Volunteers work to keep climate deniers off of Wikipedia, Latin America should not be the ‘backyard’ where U.S. plastic waste gets dumped...

[View in your browser]( [ecowatch]( Top Posts [ ​In Today's Eco Update - Volunteers Work to Keep Climate Deniers off of Wikipedia - Latin America Should Not be the ‘Backyard’ Where U.S. Plastic Waste Gets Dumped, Campaigners Say - Settlement Reached Over Longest-Running Oil Spill in U.S. History - Lawsuit to Protect Arctic Polar Bears From Oil Drilling Launched Against Biden Administration And environmental Instagram accounts you should follow. [post_image]( [Volunteers Work to Keep Climate Deniers off of Wikipedia]( If you’ve ever written a report for school, you’ve probably been told not to use Wikipedia as a reliable source. While there’s a fountain of information on this website, [Wikipedia itself notes]( that it isn’t a reliable source because it's made up of user-generated content. That means just about anyone can go in and write falsehoods, which can live on until a volunteer editor makes a correction. That’s why a team of volunteers is working hard to keep climate-deniers off of Wikipedia. English Wikipedia has [over 9 billion page views every month]( leaving a lot of opportunities for climate-deniers to write falsehoods and for viewers to receive that information and take it as hard truths. [Read More Button]( [9630b8e6-45a3-4648-9335-a47935d7d092.png]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( [email](mailto:?subject=Volunteers Work to Keep Climate Deniers off of Wikipedia&body= [post_image]( [Latin America Should Not be the ‘Backyard’ Where U.S. Plastic Waste Gets Dumped, Campaigners Say]( Latin America does not want the U.S.’s [plastic waste](. As data shows that U.S. [plastic]( exports to some countries in the region more than doubled during 2020, more than 70 organizations from around the world called for an end to this trade, and for the U.S. to manage its own waste. “Crossborder plastic waste trade is perhaps one of the most nefarious expressions of the commercialization of common goods and the colonial occupation of territories of the geopolitical south to turn them into sacrifice zones,” [Fernanda Soliz]( health area director at Simón Bolívar University, Ecuador, said in the letter. “Latin America and the Caribbean are not the backyards of the United States. We are sovereign territories, and we demand the respect of the rights of Nature and our peoples.” [Read More Button]( [9630b8e6-45a3-4648-9335-a47935d7d092.png]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( [email](mailto:?subject=Latin America Should Not be the ‘Backyard’ Where U.S. Plastic Waste Gets Dumped, Campaigners Say&body= [post_image]( [Settlement Reached Over Longest-Running Oil Spill in U.S. History]( A Louisiana [energy]( company is finally paying for the longest-running [oil spill]( in U.S. history. Taylor Energy has agreed to pay more than $43 million in penalties and transfer a further $432 million to the Department of the Interior as a trust to complete the cleanup of the 17-year spill, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. “Offshore operators cannot allow [oil]( to spill into our nation’s waters,” [Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim]( for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division said in a statement. “If an oil spill occurs, the responsible party must cooperate with the government to timely address the problem and pay for the cleanup. Holding offshore operators to account is vital to protecting our environment and ensuring a level industry playing field.” [Read More Button]( [9630b8e6-45a3-4648-9335-a47935d7d092.png]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( [email](mailto:?subject=Settlement Reached Over Longest-Running Oil Spill in U.S. History&body= [post_image]( [Lawsuit to Protect Arctic Polar Bears From Oil Drilling Launched Against Biden Administration]( The [Center for Biological Diversity]( filed a [notice of intent]( this week to sue the U.S. Department of the Interior and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for allegedly failing to adequately protect [polar bears]( from a Western Arctic exploration project. Under the Endangered Species Act, a notice of intent is required 60 days before the pursuit of a formal lawsuit. The 88 Energy’s Peregrine Exploration Program, a five-year oil and [gas exploration]( project that would run almost year-round and cause “near constant air and vehicle traffic, and other drilling-related activity” was approved by the outgoing Trump administration, the [press release said](. The company still needs approval from the Biden administration before drilling any new wells. Located in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve along the Colville River, the project would include the construction of roads and aircraft runways and cause disruptive noise pollution in polar bear habitats. [Read More Button]( [9630b8e6-45a3-4648-9335-a47935d7d092.png]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( [email](mailto:?subject=Lawsuit to Protect Arctic Polar Bears From Oil Drilling Launched Against Biden Administration&body= [post_image]( [8 Environmental Instagram Accounts You Should Follow]( Social media is no longer just a place for sharing selfies or pictures of puppies. Instagram, Twitter, [TikTok]( and Facebook have become important sources of information; nearly half of American adults report getting [at least some of their news from social media](. These platforms have become especially important for social movements, including environmentalism. We spend hours on our phones every day, and following a few reliable, informative accounts can give us some new perspectives on environmental issues while we’re scrolling. Check out and follow these Instagram accounts to get some information about the environment on your feed. [Read More Button]( [9630b8e6-45a3-4648-9335-a47935d7d092.png]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( [email](mailto:?subject=8 Environmental Instagram Accounts You Should Follow&body= All rights reserved. [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [Unsubscribe]( {EMAIL} [Update Profile]( [about our service provider]( Sent by contact@ecowatch.com