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8 WorldMay 2 2023 | World and PresseditorialDeveloping accordcould vastly improve oceans’survival chancesOCEANS The only way to protect the oceans is for all nationsto agree that this is necessary for the good of the world.By the ‘St. Louis Post-Dispatch’ Editorial Board1 THERE’S hope yet for PlanetEarth. Representatives of 70nations along with oil companiesand major shipping lines haveagreed in principle on a plan tostabilize oceans, limit exploitation,and preserve habitats formarine life. That might not seemlike such a big deal for landlockedMissourians, but there’snot a place on Earth that doesn’tdepend one way or another onthe health of the world’s oceansand the abundance they provide.And they are dying rapidly,threatening to take the rest ofthe world with them.2 It’s remarkable in itself thatU.N. members – who rarelyA seagull picks up trash from the Pacific Ocean near California’sSan Luis Obispo County. | Photo: Tim Mossholder/Unsplashagree on anything – have beenable to reach a framework forprotecting the oceans fromfurther man-made harm. Theoceanic areas mapped out forprotection belong to no country.That means no country has anautomatic right to exploit marinelife or mineral riches beneath thesea floor. Conversely, no nationhas an automatic right to tell anyother nations what they may ormay not do in an area where nonation holds jurisdiction. That’swhy the only way to protect theoceans is for all nations to agreethat this is necessary for thegood of the world.3 U.S. climate envoy JohnKerry, fresh from an internationalmeeting in Panama, statedearly this month that a series ofmeetings that began in 2014 haveculminated in the current draftagreement, in which countriesaround the world have committedto abide by 1,800 specificmeasures carrying a price tagof more than 0 billion toaddress global climate change,sustainable fisheries, maritimesecurity, marine pollution, andareas where species survival isunder threat.4 Without regulation, industrialfishing fleets from countrieslike China fan out thousandsof miles from their own shoresto catch, process, and packagemassive quantities of marine lifefor consumer markets. They arefishing the oceans to death.5 When careless people throwplastic bottles into a gutter orstream, or when the streets floodand sweep away all the scatteredlitter, or when a massivetsunami or hurricane washesaway entire coastal towns – thatdebris makes its way into theoceans. Literal floating islands ofdebris – plastic, wood, furniture,car parts, and insulation foam –have formed on ocean surfaces,with one garbage patch in thePacific reported to be the size ofthe state of Texas. They block offsunlight and choke off life for thecreatures below.6 The agreements reached inPanama set a low bar: conservingonly 30% of the ocean by2030. And all that is conditionalon an international treaty,which could take years more tonegotiate and more years to winlegislative ratification. And, asAmericans learned with the ParisClimate Accord, all it takes is onechange of U.S. administration toscuttle everything. So, even at30%, this is by no means a slamdunk.© 2023 STLtoday.com. Distributed byTribune Content Agency, LLC.0 – 1 ACCORD; s.w.u. treaty Abkommen — shipping lineSchifffahrtsgesellschaft — exploitation Ausbeutung; s.w.u. toexploit — habitat Lebensraum — marine life Meeresflora und-fauna — landlocked ohne Zugang zum Meer — abundanceReichtum2 – 3 framework Rahmenabkommen — to map out abstecken— mineral riches Bodenschätze — conversely im Gegenzug— to hold jurisdiction die Gebietshoheit innehaben — climateenvoy Sondergesandte(r) für Klimafragen — to culminate ins.th. mit etw. seinen Höhepunkt erreichen — to abide by s.th.etw. einhalten — billion Milliarde — sustainable nachhhaltig —fishery Fischerei4– 5 regulation Regulierung — fleet Flotte — to fan out ausschwärmen— to package verpacken — gutter Rinnstein — tosweep away wegschwemmen — scattered verstreut — debrisSchutt; Müll — literal buchstäblich — insulation foam Isolierschaum— garbage patch Müllstrudel — to choke off ersticken6 to set the bar low die Messlatte niedrig ansetzen — to conserveschützen — to be conditional on abhängig sein von — tonegotiate aushandeln — legislative ratification Ratifizierungdurch das Parlament — to scuttle ruinieren — by no means keinesfalls— slam dunk (fig) sichere SacheProspects sour for once-favoured krautGERMANYSauerkraut factoriestend to prefer roundvarieties of cabbage, asthey are less expensiveand easier to process.By Oliver Moody1 THEFilderkraut, a kind ofmild, fine-leaved, and slightlysweet-tasting pointed cabbage,was first cultivated at least fourcenturies ago by monks at Nellingenand Denkendorf on thefertile plains southeast of Stuttgart.Thinly sliced, salted, andfermented, it was sold across Europe:James Cook took along 60barrels to stave off scurvy on hissecond great voyage in 1772.2 Today, it is one of a handful ofGerman vegetables to have beenawarded protected geographicalA sandwich with sauerkraut, most likely not of the filderkrautvariety. | Photo: Jonathan Pielmayer/ Unsplashstatus by the European Union,along with Spreewald cucumbersand several kinds of asparagus. Ithas even been honoured with amuseum exhibition in Stuttgartand an annual cabbage festivalin nearby Leinfelden-Echterdingen.“In the past, farmers wouldrather have sold their wives thantheir Filderkraut seeds,” JörgKimmich, head of the local arablefarmers’ association, told the‘Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung’.3 Yet its days may be numbered.The 15 to 20 surviving strainsof Filderkraut are increasinglyun economical despite steadygrowth in Germany’s sauerkrautmarket, which has nearly doubledin volume over the past twodecades and is now worth about¤90 million a year.4 Sauerkraut factories tendto prefer round varieties of cabbage,as they are less expensiveand laborious to process in massproduction. “Pointed cabbageis a princess that is only plantedon the finest plots of land, requiresa great deal of attention,grows slower than other kinds ofcabbage, tends to develop rootdamage quite easily, and then nolonger thrives,” Frank Handte,another Filderkraut farmer, toldthe newspaper.5 Then there is global warming,which disturbs the loam-rich soilsnecessary for growing the cabbage.Summer temperatures inthe region have occasionally risenabove 40C in recent years, andwater is in almost permanentlyshort supply. Filderkraut is alsothought to be more susceptible topests than other varieties.6 As a result, a dozen of thehyper-local strains are now beinggrown at a conservation gardenin the Stuttgart suburb of Hohenheim,partly to promote them butalso partly to ensure that they arenot lost to agriculture.© The Times, London/News LicensingThis article originally appearedin The Times, London.0 – 1 FINE-LEAVEDfeinblättrig — pointed cabbage Spitzkohl — to cultivateanbauen — monk Mönch — fertile fruchtbar — plain(s) Land —fermented fermentiert — barrel Fass — to stave off abwehren — scurvySkorbut2 – 4 to award s.th. etw. verleihen — protected geographical status geschütztegeografische Angabe — asparagus Spargel — arable farmers’ associationErzeugergemeinschaft — strain Sorte — uneconomical unrentabel— laborious aufwendig — plots of land Ackerland — to thrive gedeihen5 – 6 loam-rich lehmig — soil Boden — susceptible anfällig — pests Schädlinge— conservation garden Erhaltungsgarten — to ensure sicherstellen

World and Press | May 2 2023First Nation battles oil companyand Alberta over toxic waterWorld9CANADA Chief Allan Adam says Imperial Oil and energy regulator ‘covered up’failures over mine waste seeping from four tailings ponds.Lake AthabascaBy Leyland Cecco1 THROUGHOUTthe summerand into the fall, membersof the Athabasca Chipewyan FirstNation ventured out on to theland as they do every year, huntingand fishing the streams andboreal forest of their communityin western Canada.2 Over those same months lastyear, however, toxic water hadbeen leaking from an oil sandsoperation upriver. It wasn’t untilrecently, when Chief Allan Adamgot a call from a neighbouringFirst Nation, that he realized thedanger his community could bein: mine waste had been seepingfrom four tailings ponds formonths.3 When he called them, companyofficials and the province’senergy regulator both confirmedthe leak – but neither had warnedthe community when theylearned of the issue nine monthsago.4 Adam is now prepared tobattle both Imperial Oil and Alberta’senergy regulator, allegingthey “covered up unprecedentedfailures” of the company’s containmentponds, in what is nowbelieved to be one of the largesttailings leaks in Alberta history.“They’re both up against the wallright now. They were caught redhanded.The trust is gone. There’sGlossarNeu!Climate ChangeglossaryLerne wichtige Vokabelnzum Thema Climate Change.Damit du das Englisch abitursicher in der Tasche hast!PDF Download je nur¤ 2,50www.sprachzeitungen.deLake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan in 2011, located just downstream of an oil sands operation.| Photo: Ashley Cooper/Global Warming Images/Picture Allianceno way you can come back fromthat. And we’ll always have whathappened in the back of ourmind, whenever we’re out on theland,” he said. “You can’t ever forgetabout something like this.”5 Calgary-based Imperial Oilnotified Alberta’s energy regulatorin May that it had discovereddiscoloured water near the Kearloil sands project. The regulatorsoon concluded the water hadcome from tailings ponds wherethe company stored the toxicsludge-like byproducts of bitumenmining. Environmental samplesshowed high levels of severaltoxic contaminants, including arsenic,iron, sulphate, and hydrocarbon– all of which exceededprovincial guidelines.6 Local communities were notifiedin May of the initial discoveryof discoloured water but notmade aware of the regulator’ssubsequent findings that containmentponds had failed. Last0 – 2 CHIEFStammesoberhaupt — regulator Aufsichtsbehörde— mine waste Bergbauabfälle — toseep durchsickern — tailings pond; s.w.u. containmentpond Absetzbecken — to venture out s.hinauswagen — boreal forest borealer Nadelwald— oil sands operation Ölsande-Projekt — upriverstromaufwärts3 – 4 company official Unternehmens ver tre ter(in)— to allege behaupten — unprecedented beispiellos— to be up against the wall mit dem Rücken zurWand stehen — red-handed in flagranti5 to notify benachrichtigen — to concludemonth, there was another leak, inwhich 5.3 million litres of tailingswater escaped from an overflowingcatchment pond. This time,the community was informed twodays later.7 On Monday, Imperial said thesecond spill posed no threat towater or wildlife and that it hadmade “significant progress” in thecleanup efforts. But the companyadmits it doesn’t yet know howmuch toxic tailings water hasseeped into the land and waterover the last nine months.8 Adam says he met with companyofficials three times duringthe period but alleges theynever mentioned the leaking tailingspond. On Monday, Imperialapologized for not communicatingwith affected communities,admitting it had “fallen short ofexpectations”.9 Despite assurances from thecompany, residents remain wary.In the municipality of Wood Buffalo,city staff have stopped drawingfrom Lake Athabasca. And inAthabasca Chipewyan First Nation,community members havebeen advised by leadership notto eat any game or fish harvestedin the last nine months. “I justgot back from an elders meeting,and I told everyone to get rid ofwhatever you harvested. Throwit out. Don’t even feed it to yourdogs,” said Adam, adding thatthe community was waiting ontest results of its water supply todetermine if it is contaminated.10 Imperial Oil has since been hitwith both an environmental protectionorder and a non-complianceorder in relation to the leak,and the province’s regulator hasdemanded the company file plansto show how it intends to contain,monitor, and remediate the areasaffected by the leak.11 Canada’s environment minister,Steven Guilbeault, said lastweek he was “deeply concerned”schlussfolgern — sludge-like schlammähnlich— byproduct Nebenprodukt — bitumen miningBitumen-Förderung — contaminant Schadstoff;s.w.u. to contaminate verseuchen — arsenic Arsen— sulphate Sulfat — hydrocarbon Kohlenwasserstoff— to exceed übersteigen — guidelinesRichtwerte6 – 9 to make s.o. aware of s.th. jdn. auf etw. hinweisen— subsequent nachfolgend — catchmentpond Reservoir — spill h.: Austritt — to pose athreat e-e Bedrohung darstellen — to fall short ofs.th. etw. nicht entsprechen — assurance ZusageChief of the AthabascaChipewyan First Nation, AllanAdam, in 2014. | Photo: TrevorHagan/Reuters/Picture Allianceover revelations toxic water hadbeen leaking into the nearby landand water for months.12 Adam met with the province’sregulator this week andreceived an apology from seniorstaff for their failure to notify hiscommunity. “I told them, don’tbother apologizing. We’re wellpast that. Fix this problem, andshow me how you won’t let it happenagain.” He says the inabilityfor residents to harvest from thelands is a violation of the nation’streaty rights, and by not notifyingthe community of the spill,the company breached its benefitagreement contract with the FirstNation. “I told the company andI told the regulator that a simplephone call would have cost youless than five bucks. A simplephone call,” he said. “Look atwhat it’s going to cost you now.”© 2023 Guardian News and Media Ltd— wary skeptisch — municipality Gemeinde —game Wild — to harvest fangen; erlegen — eldersÄlteste10 – 12 environmental protection order Umweltschutzauflage— non-compliance order Verfügungwegen des Verstoßes gegen geltende Richtlinien(c. Einhaltung) — to file einreichen — tocontain eindämmen — to monitor überwachen— to remediate sanieren — revelation Enthüllung— inability Unfähigkeit — violation Verstoß— treaty rights vertraglich festgelegte Rechte — tobreach verletzen — bucks (coll) Dollar

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