This Just In ... From Outdoors

This Just in... from Outdoors Environmental News Magazine 14 January 2022 Headlines Elevate Energy in Chicago makes low-income housing more efficient (Climate Connections) Study finds low birthweight children associated with fracked oil/gas wells (Public News Service) Indigenous leaders prepare communities for climate change (btlonline.org) For centuries, Native Americans have relied on natural resources to sustain their families, communities, traditional ways of life, and cultural identities. This relationship with both land and water makes indigenous people and cultures particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. April Taylor is a sustainability scientist with the Chickasaw nation, who works at the South Central Climate Science Center in Norman, Oklahoma. Taylor assists 68 tribes across New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana to manage and plan for the many environmental impacts of climate change, including issues such as tribal water rights, sea level rise, flooding, droughts and wildfires. She was interviewed by Melinda Tuhus for Between the Lines radio newsmagazine. Climate Justice in Canada (Keith Rozendal) One of the scientists leading efforts to redirect Canadian national policy on climate change is Irena Creed, a Professor in the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Saskatchewan. Here, she describes the social justice roots of the policy recommendation process, and some of the specifics about how Canada could address some of the inequalities created or worsened by climate change, especially for indigenous communities of the far north. Blessing of the Waters service at Rio Del Mar Beach (Keith Rozendal) The sixth and final pan-Orthodox service led by Father Meultin Janic of the Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Santa Cruz. A service reflecting on the meaning of the Epiphany/Theophany and the baptism of Jesus of Nazareth in the River Jordan. U.S. Media Ignores Climate Change Impacts of Meat Eating (btlonline.org) Roni Neff directs the program on food systems sustainability and public health at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. She was involved in a research study that looked at the coverage – or almost total lack thereof in U.S. newspapers – of agricultural impacts on climate change, especially animal agriculture. She spoke to Melinda Tuhus of Between the lines radio newsmagazine.