Trump Claims to be ‘Environmentalist’ After Skipping G7 Climate Meeting
President Trump never made it to a meeting on the climate crisis at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Biarritz, France this weekend, ABC News reported.Trump was scheduled to attend the meeting on...
View ArticleScientists Fertilize Eggs From Last Northern White Rhinos
Seven eggs from the world's last northern white rhinoceroces have been successfully fertilized in a lab, scientists announced on Monday.NoneTen eggs were extracted from two females, Najin and Fatu,...
View ArticleOn David Koch’s Death and the Koch Network’s Endless War on Clean Energy
By Ben Jervey Billionaire libertarian activist and oil industry tycoon David Koch died on Friday, leaving a toxic legacy that includes helping birth the climate denial movement, fighting against...
View ArticleAndrew Yang Reveals Almost $5 Trillion Plan to Address Climate Crisis
Entrepreneur and 2020 hopeful Andrew Yang released a plan to address the climate crisis Monday, calling for investments in technology to get to net-zero emissions by 2049 and providing federal funding...
View ArticleWater Stress Could Affect Half the World's Population in Just 5 Years
World Water Week kicked off this week in the shadow of a frightening reality that nearly one-fourth of the world's population is living under extreme water stress and in just five years, half the...
View ArticleHow Cape Town Avoided a Water Crisis at the Eleventh Hour
By Charlotte EdmondCape Town's water crisis got so bad last year that there were competitions to see who could wash their shirts the least. Restaurants and businesses were encouraging people not to...
View ArticleNestlé Plans to Plunder 1.1M Gallons a Day from Florida Natural Springs
Nestlé Waters' proposal to take 1.1 million gallons per day from Ginnie Springs has drawn a backlash from conservationists who say the food giant wants to take publicly owned water and sell it back to...
View ArticlePuerto Rico Braces for Tropical Storm Dorian
Puerto Rico, still recovering from 2017's devastating Hurricane Maria, is now facing down Tropical Storm Dorian.NoneThe storm is expected to reach the island at near hurricane strength Wednesday, CNN...
View ArticleFlash Flooding, Hail Cause Chaos in Madrid
A massive storm brought flash flooding and golf-ball-sized hail to parts of Madrid Monday, The New York Times reported.NoneThe storm closed roads and subway tunnels that emergency services were still...
View ArticleBrazil's Bolsonaro 'Angrily' Rejects $22M in Aid From G7
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro angrily rejected $22 million international aid offered by the G7 this week as fires burning in the Amazon continue to wreak havoc in the rainforest. Bolsonaro, who...
View ArticleTrump Moves to Open 16.7 Million Acre Alaskan Rainforest to Corporate...
By Jake JohnsonPresident Donald Trump has reportedly ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to open Alaska's 16.7 million-acre Tongass National Forest — the planet's largest intact temperate...
View ArticleDisastrous Wildfires Sweeping Through Alaska Could Permanently Alter Forest...
From the Amazon to the last frontier of Alaska, fire season is raging on both sides of the equator and bringing with the flames long-term effects that could permanently alter the diverse ecosystems of...
View ArticleGreta Thunberg Arrives in New York
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has arrived in New York, she announced on Twitter. She expects to come ashore this afternoon after 15-days spent crossing the Atlantic on a zero-emissions...
View ArticleStates March toward 100% Clean Energy – Who’s Next?
By Jeff DeyetteOne year ago this week, the California legislature passed landmark legislation committing the state's power providers to supplying 60 percent of their electricity from renewable energy...
View ArticleMeet the First Gene-Edited Reptile: An Albino Lizard
By Malavika VyawahareThink of a reptile that's been genetically mutated, and Godzilla springs to mind. Or maybe ninja turtles.NoneBut the real thing is here, and it's neither hell-bent on destroying...
View ArticleTo Save Its Bottle Nose Dolphins, New Zealand Banned Swimming With Them Near...
The New Zealand government has banned tourists from swimming with the beloved bottlenose dolphins off the Bay of Islands in the northernmost peninsula of the country's north island.NoneThe dolphins...
View ArticleMarriott, World’s Largest Hotel Chain, Will Stop Using Plastic Mini Toiletry...
Marriott, the world's largest hotel chain, will stop using plastic mini-toiletry bottles in all of its 7,000 properties by December 2020, The Washington Post reported.The announcement, made Wednesday,...
View Article42 Wild Burros Found Shot Dead in Mojave Desert, $58,000 Offered to Identify...
Someone is shooting the Mojave Desert's iconic wild burros, in what officials say is one of the largest killings of its kind on land managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Southern...
View Article'Extraordinarily Harmful' Trump Rule Would Gut Restrictions on Methane Emissions
By Jake JohnsonAmid dire scientific warnings that the international community must act immediately to slash greenhouse gas emissions, President Donald Trump's U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
View Article'Disturbing': Europe Is Warming Much Faster Than Science Predicted
Summers in Europe are much hotter than they used to be and winters aren't nearly as cold as they once were. And, the continent is warming much faster than climate models had once projected. That is...
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