Six Ways To Cover the Environmental Impacts of Animal Agriculture
Animal agriculture is a massive industry with a vast environmental footprint, so there are plenty of reporting opportunities for journalists on the “eat beat.” In the second of two parts, following...
View Article"Canada, U.S. Launch Intl. Inquiry Into Southeast B.C. Mine Pollution"
"Nearly 12 years after Ktunaxa Nation first urged the Canadian and U.S. governments to task an international body with investigating the mine pollution coursing through its territory, the two countries...
View Article"Pebble Sues EPA To Revive Southwest Alaska Copper And Gold Mine Prospect"
"The company behind the giant Pebble copper and gold mine project in Southwest Alaska filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday to overturn its decision last year to halt the...
View Article"How You Should Think About Those Google Flights Pollution Numbers"
"Flight booking platforms are giving customers a new number to think about when they buy a plane ticket: the expected greenhouse gas emissions of their trip."Climate ChangeConsumerEnergy &...
View Article"Dunes Aren’t Just Big Piles Of Sand. Here’s Why Earth Needs Them."
"The famed coastal dunes that inspired the shifting sand landscape of the desert planet Arrakis in Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel “Dune” are also under siege — from climate change and human...
View ArticleCourage and Caring — Documentary Celebrates Environmental Icon Stewart Udall
While the name of Stewart Udall, U.S. interior secretary through the tumultuous 1960s, may have faded from public memory, his influence on environmental policies is still felt today. Contributor...
View Article"A Guide To Electric Car Misinformation (Part 2)"
"Financially-motivated EV misinformation comes from both sides of the aisle (the lane?). Industries that see EVs as a threat exaggerate their harms in a bid to get you to hate EVs. And industries that...
View Article"Despite Official Vote, the Evidence of the Anthropocene Is Clear"
"When a governing body of the International Union of Geological Sciences voted down a proposal to name a new epoch in Earth’s history, it ignored conclusive evidence that for the first time, a single...
View Article"‘Climate-Controlled’ Sausage? Courts Crack Down on ‘Greenwashing’"
"From airlines to pork sellers, corporate brands face legal and regulatory challenges for misleading the public with lofty climate claims."Climate ChangeConsumerEconomy & BusinessEnvironmental...
View ArticleTop Louisiana University Lets Oil Firms Influence Research – For A Price
"Louisiana State University allowed Shell to influence studies after a $25m donation and sought funds from other fossil fuel firms".Climate ChangeEnergy & FuelEnvironmental PoliticsEnvironmental...
View Article"How Scientists Are Learning To Eavesdrop On The Sounds Of Soil"
"The sound of an earthworm is a distinctive rasping and scrunching. Ants sound like the soothing patter of rain. A passing, tunnelling vole makes a noise like a squeaky dog’s toy repeatedly being...
View Article"Biden Admin Vows To Restore 8M Acres Of Wetlands"
"The Biden administration announced a goal Tuesday to protect and restore 8 million acres of wetlands over the next six years in an effort to counter development pressures and recently weakened federal...
View Article"Yellowstone’s Wolves: A Debate Over Their Role in the Park’s Ecosystem"
"New research questions the long-held theory that reintroduction of such a predator caused a trophic cascade, spawning renewal of vegetation and spurring biodiversity."BiodiversityEnvironmental...
View ArticlePrehistoric Lake Sturgeon Is Not Endangered, US Says Despite Petition
"Lake sturgeon don’t need Endangered Species Act protections, federal wildlife officials announced Monday, saying that stocking programs have helped the prehistoric fish return to areas where they had...
View ArticleCross-Border Project Exposes Extent of PFAS Contamination in Europe
A dozen European news partners collaborated last year to gather a massive set of water, soil and organism samples that pointed to more than 17,000 PFAS-contaminated sites in the region, many known to...
View Article"Increasingly Frequent Ocean Heat Waves Trigger Mass Die-Offs of Sealife"
"Over the past several years, the temperature of the Earth’s oceans have been spiking high enough to trigger numerous die-offs of marine species, killing millions of corals, fish, mammals, birds and...
View ArticleHarnessing the Power of Global Forest Watch for Data-Driven Reporting on Land...
Whether trees fall to chain saws or go up in smoke, deforestation is a major climate change driver. But on-the-ground reporting on forest loss is often challenging. Global Forest Watch provides...
View Article"DDT Found In Deep-Sea Fish Raises Troubling Concerns For Food Web"
"For several years now, one question has held the key to understanding just how much we should worry about the hundreds of tons of DDT that had been dumped off the coast of Los Angeles.""Now, in a...
View Article"U.S. Tightens Rules on Risky Virus Research"
"The White House has unveiled tighter rules for research on potentially dangerous microbes and toxins, in an effort to stave off laboratory accidents that could unleash a...
View ArticleCorporate Climate Watchdog Document Deems Carbon Offsets Largely Ineffective
"Staff at an influential corporate climate action group whose board announced a plan to allow companies to offset greenhouse gas emissions from their supply chain with carbon credits has now found such...
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