The Daily Populous

Thursday June 8th, 2017 evening edition

image for Hawaii Ignores Trump and Becomes First State to Legally Support Paris Climate Agreement

Hawaii has passed a law to document sea level rise and set strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The bill signed by Gov. David Ige aligns the state’s goals with the Paris climate accord, AP reported.

President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from that agreement last week.

Ige says Hawaii is the first state to enact legislation implementing parts of the Paris climate agreement.

At least a dozen states including Hawaii have signed pledges to continue reducing fossil-fuel emissions despite Trump’s decision.

Hawaii has been struggling with the impacts of climate change for years.

According to a report published by AP, the world has lost roughly half its coral reefs in the last 30 years. »

The True Story Of A Man-Eating Tiger's 'Vengeance'

Authored by npr.org

Their twenty-year-old truck was nicknamed a Kung, and it was the Russian army's four-ton equivalent to the Unimog and the Humvee.

Some believe the tiger's whiskers will make them bulletproof and that its powdered bones will soothe their aches and pains.

Up ahead, the tiger's tracks showed plainly in the snow, brought into sharp relief by the shadows now pooling within them. »

An airline tried to get a musician to check her 17th-century violin. A ‘wrestling match’ ensued.

Authored by washingtonpost.com

A musician checked his $45,000, 75-year-old cello, which airport workers promptly placed beneath somebody’s golf clubs, snapping its neck.

A Florida State University music student on a flight to Tallahassee found splinters of wood where her cello used to be.

Those stories and many, many more have converged into an unwritten musicians’ rule: Never trust an airline with your instrument. »

Homeless shelter receives $10K donation from former resident

Authored by bbc.com

Image copyright Shelter House Image caption Shelter House in Thunder Bay, Ontario helps the city's homeless.

Since his anonymous donation made the news, people from across Canada and the US have donated to the shelter.

Staff member Alexandra Calderon told the BBC the man has been coming to the shelter for about five years. »

EU Will Ignore White House And Work Directly With US States On Paris Agreement

Authored by iflscience.com

The US is slowly withdrawing from the Paris agreement, but the rest of the world’s not having it.

Last week, the European Union and China released a joint statement declaring their intentions to move on with the Agreement with or without America.

Rebuffing Trump’s suggestion that the climate accords could be “renegotiated,” EU officials have decided to cut out the White House entirely, and will instead deal directly with Governors, mayors, and CEOs of major corporations. »