Children at risk from climate shocks, Biden admin to remove protections for wolves, fast growing Caldor Fire in Cali, South Carolina's pollution...

[View in your browser]( [ecowatch]( Top Posts [ ​In Today's Eco Update - Children at risk for climate shocks. - Biden admin agrees with Trump era move to remove wolf protection. - The ever-growing Caldor Fire. And a look at South Carolina's air pollution crisis. – summaries below written by [Angely Mercado]( [post_image]( [Nearly Half the World's Children at 'Extremely High Risk' of Climate Shocks]( On the third anniversary of climate campaigner Greta Thunberg's first protest outside the Swedish Parliament, a new global report outlined the risk posed by the climate emergency for the world's children. UNICEF, introduced the [first-ever Children's Climate Risk Index]( showing that nearly half of the world's children are at "extremely high risk" for being faced with dangerous effects of the planetary crisis. Almost one billion children currently live in developing countries that face at least three or four climate impacts including food shortages, extreme heat, drought, and the spread of disease. Children in countries including Nigeria, India, and the Central African Republic. [Read More Button]( [9630b8e6-45a3-4648-9335-a47935d7d092.png](  [twitter](  [linkedin](  [email](mailto:?subject=Nearly Half the World's Children at 'Extremely High Risk' of Climate Shocks&body= [post_image]( [Biden Admin Backs Trump's Decision to Strip Wolves of Protections]( Surprisingly, the [Biden administration]( has signaled that it will uphold the [Trump administration]( [decision]( to strip gray [wolves]( of [Endangered Species]( Act protections, despite concerns of them being hunted. Lawyers recently [asked]( a federal judge in California to reject a lawsuit fro environmental groups seeking to restore protections for the wolves. Environmental groups feel that the Biden administration has betrayed its duty to protect endangered species. The decision comes as States along the Great Lakes and the northern section of the Rocky Mountains responded to the delisting with aggressive wolf hunting seasons where as many as a [third]( of Wisconsin's wolves died after the state's first hunting season. [Read More Button]( [9630b8e6-45a3-4648-9335-a47935d7d092.png](  [twitter](  [linkedin](  [email](mailto:?subject=Biden Admin Backs Trump's Decision to Strip Wolves of Protections&body= [post_image]( [Growing Caldor Fire Is Encroaching on the Lake Tahoe Basin]( Paradise, California is working to buy properties devastated by the 2018 Camp Fire to create a more fire-resilient barrier for the still-rebuilding town while almost 43,000 Californians are under evacuation orders as more than 13,500 firefighters battle a dozen large wildfires across the state. The [Caldor Fire]( which is the most urgent of all the fires, blew through the 100,000-acre mark over the weekend, and burned more than 30,000 acres in two days and is almost "knocking on the door of the Lake Tahoe basin" according to the Fire Director. The fire has burned more than 500 buildings of the nearly 2,000 buildings destroyed statewide this year. Only 9% of the fire is currently contained. [Read More Button]( [9630b8e6-45a3-4648-9335-a47935d7d092.png](  [twitter](  [linkedin](  [email](mailto:?subject=Growing Caldor Fire Is Encroaching on the Lake Tahoe Basin&body= [post_image]( [Stink, Sulfur and Soot: Billionaire Kraft Deals an Air Pollution Crisis to South Carolina]( In less than a year, a South Carolina paper mill has become one of the dirtiest polluters in the United States. The plant is spewing high and dangerous amounts of smelly hydrogen sulfide gas and soot into the air above Catawba, South Carolina and nearby counties. While emergency orders have been issued to stop the smell created by the New-Indy Containerboard paper mill, no regulatory actions have been taken to curb their [air pollution](. Issues began after an investment group led by Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots football team, acquired the mill in 2019 for about $300 million, [Reuters]( reported. It was previously owned and run by Montreal-based Resolute Forest Products Inc. Towards the end of 2020, the plant shut down to convert to making cardboard instead of bleached paper products. This manufacturing switch also led to a build up of fiber waste in collection bins, which likely elevated levels of hydrogen sulfide output, a New-Indy corrective action plan filed with regulators said, Reuters reported. [Read More Button]( [9630b8e6-45a3-4648-9335-a47935d7d092.png](  [twitter](  [linkedin](  [email](mailto:?subject=Stink, Sulfur and Soot: Billionaire Kraft Deals an Air Pollution Crisis to South Carolina&body= All rights reserved. [facebook](  [twitter](  [instagram]( [Unsubscribe]( {EMAIL} [Update Profile]( [about our service provider]( Sent by contact@ecowatch.com