Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Tag: environment

Where are the world’s water stresses?

Around the world, significant issues are negatively impacting water security. While the situation appears dire, cooperation initiatives show some signs of relief.

Oil and pipeline companies are backing a ‘water quality restoration’ project...

“The idea that this is an experimental project is absurd because we’ve done this numerous times.”

To restore nature, we must invest more in our children

Understanding the connection between women’s and children’s rights, family planning, and the environmental crisis.

How Russia’s war in Ukraine threatens the planet

The war not only cost lives and destroyed the Ukrainian economy, it has also been a major environmental hazard.

WMO warns greenhouse gases and El Niño to push global temps...

"...WMO is sounding the alarm that we will breach the 1.5°C level on a temporary basis with increasing frequency.”

‘We need to engage people’: Scientists arrested demanding climate action

"It is us doing our jobs and holding our government to account on the commitments they have made to protect us."

Scientists have now linked worsening Western wildfires to top polluters

“This study represents a significant breakthrough in attribution science — directly linking wildfire destruction in a specific region to the largest global carbon producers.”

80% plastic pollution reduction could be achieved by 2040: UNEP report

The UNEP noted that while an 80% reduction in plastic pollution would be helpful, there would still be a need to manage 100 million metric tons of plastics each year by 2040.

Study finds high concentration of microplastics in algae growing in Arctic

Scientists found microplastic particles were about 10 times higher in the algae samples than the surrounding waters, which they are now equating with microplastics found in the deep sea.

Protesters blockade White House correspondents dinner over Biden’s broken climate promises

This past weekend, the newly formed Climate Defiance group made it a bit harder to get in.

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The world’s four legacy empires going down

In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.

It was the rage of the age

Was Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a private research facility in Suffolk County, pivotal to the spread of eugenics through the United States and world?

Rahm Emanuel is right on core party changes, but for progressives misses the big...

“The bullies don’t stop hitting you because you’re nice to them. They stop hitting you when you knock them out.”

Elon Musk endorses Germany’s far-right Neo-Nazi party amid Sanders’ warning of authoritarian oligarchy

Amid criticism from Bernie Sanders for undermining democracy, Elon Musk endorses Germany’s Alternative for Germany party, known for its neo-Nazi ties and extremist platform.

Archiving as resistance to genocide denial in Gaza

To this day, they have logged more than 500 instances, so we discussed their motives for doing this work, the challenges they face and lessons learned along the way.