In January 2023, nearly a year before the latest United Nations climate conference began, there was deep concern and alarm over the head of one of the world’s largest oil companies being appointed president of the COP28 summit
The Case for Protecting the Tongass National Forest, America’s ‘Last Climate Sanctuary, by Reynard Loki
Spanning 16.7 million acres that stretch across most of southeast Alaska, the Tongass National Forest is the largest national forest in the United States by far and part of the world’s largest temperate rainforest. Humans barely inhabit it: About the size of West Virginia, the Tongass has around 70,000 residents spread across 32 communities. A vast coastal terrain replete with […]
How Climate Change Is Boosting Pollen Production and Worsening Our Allergies, By Lucy Goodchild van Hilten
When the season turns to spring, flowers begin to bloom, trees turngreen, and the sun shines longer. But if you’re like almost one-third ofadults in the U.S., you might be experiencing watery eyes, a ticklythroat, and a runny nose. With spring comes pollen, which makesbreathing air more difficult.But it’s getting worse: With climate change shifting […]
The Growing Movement to Bring Back Community Grief and Ritual
By April M. Short White tarp tents lined one side of Allston Way in Berkeley, California, on a sunny week in early April 2023, beneath which a cluster of people sat on ornate pillows, sipping from ceramic cups at the tea ceremony booth. Others filtered to and fro, sometimes stopping to peruse the flyers and […]
Our Food System Is the Bullseye for Solving the World’s Climate Challenges
The impact of agriculture on climate change is significant. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the agriculture sector is responsible for 10 percent of the total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions,
Is Earth Close to “The Great Dying”? By Thom Hartmann
You may remember the 2004 disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow, in which large parts of Europe and the American East Coast suddenly freeze up?
The Eco Collapse We Were Warned About Has Begun
By José Seoane In 2023, different climatic anomalies have been recorded that set new historical records in the tragic progression of climate change at the global level. Thus, in June, the surface temperature in the North Atlantic reached the maximum increase of 1.3 degrees Celsius with respect to preindustrial values. In a similar direction—although in […]
The Impact of Plastic on Human Health
Author: Robin Scher In 2019, the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks published a statement that identified 14 emerging health and environmental issues. Right near the top of that list was plastic waste. The committee emphasized the “urgent” need “for a better assessment of hazard and risk” associated with exposure to plastics of […]
Is it OK for the environment to use an electric bug zapper to keep the mosquitoes at bay
With summer comes, many of us seek solutions to combat the nuisance and potential health risks of mosquitoes.
Nanoplastics Are Entering Our Bodies by Erica Cirino
The air is plasticized, and we are no better protected from it outdoors than indoors. Minuscule plastic fibers, fragments, foam, and films are shed from plastic stuff and are perpetually floating into and free-falling down on us from the atmosphere. Rain flushes micro- and nanoplastics out of the sky back to Earth. Plastic-filled snow is […]