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Full Report.

“The pace and severity of this administration’s attacks on environmental information have been far worse than in the first Trump administration,” says lead author Izzy Pacenza. EDGI began monitoring federal environmental websites in the first Trump administration and this time observed 70% more website changes in President Trump’s first 100 days in office. And that was just the start.

• Endangered angelsharks have been served to schoolchildren in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul for years, as well as in hospitals, clinics, shelters and other public institutions, Mongabay has found.

• We identified 52 tenders totaling more than 211 metric tons of “peixe anjo,” a common name for angelshark, issued by the state and city administrations since 2015.
• As endangered species, angelsharks can’t be caught in Brazil, but imported specimens can be traded legally. Brazil’s IBAMA enforcement agency has requested the environment ministry close this exemption, which some call a loophole.
• After we asked them for comment on past procurements, the state government and two municipal administrations said they wouldn’t buy angelshark anymore.

Shorter article: Brazil serves potentially contaminated shark meat to children in public schools

• Shipping could become the first industry governed by a global treaty that sets enforceable decarbonization standards.
• In October, more than 100 nations will gather at a meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London to potentially adopt a “net-zero framework” for the industry.
• In 2023, the IMO, a United Nations body that regulates shipping, developed a nonbinding strategy to decarbonize “by or around” 2050; the new framework would make that vision concrete and binding. Critics from small island developing states and environmental groups say the framework falls short of fulfilling the original vision.
• Some oil-exporting countries opposed the deal, arguing that alternative fuels are costly and unproven.

Poorly Drawn Lines.

The Other End.

To stay afloat, food banks in the Global South are considering selling controversial offsets for revenue.