Six days after she was born in 2015 at the Columbus Zoo, Nora the polar bear was abandoned by her mother.
A team of zookeepers and veterinarians sprang into action, feeding the tiny cub and keeping her warm. Although there were frightening moments and setbacks, Nora survived. When she was not quite a year old, she was sent to a new home, the Oregon Zoo in Portland. There she caught the attention of Kale Williams, a reporter at The Oregonian who covers science and the environment.
Williams produced what became a popular and award-winning series of stories about Nora for his newspaper, then expanded the project for a book. He traveled three times to Alaska, where, in the tiny Inupiat village of Wales, he met Gene Agnaboogok. Agnaboogok was a hunter who, in 1988, had inadvertently killed the mother of two polar bear cubs. He rescued the cubs, they were sent to zoos and one of them, Nanuq, became Nora’s father.
Navroz K Dubash is a Professor at the Centre for Policy Research, where he conducts research and writes on climate change, energy, air pollution, water policy, and the politics of regulation in the developing world. He is also an Honorary Associate Research Fellow at the University of Exeter.
Navroz has been actively engaged in the climate debate as a scholar, policy adviser and activist for 25 years. He was instrumental in establishing the global Climate Action Network in 1990, and has since written widely about climate politics, policy and governance. He is currently a Coordinating Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Sixth Assessment), advises the UNEP Emissions Gap Report Steering Committee, and has been a member of the Scientific Advisory Group of the UN Climate Action Summit. Within India, Navroz has been a member of the group that developed India’s Low Carbon Strategy for Inclusive Growth and the Committee for a Long Term Strategy for Low Carbon De
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A Denver Neighborhood Creates Green Space to Improve Community Health
Members of Groundwork Denver, Denver Parks & Recreation, and community volunteers at the Platte Farm Open Space in Denver.
Photo from Groundwork Denver
Once a dumping ground for trash and industrial pollution, Platte Farm Open Space now has gardens, trails, and play areas enjoyed by the whole community.
Apr 27, 2021
With the arrival of spring, Platte Farm Open Space, in the diverse, working-class neighborhood of Globeville in north Denver, comes alive with native grasses, pollinator gardens that attract bees and butterflies, and wildflowers, such as Mexican hat, asters, poppies, and gaillardia.