Day: August 15, 2023

Climate Change
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California Partnering With Chinese Province to Fight Climate Change

The state of California announced a new joint initiative with the Chinese province of Hainan to help fight climate change.  State officials met with their Chinese counterparts to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Thursday; the MOU outlines five areas of cooperation between California and Hainan.  Reducing air pollution  Developing and implementing climate adaptation […]

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Amazon Deforestation Hits Six-Year Low

Data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research shows that about 192 square miles of forest were cleared last month, compared to 574 square miles last July. The data appears to show a significant shift after Brazil’s hard-right former president Jair Bolsonaro lost re-election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known colloquially as Lula, in October 2022. Under Bolsonaro, deforestation increased, spiking […]

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