10th Biennial Conference on Communication and Environment
Event Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009 to Tuesday, June 30, 2009The central theme of this event is "Environmental Communication as a Nexus."Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT)Environmental...
View Article"EPA Defunds Research Into PFAS Contamination on Farms"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has canceled grant funding to university research teams studying how “forever chemicals” contaminate soil and groundwater, including at least $3 million...
View Article"Sea Level Rise Will Cause ‘Catastrophic Inland Migration’, Scientists Warn"
"Rising oceans will force millions away from coasts even if global temperature rise remains below 1.5C, analysis finds"Climate ChangeDisastersEnvironmental HealthEnvironmental...
View ArticleJames Hansen Decries Trump Plan To Shut Nasa Lab Above Seinfeld Diner
"Perched above the New York City diner made famous by the TV show Seinfeld, Tom’s Restaurant, a small research laboratory became, improbably, crucial to humanity’s understanding of our changing climate...
View Article"In ‘Cancer Alley,’ a Battle Over Who Gets to Measure Air Pollution"
"Community groups are fighting an unusual Louisiana law that restricts how they use data from air-quality monitors, saying it violates free speech."ActivismAirChemicalsEnvironmental HealthEnvironmental...
View ArticleRFK Jr. Threatens To Bar Govt Scientists From Publishing In Medical Journals
"HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to stop government scientists from publishing their work in major medical journals on a podcast Tuesday as part of his escalating war on institutions he...
View ArticleColorado River Is Running Low. Groundwater Looks Even Worse, Study Says.
"The dwindling flow of the Colorado River has alarmed the American West for years, but the water losses happening underground are even worse, according to a new study that uses satellite data to...
View Article"Supreme Court Sets Tighter Limits On NEPA Reviews"
"The Supreme Court on Thursday placed new limits on environmental reviews for major federal projects such as pipelines and railways."BiodiversityClimate ChangeEnergy & FuelEnvironmental...
View ArticleAlmost 40% Of World’s Glaciers Already Doomed Due To Climate – Study
"Almost 40% of glaciers in existence today are already doomed to melt due to climate-heating emissions from fossil fuels, a study has found."Climate ChangeDisastersEnvironmental StudiesNatural...
View ArticleAncestral Eyes: Storytelling Under The Night Skies Of The Stargazer Highway
"Against the black night, the darker-than-night silhouettes of Monument Valley buttes graced the horizon. Overhead, stars were scattered across the sky—a prank by Coyote, according to Navajo legend—and...
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