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A Texas pipeline company has been indicted over the Santa Barbara oil spill -

Last May a badly corroded pipeline leaked up to 3,400 barrels of oil across an ecologically sensitive area of California shoreline. This week prosecutors from Santa Barbara County announced that Plains All American Pipeline has been indicted on 46 criminal charges, including four felonies. Reuters

Massachusetts kids win climate change lawsuit -

The state isn't on track to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2020, so four youngsters sued the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for failing to issue new regulations. Yesterday the state Supreme Judicial Court ruled in their favor. The victory is the latest in a series of winning climate change lawsuits brought by young people (who will also suffer the most climate consequences). EcoWatch

I'd read some articles here and there...but I didn't realize how impactful it would be on the city that I'm now the leader of.

James Carson, the Republican mayor of Coral Gables, Florida, discusses how sea level rise projections for the state got him worrying about climate change.

John Church is among the top 10 climate scientists in the world…I am stunned. It is sad and embarrassing for the Australian government.

NASA climate scientist Joshua Willis comments on the news that a prominent climate researcher was among the 275 scientists to be laid off by CSIRO, Australia's national science agency. The layoffs are part of the agency's shift away from climate research and have sparked outrage from scientists around the world.

Ontario is investing big in climate action -

The province announced it will spend $7 billion over four years on a Climate Change Action Plan, which includes incentives to retrofit buildings, rebates for drivers of electric cars, and new building codes that promote energy-efficiency measures. The Globe and Mail

Yellowstone warns tourists to leave wildlife alone (again) -

After a sad incident last week involving a baby bison, park officials said "approaching wild animals can drastically affect their well-being and, in this case, their survival."  Visitors put the calf in their car, and park rangers had to euthanize the animal after attempts to reunite the baby with its herd failed. Reuters