1,200 dead, 41 million affected by flooding in India, Bangladesh and Nepal
Although the monsoon is an annual event, this year’s rains have been considered far worse than usual, and people are blaming climate change for making things much worse.
Norvergence: Climate change fueled Syria’s civil war
“Until now the main cause of civil war is a wealth of the nation in few men hands but Syria showed us...
Pipeline that exploded in Pennsylvania part of push to build fracking-reliant petrochemical network
The 24” diameter pipeline responsible for the blast had gone into service just seven days earlier.
As air pollution reaches epidemic proportions, EPA rollbacks cause 200,000 deaths per year
"When a study shows 99% of death occurring at exposure levels below that threshold, that should make us look much harder at whether the threshold protects people effectively enough.”
New report highlights pesticides’ overlooked climate connection
New assessment by Pesticides Action Network North America examines the “vicious cycle” linking these fossil fuel–derived chemicals and climate change.
New study shows plastic pollution threatens human health on a global scale
“The heavy toxic burdens associated with plastic – at every stage of its life cycle – offers another convincing argument why reducing and not increasing production of plastics is the only way forward. Plastic is lethal, and this report shows us why.”
China’s Tiger Farms Make Poaching Worse
Tiger farming stimulates the demand for tiger products, which stimulates the poaching of wild tigers for superior products.
New Jersey becomes the first state to add the climate crisis to their curriculum
“This generation of students will feel the effects of climate change more than any other, and it is critical that every student is provided an opportunity to study and understand the climate crisis.”
Keystone leaks 383,000 gallons in North Dakota on the same day as Trump state...
“The Keystone XL pipeline was a bad idea when it was proposed 11 years ago, and it remains a bad idea today.”
Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A unifying Peoples Project
Ethiopians are faced with a choice: unite and prosper or withdraw into ethnic rivalries and fall into further conflict and discord.