Environment
New Amazonian Atlas reveals that a third of the rainforest is threatened
December 23, 2020Julia Jacomini from the Amazonian Network of Socioenvironmental Information (RAISG) puts the latest data about the rainforest into perspective.
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Blown-up mountains and toppled cactus, damage from border wall
December 21, 2020GUADALUPE CANYON, Ariz. (AP) — Work crews ignite dynamite blasts in the remote and rugged southeast corner of Arizona, forever reshaping the landscape as they pulverize mountaintops in a rush to build more of President Donald...
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Fighting climate change with Great Depression-style organizing
December 18, 2020A broad, progressive coalition came together in the 1930s to bring the United States out of the Great Depression. It can be done again in the face of COVID and climate change.
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Disaster looms unless governments cut greenhouse gases
December 16, 2020UN calls on all countries to declare climate emergencies.
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Court rejects Trump’s drilling proposal in major victory for polar bears and climate
December 15, 2020"I'm thrilled the court saw through the Trump administration's attempt to push this project through without carefully studying its risks."
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