Giant Open-Pit Mine Near Two National Parks Dealt A Blow By Biden DOI
"A road critical to operating a proposed open-pit mine in a remote part of Alaska hit a new hurdle Friday when the Biden administration issued a finding that the road could threaten Alaska Native...
View Article"Canada's Top Court Backs Alberta Challenge To Trudeau Environment Law"
"Canada's Supreme Court dealt a blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government on Friday by ruling that a federal law assessing how major projects such as coal mines and oil sands plants impact the...
View Article"How Megafires Are Remaking the World"
"In our Pyrocene age, enormous wildfires aren’t merely damaging ecosystems but transforming them."BiodiversityClimate ChangeDisastersEnvironmental StudiesForestsNatural...
View Article"UK Regulator Trying To Block Release Of Shell North Sea Documents"
"The UK’s oil and gas regulator is coming under fire from environmental groups for using lawyers to try to prevent the publication of five key documents relating to the environmental impact of Shell’s...
View ArticleReporting on Environmental Solutions and Equity — at a Watershed Scale
Reporting on interconnected ecosystems lends itself to better environmental stories, and so tracing how water moves across landscapes, communities, industries and regulatory schemes can help the public...
View ArticleFuture-Curious Climate Scientists Are Researching How Trees Form Clouds
"Ever looked up at the clouds and wondered where they came from? That's exactly what atmospheric researcher Lubna Dada studies at the Paul Scherrer Institute. She is part of an international project...
View Article"Texas Board Rejects Many Science Textbooks Over Climate Change Messaging"
"A Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education on Friday rejected seven of 12 proposed science textbooks for eighth graders that for the first time will require them to include information on...
View Article"Mucus-Covered Jellyfish Hint at Dangers of Deep-Sea Mining"
"A treasure trove of metal is hiding at the bottom of the ocean. Potato-size nodules of iron and manganese litter the seafloor, and metal-rich crusts cover underwater mountains and chimneys along...
View ArticleReporter Unravels Complex Dynamic Between Climate Change and Nature
Nature-based climate solutions have become a much-talked-of topic, one that journalist Gabriel Popkin turned into a loose beat through which to explore the complicated realities beyond some easy...
View Article10th 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 ArticleWhere Has All The Honey Gone? Scientists Explain Declining Yields
"It’s a question that has bedeviled beekeepers across the US in recent years: where has all the honey gone? Scientists now say they have some answers as to why yields of honey have declined, pointing...
View Article"Hungry Sea Otters Are Helping Save California’s Marshlands From Erosion"
"The return of sea otters and their voracious appetites has helped rescue a section of California marshland, a new study shows. Sea otters eat constantly and one of their favorite snacks is the striped...
View Article"In Kenya, The King Of The Jungle Faces A New Challenge — Ants"
"Researchers said big-headed ants started an “ecological chain reaction” in a Kenya conservancy, impacting lions and other animals".BiodiversityEnvironmental StudiesNatural...
View ArticleMediterranean Getting Hotter, More Acidic, And Sea Levels Are Rising: Report
"The Mediterranean Sea is experiencing higher temperatures and acidity, rising sea levels, and pollution by plastic and even mercury according to a report published Monday."Climate ChangeEnvironmental...
View ArticleCanadian Watchdog Gets Complaints About Green Claims By Shell, RBC, Enbridge
"The list of companies whose marketing is being accused of deceiving Canadians about their environmental commitments continues to grow".Climate ChangeEnergy & FuelEnvironmental StudiesJournalism...
View Article"Indigenous Languages Are Founts of Environmental Knowledge"
"Peoples who live close to nature have a rich lore of plants, animals, and landscapes embedded in their mother tongues".BiodiversityEnvironmental StudiesJournalism & MediaNatural ResourcesPeople...
View Article'Gaslit' Project Spotlights Challenges of Teaching Investigative Journalism
Research, collaboration, human-centered storytelling and the ineluctable element of time — all these were among the facets of a complex, award-winning investigative report run by a team of students at...
View Article"The Uncharted World of Emerging Pathogens"
"In their quest to detect early outbreaks, virus hunters are sampling environmental DNA in water, dirt, and air."BiodiversityEnvironmental HealthEnvironmental StudiesNational (U.S.)PublicSource: ,
View ArticleAs Ticks Spread, US Nears Understanding The True Extent Of Lyme Disease
"A revised CDC reporting system led to a 70 percent increase in reported cases of Lyme disease, but experts say more can be done."BiodiversityClimate ChangeEnvironmental HealthEnvironmental...
View ArticleEat Local for Climate’s Sake? No, Eat Less Meat
Many people who want to reduce their carbon footprint consider the climate impacts of diet, but their efforts may be misdirected. When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, it turns out what we eat is...
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