Climate change is a poor people’s issue
Poor and working communities stand to gain the most from protections against corporations that expose them to pollution.
Keeping cattle on public land is bad for people, cows, wildlife, and the planet
The U.S. beef industry is destroying the American Wild West and worsening the climate crisis.
Largest coral reef survey in French Polynesia offers hope
“It’s nice to see that places like that still exist.”
Plastic pollution kills cetaceans: Pounds of plastic found in whales’ stomachs
"Hundreds of thousands of whales, dolphins, seals and turtles are killed by ocean plastic pollution every year, including single-use plastics and abandoned plastic gear from the fishing industry."
Greta Thunberg: 5 Years after Paris Agreement, world is ‘speeding in the wrong direction’...
“The gap between what we need to do and what is actually being done is widening by the minute."
California assemblyman kills fossil fuel divestment bill
The bill would have required the state’s two enormous public pension funds to divest from fossil fuels, but it was squashed by a Democrat who has taken money from oil and gas companies.
Great Barrier Reef in danger: Don’t fight the diagnosis, fight the threats (commentary)
My plea to the government and to my fellow Australians: Don’t let politics thwart science. Don’t fight the diagnosis. Fight the threats. The world is watching and the clock is ticking.
Coca-Cola introduces new 100% recycled bottle in US, but is it enough?
The company seems to be aiming to clean up its act somewhat this year with the introduction of a 13.2-ounce bottle made with 100-percent recycled PET (rPET) plastic.
How a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty can guide a global just transition & emission...
“This treaty talks about ending fossil fuel expansion, phasing out, and also just transition.”
Sea otters restore degraded California estuary, slowing erosion by 90 percent
One of the big reasons for the recovery is that sea otters love to eat the marsh crabs who were devouring the coastal ecosystem’s plants.