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The Paris Agreement on climate change became law so quickly because there is a significant national interest for each country in pursuing aggressive climate action and that fact has not changed because of the U.S. election.

Speaking from the COP22 meeting in Morocco, Hilda Heine, the president of the Marshall Islands, comments on the fact that the U.S. just elected a climate denier.

Nine gray wolves (at least!) are now living in California -

Although wolves are native to the Golden State, they hadn't been seen in California since 1924—until last year when biologists spotted two adults and five pups. This week the California Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed two more of the important predators. Times Standard

Severe air pollution chokes New Delhi -

Officials declared an "emergency situation" in the city, whose citizens have been suffering under a cloud of toxic haze for a week. The smog—the result of farm fires in the northern plains and fireworks during Diwali celebrations—contains off-the-charts concentrations of dangerous particlesThe Guardian

This is a moment to celebrate. It is also a moment to look ahead with sober assessment and renewed will over the task ahead.

Patricia Espinosa, United Nations climate chief, comments on the Paris Agreement as it enters into force today, November 4.

Indigenous communities need to have a bigger role in forest management -

A new paper encourages nations to recognize indigenous land rights and include input from tribes in their national action plans to protect forests and curb climate change. Only 21 of the 188 countries involved in the Paris agreement currently do so, and Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which have some of the world's largest forests, are not among them. The Guardian

There is a way for us to accommodate sacred lands of Native Americans.

President Obama comments on the clashes between local authorities and protestors over the Dakota Access pipeline, which threatens the Standing Rock Sioux's drinking water and sacred sites. The president says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering ways to reroute the pipeline.