Tag: earth
Should harming mother Earth be a crime? The case for ecocide
The destruction of nature might one day become a criminal offense adjudicated by the International Criminal Court.
Wildfires aren’t just a threat to people—they’re killing off Earth’s biodiversity
Cataclysmic wildfires have increased in intensity and frequency due to climate change.
Is Earth close to ‘the great dying’?
The climate emergency is here. We can’t wait any longer for major and dramatic worldwide action.
Here’s how the climate crisis is impacting the water cycle
The current extreme fluctuation in precipitation across the globe is due in large part to climate change.
Google’s new timelapse shows 37 years of climate change anywhere on...
“Visual evidence can cut to the core of the debate in a way that words cannot and communicate complex issues to everyone.”
Life on the human planet
Focus on the essentials of life, and you’ll discover that one important element is “community.”
A planet of missing beauties
In truth, in this coronaviral moment of ours, our world is being transformed before our eyes into one of missing beauties.
Food at risk as third of plants face extinction
“Extinction is forever, which is a loss not only in terms of their evolution and persistence on the planet, but also a loss to the future of our food.”
Suicide watch on Planet Earth
Even for an old man like me, it’s a terrifying thing to watch humanity make a decision, however inchoate, to essentially commit suicide.
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere at highest level since the...
"So, the modern climate change we see is big, really big; even by standards of Earth history."
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.