September 17, 2021 | by Kristina D'Amico
From the Firm: National and International News Here is a roundup of the big news this week: :
Climate change: UN warning over nations' climate plans
California fires: General Sherman and other sequoias given blankets
According to a report released this week by the United Nations' climate scientists, we're still headed in the wrong direction for reversing climate change. Scientists confirmed that in order to avoid the worst impacts of hotter conditions, global carbon emissions need to be cut by 45% by 2030 — but the analysis shows that those emissions are set to rise by 16% by then.
The trees of Sequoia National Park are receiving a little bit of help from firefighters as the Colony and Paradise fires in California continue to grow. The forest's trees — including the 275ft General Sherman, the Earth's largest tree by volume and 2,500 years old — are being wrapped with aluminum foil blankets in an effort to protect them. More than 350 firefighters are battling alongside helicopters and water-dropping plans to try to bank the fires.
The COP26 climate conference is scheduled to take place in Glasgow in just over six weeks' time.
Clients In the News Amazon hiring 4,800 workers in Philadelphia region Amazon.com Inc. plans to hire 4,800
employees in the Philadelphia area as part of a nationwide push to add 125,000 more workers across the country. The roles will be concentrated in transportation and fulfillment, offering an average starting wage of around $18 per hour.
The Biggest Story in Pennsylvania This Week
Parents, including a top Pa. Republican, are suing over the school mask mandate. Here’s what to know about the cases. Despite months of heated school board meetings, the argument over whether or not Pennsylvania school children should be required to wear masks in the classroom has made it all the way to the courts. Currently, three lawsuits have been filed challenging the order made by Governor Tom Wolf's administration, which took effect last week. According to the article by the Inquirer, "one case alleges that two children “could not breathe while wearing a mask,” and that another family believes “wearing masks interferes with their religious duty to spread the word of God and forces them to participate in a satanic ritual.”
Read the full story here.
News That Made Us Laugh
Even more blankets? A Swiss Resort is Swaddling the Mountain in Blankets to Help Stave Off Glacier Melt "The 3,238-meter (10,623-ft) Mount Titlis has seen large portions of its glacial coverage disappear over the last few decades, and ski resort employees who rely on the glaciers to keep the snow thick
and crisp for winter holidays work for 4-6 weeks securing blankets to give the ice rivers all the help they can get."
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