DeSmog
The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer
How Luke Cole and an Alaskan community spearheaded a landmark climate lawsuit against fossil fuel giants and helped empower other marginalized communities to stand up for themselves.
Apr 7, 2021 @ 15:44
Luke Cole illustration by Sam Whitham. Clockwise from center, photos courtesy of Nancy Shelby and Brent Newell. Photo of Kivalina children by Dave Malkoff, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
Each storm season brings increased stress and fear for the people of Kivalina, a tiny Native village of some 400 Inupiaq people that sits on a small barrier island on the shore of the Chukchi Sea in Alaska. For decades, there was no reliable way of evacuating people in the event of a severe storm; the only way on or off the island was by small plane or boat, neither of which are available or safe during high winds, storm surges, and inundation. A bridge to the mainland was only recently completed. Meanwhile, the island is rapidly eroding
Ugandan police arrest 4 men suspected of killing lions aa.com.tr - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aa.com.tr Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Sunday April 04 2021
Last month, six lions were atrociously killed at the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kanungu District, southwestern Uganda. After a Shs10 million bounty was put out by Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) for anybody with the information leading to the arrest, four suspects were arrested. The people behind the act were arrested during a joint operation mounted by UWA, UPDF, and Police in Kihihi Sub County, Kanungu District.
According to a story in the Daily Monitor of March 24 titled, ‘Killers of lions wanted body parts for sale – officials’, Mr Gad Rugaaju Ahimbisibwe, the Kanungu deputy Resident District Commissioner said the lions were targeted for their parts which would later be sold.