Tag: Asia/China
Humanity’s #1 environmental problem is consumption—climate change is just one of...
By focusing the climate fight on what we emit, not what we consume, we are destined to fail—net-zero emissions policies aren’t enough to prevent catastrophe.
A leaking oil refinery on St. Croix gives Biden his first...
Nearly 100,000 people have signed a petition calling for the closure of a controversial oil and gas facility that has sickened residents of the U.S. Virgin Island.
Live animal markets should be closed to prevent the next pandemic
Wet markets are perfect breeding grounds for pathogens that can jump from animals to humans.
Pandemic may have left over 250 million people with acute food...
As Black and Latinx families experience disproportionate food insecurity, experts warn of famine in dozens of countries.
Across the globe, Covid-19 puts animal shelters in crisis
While pet foster and adoption rates soar in New York and many parts of the U.S., globally, the situation is much direr.
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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.
Undercover investigations expose brutal wildlife killing contests
Welcome to the cruel world of wildlife killing contests, family events where children play amidst piles of slaughtered animals—and legal in 42 states.
Federal judges blocks Arkansas abortion ban
This law “is categorically unconstitutional, and plaintiffs have demonstrated that they are likely to succeed on the merits.”
Player or pawn? Luke Harding’s Russiagate ‘scoop’
The reporter’s involvement in the persecution of Assange alone would be enough to make people question his honesty.
How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action
“I think it’s fair to say that API and its prominent member companies have a broadly shared goal, which is to keep the social license of the oil and gas industry operating, and therefore enabling them to continue to extract oil and gas for as long as possible, as profitably as possible.”