Bringing back sunflower sea stars, which are functionally extinct in California, could help restore kelp forests off the coast, researchers say.Continue Reading
With climate change threatening Indigenous lifeways in Alaska, these four young women are devoting their careers to their preservation. The post How Alaska Native youth are protecting the land for their future appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Study reveals commonly detected environmental levels of clobazam — a medication often prescribed for sleep disorders — increased the river-to-sea migration success of juvenile salmon in the wild. The research team employed slow-release pharmaceutical implants and animal-tracking transmitters to monitor how exposure to clobazam and the opioid painkiller tramadol —Continue Reading
Following federal intervention last year, state officials had given coal operators 90 days to submit methane monitoring plans. At the request of the Alabama Mining Association, regulators have now given them six more months. By Lee Hedgepeth Undermined: Fifteenth in a series about the impacts of longwall mining in Alabama.Continue Reading
The U.S. podcaster and The Traitor supporter Ben Shapiro, who has joked that Canada is “a silly country” that should be annexed, is among the American influencers that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith considers to be “allies” to Canada. The premier’s remarks came during her speech to a conservative audience atContinue Reading
In January 2019, world-renowned food and nutrition experts published a groundbreaking study. The culmination of two years’ work by 37 authors, the EAT-Lancet report set out to answer the question: how can we feed the world’s growing population without causing catastrophic climate breakdown? The publication was high profile. Launched inContinue Reading
A new research group set up to support Nigel Farage ’s Reform UK is run by investors with business interests in the energy and metals industries, DeSmog can reveal Resolute 1850 is reportedly being launched in the Spring to “support Reform with policy development, briefing and rebuttal”, according to plansContinue Reading
A lot of birds are shifting their range in response to warmer temperatures. That means bird watchers are seeing new species in their yards.Continue Reading
A new study has found that certain bacteria living in the nose may influence how likely someone is to get a COVID-19 infection. The research reveals that certain types of nasal bacteria can affect the levels of key proteins the virus needs to enter human cells, offering new insight intoContinue Reading
Kathleen Sgamma withdrew from consideration on the morning of her confirmation hearings. Environmentalists fear the White House’s next nominee will also come from the oil and gas industry. By Jake Bolster Kathleen Sgamma, an oil and gas advocate, has withdrawn from consideration to be director of the Bureau of LandContinue Reading
Officials are moving to eliminate requirements that most big polluters disclose how much carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases they emit.Continue Reading
Kathleen Sgamma abruptly withdrew from consideration days after a memo surfaced in which she sharply criticized Traitor 47.Continue Reading
As the world moves to reduce carbon emissions, solar and wind power will play an increasing role on electricity grids. But those renewable sources only generate electricity when it’s sunny or windy. So to ensure a reliable power grid — one that can deliver electricity 24/7 — it’s crucial toContinue Reading