Environment
Thousands of Brazilian Indigenous Women Protest Bolsonaro’s ‘Genocidal Policies’
Thousands of indigenous women marched on Brazil's capital Tuesday denouncing the "genocidal policies" of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who faces...
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‘Unprecedented’ Climate Change Threatens World’s Food Security [UN Report]
Unless unsustainable farming and deforestation are halted, the world will have to face painful trade-offs between food security and rising...
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July Hottest Month Ever Measured, 2019 Set to be Among Warmest Years
Wildfires unprecedented in scope and intensity burned in Siberia and Alaska, releasing more than 100 million tons of CO2 into...
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Ethiopia Aims to Plant Four Billion Trees by October
Ethiopia plans to plant a mind-boggling four billion trees by October as part of a global movement to restore forests...
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Murder of Brazilian Tribal Leader Linked to Bolsonaro’s Amazon Agenda: UN Rights Chief
Bachelet said the "proposed policy to open up more areas of the Amazon to mining could lead to incidents of...
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Merkel says Greta Thunberg ‘Drove Us’ to Move on Climate Change
"The seriousness with which Greta, but also many, many other young people, are telling us that this is about their...
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Empty Nets as Overfishing and Climate Change Sap Lake Malawi
Declining fish numbers in Lake Malawi reflect a combination of environmental change and overfishing that augurs ill for the future.
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UN Climate Talks Limp to Close as Europe Sizzles
Amid soaring temperatures, nations were set to wrap up UN climate talks on Thursday with meager progress in the plan...
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Toxic Politics: Oil, Chemical Companies Rally Against Regulation of PFAS
PFAS substances are linked to a host of serious health problems and have been detected in American food and drinking...
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World Faces ‘Climate Apartheid:’ UN Expert
"We risk a 'climate apartheid' scenario where the wealthy pay to escape overheating, hunger and conflict while the rest of...
Read moreClimate Change to Create Up to 143Mln Additional Migrants by 2050 [Report]
By 2050, climate change is estimated to create up to 143 million additional migrants in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and...
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Kenyans Protest Bid to Build East Africa’s First Coal Plant
Kenyans protest against a project to build a coal power station near the Lamu archipelago. The bulk of the $2...
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As Sea Level Rise Accelerates, US Coastal Communities Brace for the Inevitable
The report found that sea level rise exceeding 2 meters by 2100 could result in the loss of 1.79 million...
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Humans Eat ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Plastic Pieces Every Year [Report]
Humans eat and breathe in tens of thousands of microplastic particles every year, according to a new analysis that raised...
Read moreYouths Demonstrate En Masse For Climate Action Ahead of EU Polls
"We have the feeling that many adults have not yet fully understood that we young people cannot stop the climate...
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EU Court Rejects Historic Citizen’s Climate Case
The ruling in the "People's Climate Case" could have a major impact on future climate litigation.
Read moreUN Chief’s Call to ‘Save the Pacific to Save the World’
UN Secretary-General Guterres said it was vital "to save the Pacific to save the world" as he wrapped up his...
Read moreUN Kicks Off Major Climate Change Effort
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has kicked off a major United Nations push for progress on what he calls the defining issue...
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50 US Coal Power Plants Have Shut Down Under Trump
In total, 289 have closed since 2010, comprising 40 percent of the U.S.'s coal power capacity, while an additional 241...
Read more‘Transformative Change’ Necessary to Prevent Mass Extinction: Major UN Report
A landmark UN report found humans are causing a rapid acceleration in species loss that could ultimately threaten civilization and...
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