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PLATTSBURGH — Four local women were honored for their personal and professional success and long-standing contributions to the community Wednesday night.
Yelling that the future and their lives depend on ending fossil fuels, tens of thousands of protesters on Sunday kicked off a week where leaders will try once again to curb climate change primarily caused by coal, oil and natural gas. “We hold the power of the people, the power you need to win this election,” 17-year-old Emma Buretta of Brooklyn and the youth protest group Fridays for Future said.
Environmental activist murders doubled in Colombia last year, making it the most dangerous country in the world for those trying to protect the planet, a watchdog said Tuesday.While in 2021 most killings took place in Mexico, Colombia last year surged ahead with 60 deaths more than a third of all the murders globally.