Accurate science reporting influences Americans’ climate change beliefs only briefly, study suggests
“What we found suggests that people need to hear the same accurate messages about climate change again and again. If they only hear it once, it recedes very quickly.”
US bans import of seafood from countries in violation of marine mammal bycatch prevention
Countries facing the embargo include Mexico, China, Ecuador, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey.
Americans’ extinction denial syndrome
As the mad globalization of the economy and the funneling of all wealth to the tiniest segment of the ultra-rich carries on apace, perhaps the rest of us, struggling just to make the monthly payments for shelter and food, are losing that primal urge so critical to species survival.
Three Times When the World Broke Open – and Two When It Might Again
Never before has humanity depended so fully for the survival of us all on a social movement being willing to bet on impracticality.
We’re miscalculating the cancer risk from a massive class of chemicals: MIT study
"I think regulators, whether it's in air, soil or sediment, are getting the message … in Europe and the U.S. that you really have to take a much broader look at PAHs in terms of exposure and risk."
Record 7 million people displaced by extreme weather events in first half of 2019
"The international community cannot continue to ignore internally displaced people."
Study: Children have better nutrition when they live near forests
The data show that forests aren't just correlated with improvements in people's diets. We show that forests cause these improvements."
Big victory in fight to protect California’s coast from offshore fracking
“This is a big victory in the fight to protect California’s coast from offshore fracking’s toxic chemicals.”
From Selma to Springfield: Why we’re marching in Illinois
Our loved ones – past, present, and future – are always in this struggle with us. We march for all of them, and for all of us.
Lessons from Katrina: This organization tries to get Hurricane Florence survivors home quicker
Many in North Carolina were left homeless by the storm and its still-receding floodwaters. This nonprofit wants to shrink the amount of time it takes to rebuild after a disaster.









