Environment
Ugandan environmental activist Vanessa Nakate: ‘We cannot adapt to extinction’
December 10, 2021“Many times, activists in Africa have been called missing voices. But we are not missing,” Nakate says. “We are present, we are available, we are just unheard.”
Read moreWildfires are obliterating Western forests, climate change is making it permanent
December 6, 2021“It’s already happening, it’s not just something we are modeling in the future."
Read moreIn Arctic, rain might replace snow decades sooner than previously thought
December 3, 2021Researchers called the implications, from melting permafrost to sea level rise, sped-up global heating and mass famine in the region’s reindeer and caribou populations, “profound.”
Read moreMillions of acres of Gulf of Mexico could be given to fossil fuel industry
December 2, 2021“It’s basically a giveaway to the industry of millions of acres of the Gulf of Mexico so they can lock in production for years, at a time when we need to be shifting away from fossil...
Read moreA surprising winner in Biden’s infrastructure bill: Biodiversity
December 1, 2021Wildlife groups, conservation nonprofits, and even hunting associations put pressure on Biden back when he was still a candidate for president to take a strong position on protecting biodiversity.
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