Dutch city is world’s first to ban meat advertising and more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Tuesday, September 6, 2022 "When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us." – Arapaho Proverb Dutch City Is World’s First to Ban Meat Advertising Billions of dollars are spent each year on food and beverage advertising in order to sway people’s [food choices](. In an effort to reduce the consumption of [meat]( and the [greenhouse gas emissions]( it produces, the Dutch city of Haarlem will become the world’s first to ban advertisements for meat in public spaces. [Read More]( Related: [Supermarket Food in the UK Could Soon Have Eco-Labels]( Russia Shuts Off Nord Stream Gas Pipeline to Europe Russia indefinitely cut off delivery of methane-based gas to Europe, Gazprom said Friday. The state-owned energy company blamed the Nord Stream 1 pipeline shutdown on maintenance issues, just hours after the G-7 announced a joint cap on Russian oil prices, itself an effort to reduce Russia revenue from foreign fossil fuel sales. [Read More]( Related: [Energy Crisis Forces UK Regulator to Raise Price Cap, Putting Lives and Livelihoods at Risk]( Climate Change Leaves Flood Maps Outdated, FEMA Says Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency ([FEMA]( Deanne Criswell said the federal government’s [flood maps]( are outdated following a rash of disastrous [floods]( due to [climate change]( extreme levels of [rainfall]( reported The Guardian. [Read More]( Related: [California Heat Wave Breaks Records, Strains Grid]( Pakistan Floods: What Role Did Climate Change Play? Pakistan is experiencing the most devastating and widespread floods in its history, with the [country’s climate minister]( saying waters have reached across a third of the nation. The growing [tally of impacts]( is dire. More than 1,100 people have been killed, a million homes have been destroyed and 33 million people have been directly affected. Total damage estimates exceed $10 billion, and [further disruption]( to the country’s economy and critical food production is inevitable. [Read More]( Related: [Health Officials Warn of Major Disease Outbreaks as Severe Flooding Continues in Pakistan]( Dolphins Rescued From Hotel Pool Are Set Free Into Open Waters In Indonesia, three bottlenose dolphins that had spent years of their lives in a resort hotel pool and as part of a traveling circus are now swimming free. They were released off the coast of Bali after spending time in a rehabilitation center since their rescue in 2019. The dolphins, named Johnny, Rocky and Rambo, were rescued and rehabilitated by the Umah Lumba Rehabilitation, Release and Retirement Center in Banyuwedang Bay, West Bali, Indonesia in a collaboration with the Indonesian government and the Dolphin Project. They were then released off the coast of Bali. [Read More]( Related: [Male Dolphins Seen Playing ‘Wingman’ to Help Each Other Find Mates]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2022 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](