New York calls PepsiCo's plastic pollution a 'public nuisance' in first-of-its-kind lawsuit (grist.org)
The company’s packaging was found to be the most significant contributor to plastic waste clogging the Buffalo River....
Weather tracker: Ethiopia hit by severe drought amid east Africa floods (www.theguardian.com)
UN chief gives interview from melting Antarctica on eve of global climate summit (apnews.com)
Georgia Supreme Court ruling prevents GOP-backed commission from beginning to discipline prosecutors (apnews.com)
Georgia’s state Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to approve rules for a new commission to discipline and remove state prosecutors, meaning the commission can’t begin operating....
Toronto library systems won’t be restored until 2024 after October cyberattack (www.cp24.com)
According to my librarian wife, this is one of the largest library systems in the country, if not the world.
Giulia Cecchettin's killing sparks Italian reckoning over femicide (www.bbc.co.uk)
“It is often said ‘not all men’. But they are always men,”
'I thought climate change was a hoax. Now I've changed my mind' (www.bbc.com)
I spent years doubting the science of climate change and spending time with people who didn’t believe in the science either....
More Americans are expected to 'buy now, pay later' for the holidays. Analysts see a growing risk (apnews.com)
'Biggest Ever Global Strike Against Amazon' Kicks Off on Black Friday (www.commondreams.org)
Sea turtle nests break records on US beaches, but global warming threatens their survival (apnews.com)
Just as they have for millions of years, sea turtles by the thousands made their labored crawl from the ocean to U.S. beaches to lay their eggs over the past several months. This year, record nesting was found in Florida and elsewhere despite growing concern about threats from climate change....
Railyard explosion, inspections raise safety questions about Union Pacific's hazmat shipping (apnews.com)
NPR: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map shows half the country has shifted (www.npr.org)
A newly updated government map has many of the nation’s gardeners rushing online, Googling what new plants they can grow in their mostly warming regions.
As Groundwater Dwindles, Powerful Players Block Change (www.nytimes.com)
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....
California jogger charged over killing of homeless man blocking sidewalk (www.theguardian.com)
Craig Sumner Elliott, 68, allegedly shot Antonio Garcia Avalos, 40, in incident in Orange county...
Why Xi Jinping sounds friendlier to America (www.economist.com)
A tactical move to boost China’s economic and diplomatic interests...
Geert Wilders’ victory confirms upward trajectory of far right in Europe (www.theguardian.com)
Courts Strike Down Gun Control Measures in Two States (www.nytimes.com)
The rulings in Maryland and Oregon come amid a shifting legal landscape in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that has imposed new limits on gun regulation....
New Yorkers sure don't seem to trust or like Eric Adams (www.motherjones.com)
Amid sinking poll numbers, an overwhelming majority believe Eric Adams’ campaign committed wrongdoings in dealing with Turkey....
A chemical train derailed in Kentucky. As residents return home, questions remain (www.independent.co.uk)
After spending Thanksgiving camped out in a school hall, evacuated Livingston residents are now going home. But the cause of the train derailment remains a mystery. Amelia Neath reports...
Charleston Elected Its First Republican Mayor Since The 1870s This Week (www.huffpost.com)
The city of Charleston, South Carolina elected its first Republican mayor since the 1870s this week....
Hit by war, Israelis defer loan repayments in October - banks regulator (www.reuters.com)
Human Rights Watch Under Fire For Allegedly Accepting Millions In Qatar Funds (www.i24news.tv)
In 2020, the online news organization The Intercept revealed that HRW’s then-Executive Director, Ken Roth, accepted a $470,000 donation from a Saudi billionaire based on the condition that HRW would not use the money to protect the rights of the persecuted LGBTQ-plus community in the Middle East....
Alabama priest who fled to Italy with teen he later married is expected to be defrocked (www.nbcnews.com)
State records show that a suspended Alabama priest recently married the 18-year-old woman he fled to Italy with this summer, and an archbishop said Wednesday that he expects the Vatican to pursue the man’s official dismissal from the priesthood....
"Super pigs" — called the "most invasive animal on the planet" — threaten to invade northern U.S. (www.cbsnews.com)
An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate “super pigs” in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking steps to stop the invasion....
Ohio voters just passed abortion protections. Whether they take effect is now up to the courts (apnews.com)
Ohio’s new constitutional projections for abortion access and other reproductive rights are supposed to take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters resoundingly passed them. That prospect seems increasingly uncertain....
