Plastic Watch: Senate Passes Save Our Seas Act 2.0
Senate pauses Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, which fails to address the issue of overproduction of plastics.
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New Songbirds Discovered in Indonesia
Scientists announce discovery of ten new types of songbirds on a cluster of tiny Indonesian islands close to the Wallace Line.
Read more...Fossil Fuel Interests Applaud Trump Administration’s Weakening of Major Environmental Law
Trump administration capitulates to fossil fuel industry with proposed roll back of bedrock environmental protection law, the National Environmental Policy Act.
Read more...Jane Fonda Is Pitching For Our Future. Lend an Ear.
Jane Fonda gave an engaging yet forceful talk on climate change at the Press Club.
Read more...Climate Change: Bad News from Australia, Indonesia, and the US
NOAA releases summary of US climate data from 2009, including catastrophes, while Australian burns and Indonesia floods.
Read more...Oil and Gas Emissions Are Reversing Progress from Coal’s Decline
More grim emissions news….
Read more...2019 in Climate Science: A Continued Warming Trend and ‘Bleak’ Research
Not surprisingly, recent climate reasearch is downbeat.
Read more...‘Because Insects Are Key to Our Own Survival,’ 73 Scientists Unveil Global Roadmap to Battle Bugpocalypse
Reducing planet-heating emissions and curbing use of pesticides immediately is necessary to prevent further collapse of insect populations.
Read more...Australia’s Bushfires Are A Wake-Up Call: We Must Build A More Humane Economy Before It’S Too Late
Here’s hoping the Australian bush fires trigger new alliances in 2020, so that we come together to recognise that this crisis is one that hurts us all
Read more...What if We Let the Oceans Into Our Cities?
Radical thinking for soon-to-be-waterlogged cities.
Read more...What Is Climate Change Adaptation, and Why Does It Matter?
Climate change reality is starting to sink in.
Read more...A Theory or Two of These Grim Times
A theory about why things are a mess.
Read more...We Broke Down the Last Decade of Climate Change in 7 Charts
Some key climate change factoids.
Read more...Australia Burning; Tourists in New South Wales and Victoria Flee to Beaches
A grim take from smoky Australia.
Read more...London Tops Global Study for World’s Worst Microplastics Pollution
London tops four cities examined for microplastics pollution; still early days for assessing this pollution’s impact on human health.
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