Ernesto leaves hundreds of thousands in Puerto Rico without power as it barrels toward Bermuda & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Friday, August 16, 2024 "Climate change is no longer some far-off problem; it is happening here; it is happening now." — Barack Obama [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [X]( Ernesto Leaves Hundreds of Thousands in Puerto Rico Without Power as It Barrels Toward Bermuda [Hurricane Ernesto]( left about a third of [Puerto Rico]( residents without [power]( on Thursday as it strengthened to become a Category 1 hurricane and barreled toward Bermuda, bringing heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous storm surge. [Read More]( Related: [Puerto Rico Braces for Ernesto, 5th Named Atlantic Storm of 2024 Hurricane Season]( Climate Disaster Survivors Call For Criminal Investigation Into Fossil Fuel Industry More than 10,000 survivors and loved ones of survivors of “climate-driven disasters” have signed an [open letter]( to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) urging an investigation into fossil fuel companies for “climate-related crimes.” [Read More]( Related: [Climate Lawsuits Against Polluting Companies Are Increasing Around the World, Report Finds]( 466 Million Children Live in Parts of the World Where Extremely Hot Days Have Doubled: UNICEF Report Nearly half a billion children live in areas of the globe where there are twice as many or more “extremely hot days” each year than there were six decades ago, according to a new UNICEF analysis. [Read More]( Related: [Extreme Heat 101: Everything You Need to Know]( Canada’s Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfires Released Almost a Decade’s Worth of Emissions, Report Finds Last year’s record-breaking [wildfires in Canada]( produced almost a decade’s worth of [greenhouse gas emissions]( from wildfires in one season. [Read More]( Related: [Wildfire on Outskirts of Athens Spreads ‘Like Lightning,’ Forces Hundreds to Flee]( Nearly 25% of Europe’s Landscape Could be Rewilded, Research Finds Abandoned [farmlands]( in Europe — which make up nearly 25 percent of the continent’s landscape — have the potential to be rewilded, according to a new [study]( published in Current Biology. [Read More]( Related: [Rewilding 101: Everything You Need to Know]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2024 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](