As many as 4 million people in India scratch out a living searching through landfills for anything they can sell. These waste pickers endure a miserable job that is growing more dangerous as climate change leads to rising heat. In the northern city of Jammu, …Continue Reading
Tractor Supply says it is ending an array of corporate diversity and climate efforts. It’s a move that comes after the rural retailer was hit by weeks of online conservative backlash. Tractor Supply said Thursday that it will eliminate all of its diversity, e…Continue Reading
U.S. health officials are warning doctors to be alert for dengue cases as the tropical disease breaks international records. Dengue is spread by mosquitoes and it has been surging worldwide, helped by climate change. The virus remains less common in the conti…Continue Reading
The Biden administration is advancing its plan to restrict logging within old-growth forests on federal lands that are increasingly threatened by climate change. A government analysis obtained by The Associated Press shows exceptions will be made for cutting …Continue Reading
Two climate protesters have been arrested for spraying orange paint on the ancient Stonehenge monument in southern England. Wiltshire Police said the pair was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of damaging one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments …Continue Reading
Tens of millions across the European Union were voting in EU parliamentary elections on Sunday in a massive exercise of democracy that is expected to shift the bloc to the right and redirect its future. War in Ukraine, the impact of climate policy on farmers …Continue Reading
Month after month, global temperatures are breaking records. Meanwhile, scientists and climate policymakers warn of the growing likelihood that the planet will soon exceed the warming limit set in the landmark Paris 2015 climate talks. With temperatures soari…Continue Reading
U.N. Secretary General António Guterres has called for a “windfall” tax on profits of fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming. Guterres decried them as the “godfathers of climate chaos.” He made the remarks on Wednesday in a spe…Continue Reading
An environmental activist was detained after sticking a protest sign to a Monet painting in Paris’ famed Orsay Museum. It was the latest of several actions by protesters with the group Food Riposte to target artworks in France in calls for action to protect f…Continue Reading