Environment
With hurricane destruction as backdrop, Democratic aspirants address climate change
September 6, 2019The 7-hour CNN Climate Town Hall was the result of pressure from environmental activists, who had unsuccessfully pushed the DNC to hold such a forum.
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Funerals for glaciers: Is it too late for Europe’s Green New Deal?
September 6, 2019The problem can be tackled, but only if the world mobilizes the kind of force it did to fight World War II.
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As Amazon fires rage, Bolsonaro wants more Indigenous land for business
August 30, 2019Bolsonaro claims Indigenous land reserves hinder business interests: “Indians don’t have a (political) lobby, they don’t speak our language, but they have managed to get 14% of our national territory.”
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As hurricane approaches Puerto Rico, Trump transfers funding to border cages
August 28, 2019President takes $271 million from Coast Guard and FEMA and gives it to ICE to build more prison camps for immigrants.
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Disastrous Alaskan wildfires could permanently alter forest composition
August 28, 2019From the Amazon to the last frontier of Alaska, fire season is raging on both sides of the equator and bringing with the flames long-term effects that could permanently alter the diverse ecosystems of both regions.
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