Friday, October 2, 2026

Tag: bats

Here’s what climate change will mean for bats

"A commitment by world governments to significantly reduce carbon emissions should be urgently sought in order to avoid further deterioration of bat communities and the important ecosystem services that they provide.”

Revealed: US funds study on bat coronavirus at Wuhan Institute of...

While the current coronavirus outbreak is no doubt zoonotic—originating from animals—, scientists said, ministers and senior government officials claim that the pandemic could have accidentally leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Protect the bats from lethal wind turbines

Please sign the petition to tell the AWEA to make these changes so that we can save 90 percent of the bats rather than just 30 percent.

Protect the bats from lethal wind turbines

Sign the petition to tell the AWEA to make these changes so that we can save 90 percent of the bats rather than just 30 percent.

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The U.S. Capitol. Photo: Noclip, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The President from Hell (and High Water)

Tom Engelhardt on what a Democratic sweep in November would and would not change, and a $2.8 billion bomb sale to Israel.
Detention center fencing. Photo: David Stanley / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Colorado sues to stop private immigration detention center in Hudson

The state says the federal government never studied what a 1,200-bed facility would do to a town of about 1,600, its water supply or local wildlife.
A gas flare at a landfill in Ohio. Photo: Vince Reinhart / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Residents sue Avenal landfill operators over toxic gases and alleged underground fire

State records cited by a community group show carbon monoxide readings of up to 3,420 parts per million in landfill wells, more than double the level regulators say suggests a subsurface fire.
A U.S. election sign. Photo: Lars Plougmann / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Crystal Mason’s belief in democracy was shaken — but not destroyed

For 10 years, Texas prosecutors accused her of voter fraud after she cast a provisional ballot that was never counted in the 2016 election. That changed Thursday.
A used car lot in Lansingburgh, New York. Photo: Tyler A. McNeil / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Credit Acceptance agrees to million settlement over unaffordable subprime car loans

Borrowers who lost cars to repossession will get million in debt relief, and the lender must cap vehicle prices at 109% of retail book value for seven years.