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Happening Now – December 2019

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Latest Regional

ICYMI: NID Strategic Plan public workshops on Dec. 9 and Dec. 10

Free mini-concert at Peace Lutheran features string trio this Wednesday

Two Special Christmas Events at the Temple of Light at Ananda

Dry weather to start the week, morning fog may hamper traffic

BLM Mother Lode Field Office to conduct pile burning

Nevada City Council meeting agenda for Tuesday, Dec. 10

California

California Issues $3.6 Million Action against CVS to Help Consumers Redeem Recycling Deposits

Candidate Filing Deadline Extended in Congressional and Legislative Districts Where No Eligible Incumbent Has Filed

Secretary of State Alex Padilla Releases List of Presidential Candidates for March 3, 2020 Presidential Primary Election

Fishing Groups, Tribes, Enviros Speak Out Against Grasslands Bypass Project Permit

USA

Nadler and Maloney Issue Statement on Department of Justice Inspector General Report

DOJ OIG Releases Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation

Recurring narratives and characters link the Clinton and Trump impeachments

LIVE: House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Inquiry Evidence Hearing

US Wildland Fire Personnel Called to Assist with Australia Wildfires

Op-Ed

Aled Jones and Will Steffen: Our climate is like reckless banking before the crash – it’s time to talk about near-term collapse

Donald J. Fraser: Cynicism May be the Real Threat to Impeachment

ACLU Comment on Supreme Court Refusal to Hear Challenge to Unethical Kentucky Abortion Law

Kamala Harris: I am suspending my campaign today

The Elders' statement on the unprecedented attack on multilateralism

World

How saving the ozone layer in 1987 slowed global warming

Inequality threatening human development, new global UN report warns

Caribbean islands see six-fold increase in number of children displaced by storms, UNICEF report shows

Climate change a priority for newest Red Cross societies

Time to boost people’s participation in Sustainable Development Goals, say UN experts

Enviro

Trump administration re-reauthorizes wildlife-killing M-44 ‘cyanide bombs’ despite strong opposition

‘Save Our Soil’: Copernicus Climate Change Service leads the way to a sustainable future for our land

Texas & New Mexico communities & experts urge COP25 to defuse Permian’s carbon bomb

New maps of salinity reveal the impact of climate variability on oceans

Fertilizers Spread "Forever Chemicals" Across U.S.

Sci-Tech

New Research Examines Climate Change’s Role in 2018 Extreme Weather Events

Study shows stronger winds in store for northwestern Alaska

GOCE reveals what’s going on deep below Antarctica

Highlighting the importance and vulnerability of the world’s water towers

Copernicus confirms: November 2019 is on par with 2015 and 2016 as warmest November on record

Life

Sequoia Parks Conservancy Announces 2019 Christmas Bird Count in Sequoia National Park

Cats’ Faces Hard to Read, Except for ‘Cat Whisperers,’ Research Finds

U.N. awards Cyndi Lauper first social justice prize for LGBT+ work

Half of the 32 Americans chosen as this year's Rhodes Scholars are immigrants

Putting Mediterranean and other traditional diets back on the consumer’s plate

Cartoons

Ed Wexler – Bills On McConnell's Desk

Steve Sack – Doodoo process

Bruce Plante – Food Stamps

White nationalism

Trump Kicks McCain Headstone

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