Glacier meltdown risks food and water supply of 2 billion people, says UN | Glaciers | The Guardian…

Retreating #glaciers threaten the food and water supply of 2 billion people around the world, the #UN has warned, as current “unprecedented” rates of melting will have unpredictable consequences... #climatehange #globalwarming #foodsecurity #watersupply

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/03/21/glacier-meltdown-risks-food-and-water-supply-of-2-billion-people-says-un-glaciers-the-guardian/

"The US supreme court has weakened rules on the discharge of raw sewage into water supplies in a 5-4 ruling that undermines the 1972 Clean Water Act...

"In a 5-4 ruling written by Justice Samuel Alito, the court blocked the EPA from issuing permits that make a permittee responsible for surface water quality, or 'end result' permits – a new term coined by the court.

"The case drew the attention of powerful business groups including the National Mining Association and US Chamber of Commerce...

"'The city is wrong,' according to Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who wrote the dissenting opinion, which was joined by the three Democratic justices, Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson..."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/epa-ruling-sewage-water
PDF of SCOTUS opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-753_f2bh.pdf