Tag: ecosystem
Nearly all Chinook Salmon in Sacramento River expected to be killed...
"It's an extreme set of cascading climate events pushing us into this crisis situation."
California’s opportunity to shape worldwide biodiversity policy
The United States has failed to take leadership in the Convention on Biological Diversity. Its most biodiverse state can fill that gap.
Rivers are key to restoring the world’s biodiversity
Biodiversity is plummeting, but restoring rivers could quickly reverse this disastrous trend.
Humans destroyed intact ecosystem land the size of Mexico in just...
“Intact lands are relied on by biodiversity for habitat, and by people for ecosystem services such as climate regulation and clean water.”
The final frontiers? A call to protect the biodiversity on the...
Trump’s border wall is not alone. Similar structures and development on the lands between nations threaten biodiversity around the globe.
5 lessons for the future of water
In a moment where we feel caged, where we are scared of losing our loved ones, and we feel vulnerable in the middle of a pandemic that seems unstoppable, our ecosystem is presenting us with a challenge.
Storms and rising seas threaten coastal ecosystems—here’s what we can do
Governments and nonprofit organizations need to act fast to ramp up existing protection efforts and be effective advocates for these threatened resources.
Under Trump, federal agencies halt reviews of toxic pesticides that endanger...
Scientists say pesticides from nearby farms are pushing them closer to extinction.
Plastic is killing our oceans. Here’s what you need to know
Plastics ushered in an era of incredible convenience and are largely responsible for our modern era of mass consumerism.
Michiganders fight back against water privatization as Nestlé tries to increase...
Residents are building a movement across the state – writing letter, holding town meetings and going door-to-door – to "protect their most important local resource."
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.