EU agrees to restore 20% of its lands and waters by 2030 & more environmental news.

[View this email in your browser]( Monday, November 13, 2023 “I think calling it climate change is rather limiting. I would rather call it the everything change.” — Margaret Atwood EU Agrees to Restore 20% of Its Lands and Waters by 2030 The European Union (EU) has agreed on a provisional agreement for a [Nature Restoration Law]( — first proposed by the European Commission in June of last year — that would require member states to introduce measures for the restoration of 20 percent of the bloc’s land and sea ecosystems by 2030. [Read More]( Related: [EU Votes to Cut Pesticide Use in Half by 2030]( Newly Launched Satellite Detects Emissions From Industrial Facilities GHGSat, a global emissions-monitoring company based in Montreal, has launched a satellite that will detect emissions from industrial facilities. The satellite can capture the facilities, such as power plants, in high resolution to more accurately track and attribute emissions. [Read More]( Related: [Satellite Detects Methane Cloud 4.6 Miles Long Over Wyoming]( Light Pollution Threatens Mountain Lion Habitats, Study Finds Researchers from University of California, Davis have published a study that outlines how artificial light pollution from things like city lights and highway traffic is threatening the habitats of mountain lions in Southern California. [Read More]( Related: [Light Pollution: Everything You Need to Know]( ‘No Plastic Chemical Can Be Classified as Safe’: Study Finds Hundreds of Toxins in Recycled Plastics Since its invention more than 100 years ago, [plastic]( has become increasingly ubiquitous in the environment, from the depths of the [ocean]( to within [algae]( beneath [Arctic]( sea ice. Tiny [microplastics]( have been detected floating high in the atmosphere above the [French Pyrenees]( as well as in [human blood](. Now, a new [study]( led by scientists from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden has found that recycled plastics contain hundreds of toxic chemical compounds, including [pharmaceutical drugs]( [pesticides]( and industrial compounds. [Read More]( Related: [Microplastics in Clouds Could ‘Modify the Climate,’ Study Finds]( Nearly 20% of Europe’s ‘Red List’ Species Face Extinction, Study Says The most recent [assessment]( of 14,669 threatened European [plant]( and animal species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species has found that 19 percent are at risk of extinction. Some of the main reasons for the decline in [biodiversity]( are [habitat]( loss, changes in [agricultural]( land use, overexploitation of natural resources, [pollution]( and commercial and residential development. [Read More]( Related: [5 Successful Wildlife Restoration Efforts Throughout History]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2023 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](