Thursday, May 9, 2024

How COVID-19 took hold and why we must end the wildlife trade

Here’s what we can do to make sure the critical mistakes made after the SARS outbreak won’t be made again.

Biden vows to ax Keystone XL if elected

His announcement Monday was met with enthusiasm by pipeline opponents.

New study finds climate change denial received disproportionate media coverage for decades

"Rather than marginalize self-interested voices and give prominence to expert voices, these papers did just the opposite."

Despite withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, US will join climate talks

The United Nations welcomes the Trump Administration’s re-engagement.

Trump’s push for offshore oil drilling

Offshore oil drilling: regularly disastrous – and unnecessary.

Giant water battery cuts university’s energy costs by $100 million over next 25 years

“Universities have a very large energy footprint and we wanted to tackle that and reduce that expense.”

Our last decade to get climate right

In the climate talks to come, we need more youth, indigenous, and civil society groups — and fewer oil companies.

Fed agency plans are not adequate to prevent 99.8% of U.S. endangered species from...

“Our study demonstrates that while climate change is a pressing threat to imperiled species, agencies that manage federally protected species have not given enough attention to this threat.”

How to raise climate-resilient kids

In the face of climate change, children need positive stress as well as compassion to maintain mental health and inform their responses.

Progressive Briefing for Friday, July 20, 2018

Progressives go big on Medicare for All, California Supreme court squashes splitting the state into two, Zinke takes a wrecking ball to the Endangered Species Act, and more.