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[View this email in your browser]( Thursday, October 24, 2024 “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”— Albert Einstein [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [X]( 85% of American Youth Polled Worry About Climate Change, Want More Action From Government and Corporations A “supermajority” — 85 percent — of young Americans polled feel distressed about human-caused [climate change]( and, and similar percentages want stronger action from corporations and the government, according to a new [study]( published in The Lancet Planetary Health. [Read More]( Related: [Poll: Most U.S. Voters Support Holding Plastics Industry Responsible for False Recycling Claims]( North Atlantic’s Largest Marine Protected Area Created by Portugal’s Azores Islands The regional assembly of the Azores Islands — a nine-island archipelago in [Portugal]( — has approved the North Atlantic’s largest marine protected area. Its creation will allow Portugal to meet the United Nations goal of safeguarding 30 percent of the planet’s land and sea by the end of the decade. [Read More]( Related: [California’s First National Marine Sanctuary in Over 3 Decades Will Protect 116 Miles of Coastline]( 42 Billion Euros Spent Annually by 5 Largest EU Countries to Subsidize Fossil Fuel Company Cars, Study Finds The five biggest countries in the European Union spend 42 billion euros each year on subsidizing fossil-fuel-powered company cars, a new study commissioned by Transport & Environment (T&E) says. [Read More]( Related: [‘Fossil Fuel Companies Are Hijacking Our Universities’: 6 Top Schools Received Over $100 Million in Funds From Polluting Industries Since 2003]( Alaska Native Communities to Receive Almost $75 Million to Help With Climate Change Impacts Over the next five years, the [Alaska]( Native Tribal Health Consortium will receive almost $75 million to help [Alaska Indigenous communities]( facing the impacts of [climate change](. It is the biggest federal appropriation aimed at helping the state’s Native communities with climate resilience in Alaska history. [Read More]( Related: [National Park Foundation Receives Its Largest Grant Ever]( Chickpeas Could Become a Major Protein Source for Their Drought-Resistant Properties, Study Says A new study is highlighting chickpeas as a protein source for a potentially drought-stricken future brought on by climate change. [Read More]( Related: [Scientists Invent a Chocolate That’s More Sustainable and Healthier]( Do you get this newsletter daily? If not, [sign up here]( or forward to a friend. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Website]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2024 EcoWatch, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for EcoWatch Top News of The Day Our mailing address is: EcoWatch 1122 Oberlin RoadRaleigh, NC 27605 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](