s a chance to make progress with the world’s biggest economy, America, no longer in the room. Delegates gather at the World Conference Center for a U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting. For the …

Sand groomers v turtles: how wildlife is falling foul of the demand for Insta-perfect beaches

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Vittoria Torsello in Lecce, Sarah Collins in Athens, and Eliza Amouret in Marseille, The Guardian Workers prepare an Italian beach for the holiday season. Tractors can crush or displace turtle eggs – and even prevent nesting. Photograph: Konstantin Malkov/Alamy From the turtle-nesting beaches of Italy to Greek island bird havens, across …

Who Has the Right to Decide What Happens on Indigenous Lands?

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By Katie Surma, Inside Climate News Silvana Nihua, a member of the Kiwaro community and former OWAP president, sits near a sacred waterfall in a Waorani community’s territory, Pastaza, Ecuadorian Amazon. Credit: Nico Kingman/Amazon Frontlines In Ecuador, Indigenous communities are fighting for stronger safeguards to protect their sovereignty as more …

About 15% of world’s cropland polluted with toxic metals, say researchers

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By Sinead Campbell, The Guardian Scientists sound the alarm over substances such as arsenic and lead contaminating soils and entering food systems. Farmers divert a stream contaminated by waste water discharged from nearby mining industries into farm fields in Dongchuan, China. Photograph: Reuters About one sixth of global cropland is contaminated …

Why the shipping industry’s new carbon tax is a big deal — and still not enough

Tommy MalettaReforming Global Finance, Global Citizen, Latest Headlines

By Joseph Winters, Grist Modeling suggests it will only reduce emissions up to 10 percent by 2030. A container ship in Cuxhaven, Germany, in 2023. Sena Gallup / Getty Images Each year, all the cargo ships that crisscross the oceans carrying cars, building materials, food, and other goods emit about 3 percent of …