Climate change stresses bumblebee population in past century new study finds
Facing decline in recent years, the study found that four UK bumblebee species showed signs of stress in increasingly hotter and wetter conditions caused by changes in climate.
Chemical catastrophe: daily disasters spotlight America’s toxic time bomb
U.S. struggles with daily hazardous chemical incidents, underlining systemic safety lapses.
Individuals are not to blame for the climate crisis
Generation Z has grown up in the shadow of the climate crisis. Global leaders promised they would act. But despite grave warnings...
As industry pushes billion-dollar fracked petrochemical projects, state regulators struggle to keep up
“I’m really worried when you see this kind of very large investment and then we try to play catch-up on evaluating what the risks and the impacts on people are.”
Amazon fires explained: what are they, why are they so damaging, and how can...
Addressing these challenges requires integrated national and global actions, collaboration between scientists and policy makers, and long-term funding – approaches that the current Brazilian administration seems intent on destroying.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Sanders rips Trump on Helsinki remarks, Mueller seeks immunity for 5 mystery witnesses, net neutrality defenders declare a win, and more.
Dutch court of appeals upheld aggressive greenhouse gas emissions reduction, puts government on notice
"The court of appeal's decision puts all governments on notice. They must act now, or they will be held to account."
For James Cromwell, the fight against fossil fuels is no act
"We have to change our relationship both to the planet and to the people who live on this planet, including the people who are opposing us."
Democratic presidential candidates face 7 hours of tough questions on climate change, from fracking...
“Climate is not a separate issue. It is the lens through which we must do everything.”
Warnings of ‘catastrophic and historic’ flooding as experts say worst of Hurricane Florence yet...
"For many (most?) places, the worst of Florence's flooding is still on the way. Still expecting record or near-record flooding across a large part of North Carolina in the days to come."