Tag: climate change
Raging bushfires wipe out indigenous fauna, leave thousands of Australians homeless
"Climate change is influencing the frequency and severity of dangerous bushfire conditions in Australia and other regions of the world."
Climate change: Six positive news stories from 2019
Climate researchers have not given up hope—these are a few positive stories from 2019.
Denouncing corporate climate profiteers, comedy icon Lily Tomlin arrested at #FireDrillFriday...
"These corporations are making oodles of money on the front end, oodles of money on the back end. It is beyond reprehensible."
Oil companies were not held accountable for 10.8 million gallons of...
Scientists predict that future storms, which will increase in intensity due to the climate crisis, will exacerbate environmental damage.
British Queen praises young climate activists in Christmas speech
“It’s worth remembering that it is often the small steps, not the giant leaps, that bring about the most lasting change.”
Oh, Christmas tree… fake Christmas tree?
An artificial tree has to be reused for 10 to 12 years to match the footprint of a natural tree that is composted at end of life.
The fracking industry’s methane problem is a climate problem
As the scale of the fracking industry's methane problem becomes more widely known, the true impact of fracking for oil and gas becomes crystal clear.
New study names modern pollution a major cause of premature deaths...
"Pollution is an enormous and poorly addressed health problem."
How youth have changed the climate movement
Frustrated with a lack of process on curbing climate change, young activists are taking matters into their own hands.
Bearing the burden of climate change and extinction
Knowing what we’re going through weighs heavily on us, but there are ways to express and alleviate that pain.
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Questions grow after analysis links US strike to water facilities serving 20,000 Iranians
Satellite imagery, bomb fragment analysis, and damage assessments have intensified scrutiny over whether U.S. forces struck civilian water infrastructure near the Strait of Hormuz, raising concerns about potential violations of international law.
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Trump admin guts vital sea monitoring, ‘tears out the eyes and ears of science’:...
David Helvarg discusses the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Ocean Observatories Initiative, the “cutting-edge eyes [and] ears” of the ocean.
Israel linked to majority of global civilian deaths from explosive weapons in 2025
A new international monitoring report found that more than 22,600 civilians were killed by explosive weapons last year, with Israeli armed forces accounting for 56 percent of recorded fatalities worldwide.
Decades of research link pesticide use around homes, farms to childhood cancer
A new comprehensive meta-analysis published last month in the International Journal of Cancer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln analyzed findings from 88 epidemiological studies spanning more than 40 years.