Landmark climate change case will open at the top U.N. court
2024-12-02
The U.N.’s top court begins hearings Monday on the legal obligation of countries to fight climate change.Continue Reading
Live updates: UN tackles desertification, drought and land restoration
2024-12-02
People around the world are facing devastating consequences as the land that supports livelihoods, helps to regulate climate and protect biodiversity becomes increasingly degraded due to climate change and mismanagement. The UN Convention to Combat Desertification is meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to discuss how to regenerate the land andContinue Reading
Three billion people globally impacted by land degradation
2024-12-02
Three billion people around the world are suffering the impact of poor and degraded land which will “increase levels of migration, stability and insecurity among many communities,” according to the newly-elected President of a UN-backed conference on desertification, drought and land restoration which is taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Continue Reading
The aftermath of the Hermit’s Peak and Calf Canyon Fires
2024-12-02
Devastation is hard to face, but turning away is harder. The post The aftermath of the Hermit’s Peak and Calf Canyon Fires appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Elevated radiation detected at former Bay Area landfill turned art park
2024-12-02
State-ordered environmental testing has uncovered elevated levels of radiation at a popular spot for hikers and dog walkers in the Bay Area.Continue Reading
Inside the Plastic Industry’s Battle to Win Over Hearts and Minds
2024-12-02
Documents leaked from an industry group show how plastics companies are pushing back against a “tide of anti-plastic sentiment.”Continue Reading
A fossil first: Scientists find 1.5-million-year-old footprints of two different species of human ancestors at same spot
2024-12-02
More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake Turkana in Kenya, two completely different species of hominins may have passed each other as they scavenged for food. Scientists know this because they have examined 1.5-million-year-old fossilsContinue Reading
Harvard University Doubles Down on Emissions Reductions
2024-12-02
Will new clean energy funding on and off campus be enough to meet its ambitious climate goals? By Phil McKenna CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Harvard University has taken two major steps toward reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, making significant investments in renewables and energy efficiency as it seeks to eliminate its use ofContinue Reading