Amazon workers form union, global green finance rises 100 fold, wild animals receive legal rights

Leslie Boltron | Posted on April 4, 2022 |

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Today in Squirrel News, Amazon workers in New York vote to form a union, a study shows global green finances soar over 100-fold, and a landmark court ruling makes Ecuador the first country to give legal rights to wild animals.

Amazon workers in New York make history by voting to form union

‘Historic victory’ as Staten Island workers vote 2,654 to 2,131 in favor, in first successful US organizing effort in Amazon’s history.

Source: The Guardian

Study shows global green finance climbed over 100 times in the past decade

As nations raise against time to achieve climate goals, a new study shows that global green financing, aimed at environmentally friendly projects around the world, is on the rise.

Source: Reuters

Ecuador becomes first country to give legal rights to wild animals

The landmark court ruling highlights that “wild species and their individuals have the right not to be hunted, fished, captured, collected, extracted, kept, retained, trafficked, traded or exchanged.”

Source: Euronews

Victoria to restore area five times size of Melbourne with $31m boost to private land conservation

BushBank scheme aims to revegetate parcels of private land to create habitat for endangered wildlife and capture carbon.

Source: The Guardian

Ballot initiative aims to solve homeless crisis in Seattle

The initiative would install a public developer tasked to build, own and maintain the public housing. The measure still needs to go through a number of processes including the collection of 27,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot.

Source: AP News

Market with a mission: non-profit grocery stores help heal ‘food deserts’

Jubilee Market in Waco, Texas, took a rundown convenience store and created a resource – for food and jobs – that serves the community.

Source: The Guardian

How a co-op is running six Canadian newspapers it saved

“Collective ownership seems to be the best answer to maintain a collective treasure for our communities,” CN2i CEO Stéphane Lavallée said. CN2i took over six newspapers which after their parent company filed for bankruptcy.

Source: Nieman Lab

‘We feel safer’: how green energy is brightening refugee lives in Rwanda

Solar-powered street lamps and cleaner cooking stoves did more than just provide energy and means to cook food without the need to collect firewood. The refugees say they feel safer.

Source: The Guardian

Religious groups assist Ukrainian refugees across US

Faith groups across the US are one with Ukranian refugees. Pastors and lay individuals go the extra mile establishing a station at the Mexico border to offer food, water and prayer to the displaced.

Source: AP News

Meet the lawyer leading the charge against marital rape in India

Like many other Indian women, Karuna Nundy is awaiting the verdict on a petition to criminalize rape within marriage. A 2017 petition she represents in court was only heard in January and a response is expected in the coming months.