Report outlines ‘crucial’ need for Biden administration to aid climate refugees
“Ready solutions are available to address root causes and displacement that are centered in human rights and humanitarian protection.”
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Baltimore set to become first major American city to outlaw water privatization, House Democrats fight back against Big Pharma, Republicans want to give Trump the power to shut down media, and more.
Ice shelf holding Pine Island Glacier could collapse within a decade
“The recent changes in speed are not due to melt-driven thinning; instead they’re due to the loss of the outer part of the ice shelf.”
Half the world’s killer whale populations at risk from toxic chemicals
Ten out of the world's 19 killer whale populations were rapidly dwindling, the study found.
To Save Water, This Woman Is Running Marathons on Every Continent
Mina Guli has already run some 430 miles toward her goal to raise awareness of the global water scarcity crisis.
US National Parks saw record attendance in 2024, but staff were told not to...
NPS staff have been told not to share external communications about the record number of visits.
‘We’re staying’: Line 3 opponents camp at Minnesota Capitol to protest oil pipeline
"We're here in ceremony. We’re here to assert our treaty rights and our right to exist and our right to clean water."
The great flood
The damage suffered by Houston, Tampa and Miami is not an anomaly. It is the beginning of the end.
15,000 gallon oil spill threatens river and drinking water in Native Alaskan village
Because of travel restrictions, officials from ADEC and the Environmental Protection Agency cannot travel to the spill site. Instead, both agencies are in contact with local responders.
How a bird flu outbreak wiped out a generation of seals in Patagonia—and what...
An unprecedented avian flu outbreak in Argentine Patagonia devastated a stable elephant seal colony, highlighting the rising threat of infectious disease to wildlife in a warming world.