How to save $23 trillion per year: 100% renewable energy for the world
Political obstacles would make this plan difficult to implement, but a solution to global warming is technically and economically feasible.
Investigation into chemical exposure from fracking in Pennsylvania provokes call for rapid phaseout
“Pennsylvania’s children should not be used as laboratory rats,” said biologist Sandra Steingraber, who called fracking “an uncontrolled human experiment” that involves “toxic exposures.”
Why Native American women are going after Europe’s banks to divest from Big Oil
“Indigenous women ... often are the ones to call out injustice when they see it immediately. We saw that at Standing Rock.”
Glyphosate found in more than 80% of U.S. urine samples
Glyphosate was listed as a probable human carcinogen by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer in 2015.
Amazon employees threatened to be fired if they speak out on climate crisis
AECJ says they will continue to take climate action despite the HR threats and Bezos’ promises to conduct a cleaner business.
A potentially world-ending president
(Though who even notices?)
Community-based farms rise to the occasion as big food supply chains stall
Organic CSA farms like Massaro in Connecticut have been able to nimbly reorient marketing and production to serve the urgent needs of their communities.
A Lake Twice the Size of Los Angeles has Evaporated—and It May Never Return
Climate change has contributed to the destruction of Bolivia’s second-largest lake, a refuge for wildlife and the livelihood of hundreds of people.
Bernie and AOC urge Trump to stop delaying disaster relief aid for Puerto Rico
“Let us be clear: Postponing the disbursement of this vital assistance any longer—in the face of the humanitarian needs of Puerto Rico—is simply shameful.”
Last known female of endangered turtle species dies
The turtle lived at Suzhou Zoo in China, where researchers attempted to artificially inseminate her Friday, according to the Suzhou Daily.