Climate Change

November 22, 2019

Earth’s rainforests are astonishingly biodiverse ecosystems that can drive the climates of faraway continents, but they’re disappearing in the name of the kind of economic development that values rainforests more when logged, mined, or turned into farmland. A new book argues that the world’s rainforests are most valuable when kept intact.

Climate Change

Venice floods: Historical myths may attract the aid the city needs

The Conversation

November 20, 2019

Venice is a place with a long tradition of convincing outsiders of its uniqueness. This tradition may continue to shape the way the world sees the city today — and could be what ends up helping the city survive.

Environment

Emperor Penguins could march to extinction if nations fail to halt climate change

The Conversation

November 12, 2019

Emperor Penguins are facing extinction if the rapidly melting Antarctic ice is not preserved. Stephanie Jenouvrier, an Associate Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, explains what needs to be done to save the vulnerable species.

Evangelicals in Brazil see abuse of God's earth as a sin — but will they fight to save the Amazon?

The Conversation

November 11, 2019

Christian movements like evangelicalism and Pentecostalism aren’t often associated with environmental protection. But Brazil’s former environment minister, Marina Silva, a member of the Pentecostal Assembly of God, has voiced horror at the recent fires consuming the Amazon.

Environment

New ethane cracker factories raise climate change and pollution concerns

Living on Earth

November 11, 2019

Plastic has long been made from oil, but today it’s increasingly made from ethane, a component of natural gas. To turn ethane into the building block of plastic, petrochemical companies are investing in ethane cracker plants, raising concerns about what these facilities could mean for air pollution and climate change.

Climate Change

The Paris climate problem: A dangerous lack of urgency

InsideClimate News

November 07, 2019

Most countries aren’t cutting emissions fast enough, and their pledges for the next 10 years fall far short of what's needed, a new analysis warns.

California is living America's dystopian future

The Conversation

November 05, 2019

For a growing number of novelists, climate change hints at the dark secret of the perfect place, of bad decisions that all America shares.

Environment

'The largest YouTube collaboration ever' wants to plant 20 million trees

Living on Earth

November 04, 2019

On October 25, hundreds of YouTube creators partnered with the Arbor Day Foundation with a goal of planting 20 million trees. It’s been called “the largest collaboration on YouTube ever in the world."

Nov. 4 is the first day Trump can legally leave the Paris Accord

The World

November 01, 2019

Donald Trump repeated his disapproval of the pact just last week at a shale oil and gas conference in Pittsburgh.

Climate Change

Another rising cost of climate change: PG&E's blackouts, now needed to prevent wildfires

InsideClimate News

October 31, 2019

The power outages — to avoid sparking fires in the extremely dry, windy conditions — are costing billions as businesses and schools shut down.

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