An Italian company that provides upholstery to automakers BMW, Jaguar, and Porsche says it will no longer buy leather from suppliers that invade forests in an Indigenous region of Paraguay.
The big picture: The Pasubio Group announced the decision late last month after years of the Ayoreo people's lobbying, saying it will do its part to help stop the deforestation of the Paraguayan Chaco, also known as the Patrimonio Natural y Cultural Ayoreo Totobiegosode (PNCAT).
Why it matters: The climate of 2023 was the hottest seen in at least 125,000 years; for the first time in instrument records, some daily global average temperatures went well above the other Paris guardrail of 2°C.
New York City will soon begin penalizing owners of buildings that emit too much greenhouse gas — a move toward requiring net-zero building emissions by 2050.
The big picture: Four states and nine cities and counties have adopted such policies, known as "building performance standards" — which are likely to go national.
JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes will step down next month and will be replaced by the airline's president and chief operating officer, Joanna Geraghty, the company announced Monday.
Why it matters: Geraghty will be the first woman to lead a major U.S. airline carrier, AP notes.
The next two weeks will feature multiple "powerhouse" storm systems and a polar vortex event that together will affect the U.S. from coast to coast, snarling travel, threatening lives and causing damage.
Threat level: The first storm is poised to bring multiple hazards from Monday through Wednesday, including a "ferocious blizzard" in the Plains, plus torrential rain, severe weather and high winds on the Gulf and East Coasts.
Some of the upcoming extremes have clear ties to climate change.
Heavy snow and strong winds were lashing New England and other parts of the U.S. — leaving nearly 17 million under winter storm warnings, from the Northeast to Northern Arizona Sunday evening.
The big picture: The first in a series of storms to hit the East Coast has caused travel disruptions as it brought over a foot of snow to portions of Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania on Sunday ahead of a second storm arriving Tuesday, per NOAA.
