Life under the heat dome
Climate change came for Portland, showing us that the worst is already here — and we can’t afford to ignore it any longer.
New Zealand to ban most single-use plastics over the next 4 years
“Phasing out unnecessary and problematic plastics will help reduce waste to landfill, improve our recycling system and encourage reusable or environmentally responsible alternatives.”
Legal action against high emitters failing to use latest climate science, study finds
Most of the lawsuits analyzed did not quantify the extent to which climate change was responsible for the impacts suffered by plaintiffs, known as “attribution science”.
The fallacy of our carbon footprint
Big Oil says citizens should do more to stop climate change.
Beef industry causes deforestation in Colombia’s Chiribiquete National Park
The EIA recommends “a structural reform to care for many of these problems, starting with declaring the principles of transparency and livestock traceability to be in the public interest.”
WWF says Mediterranean heating 20% faster than world’s oceans
Residents could face losing fishing livelihoods and Mediterranean culture like cuisine if biodiversity is not restored and deadly industrial impacts reduced.
‘Massive’ methane leaks found coming from oil and gas sites in Europe
It is at these sites—storage tanks, pipelines, liquefied natural gas import terminals—where methane is leaking in large volumes.
‘We are in a climate emergency’: As temps soar, over 90% of Western US...
"The West has never seen a drought like this, especially so early in the dry season."
Germany’s new wildflower meadows offer urban safe havens to bees and insects
thanks to wildflower meadows being planted precisely to reverse precipitous declines in insect populations.
2020-2021 honey bee colony loss second highest on record
“These bee losses highlight the disturbing lack of progress from the EPA in the fight to protect pollinators from toxic pesticides.”