climate
Mexico’s Supreme Court votes to protect Veracruz Reef from port expansion
February 28, 2022This decision protects the largest reef system in the Gulf of Mexico from the destructive construction of new navigation channels, land access points, and other port facilities.
Read moreBiden administration declares crackdown on coal plant pollution
January 12, 2022For the first time, the federal government is enforcing rules that require the coal industry to clean up toxic coal ash waste.
Read moreDecember’s tornadoes show a country badly in need of disaster reform
January 5, 2022"Until local agencies have their capacity substantially expanded in essentially every community across the country, we’re going to keep running into problems."
Read moreWildfires are obliterating Western forests, climate change is making it permanent
December 6, 2021“It’s already happening, it’s not just something we are modeling in the future."
Read moreIn Arctic, rain might replace snow decades sooner than previously thought
December 3, 2021Researchers called the implications, from melting permafrost to sea level rise, sped-up global heating and mass famine in the region’s reindeer and caribou populations, “profound.”
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