Environment
Antarctica Was a Rainforest During the Times of Dinosaurs, New Study
April 3, 2020The frozen continent was once home to a swampy rainforest and had average temperatures around 53 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the new study published in the journal Nature. The world than was much warmer and sea...
Read moreCan an economy destroy the environment and still be considered ‘strong’?
March 26, 2020Ronald Reagan notoriously once asked, “Where would this country be without this great land of ours?”
Read more‘Imperative to take proactive steps’ to ensure farm worker safety
March 25, 2020A just completed UFW poll of farm workers on its popular Spanish-language social media platforms showed more than 90 percent had not been advised by their employers on best practices to resist the virus or been...
Read moreCoronavirus clean-up: Sanitation workers face increased risk, job loss
March 20, 2020Dealing with all the trash society produces is a dirty and dangerous job even in normal times; during a global health pandemic, it gets even riskier.
Read moreWhen the war on science really began
March 12, 2020A new book, The War on the EPA, tracks the history and importance of the government agency — and how efforts to undermine it began decades before Trump.
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