We, a group of more than 3,700 people, including concerned scientists, citizens from at least 88 countries and Nobel laureates, fundamentally disagree with R. Alexander Pyron’s Nov. 26 Outlook essay, “Species die. Get over it.” His views expressed are at odds with scientific facts and our moral...
A uranium company launched a concerted lobbying campaign to scale back Bears Ears National Monument, saying such action would give it easier access to the area’s uranium deposits and help it operate a nearby processing mill, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.
Interior Secretary...
Reported by The Washington Post
16 of the nation's top retired military are urging congress to pass gun control legislation. They write"
there is no acceptable excuse for our elected leaders to avoid addressing this national crisis"
As American's, they say they find the level of gun violence unac...
The past year brought profound setbacks and unexpected silver linings in the world's quest to curb climate change.
The U.S. presidential election significantly altered the fight to keep Earth's temperature rise to less than 2 degrees Celsius. Donald Trump entered the White House promising to "undo"...
At many Chinese restaurants in the United States, there's a special dish called shark fin soup. It's expensive — a delicacy and status symbol in Chinese culture that's served during banquets.
The soup is a hotly debated item in both the scientific and political communities, and it's illegal in 12 s...
Washington, DC— The climate models that project greater amounts of warming this century are the ones that best align with observations of the current climate, according to a new paper from Carnegie’s Patrick Brown and Ken Caldeira published by Nature. Their findings suggest that the model...
People are donating more than they ever have to charities. There’s no time when such giving is more on display than today, Giving Tuesday, a day when celebrations of generosity on social media have helped turn an idea into a global happening in just six years.
The day was created in 2012 by t...
A child’s wellbeing is the responsibility of several stakeholders, however, the important three are the family, the state and the community. According to the National Children’s Policy, which is the first of its type in Malta, launched this month, the importance of these stakeholders and the five as...
Earth Protect thanks Green House Data and Wind Hosting for their ongoing support of www.earthprotect.com and www.earthprotectproductions.com. Support from these sustainably responsible companies makes it possible for millions or video views, blog read and nonprofit environmental groups to gain visib...
By John Upton
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — As the deadliest fires in California history swept through leafy neighborhoods here, Kathleen Sarmento fled her home in the dark, drove to an evacuation center and began setting up a medical triage unit. Patients with burns and other severe injuries were disp...
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press
BOULDER» Summer thunderstorms in North America likely will be larger, wetter and more frequent in a warmer world, dumping 80 percent more rain in some areas and worsening flooding, a new study says.
Future storms also will be wilder, soaking entire citi...
HOLYOKE FARMLAND
Solar-powered pivot a success By Jeff Rice Sterling Journal-Advocate
Randy Weis and his mother, Darlene, stand in front of the solar array on their farm southeast of Holyoke. Jeff Rice, Sterling Journal-Advocate
Randy Weis’ potatoes weren’t just nourished by sunshine this p...
California’s battle against climate change is being fought more fiercely in fast food restaurants than in Tesla’s car factory in Fremont.
Seven years after the Golden State began offering credits to producers of low-carbon fuels, cities and companies across California are using diesel brewed from f...
Researchers found wastewater increased pressure along fault lines in southern Colorado, northern New Mexico
By Dan Elliott The Associated Press
University of Colorado graduate student Jenny Nakai looks at seismographic data in Weld County. Nakai is the lead author of a study that found mor...
The global shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy will continue regardless of political action such as President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate agreement or outbursts from ex-Australian prime ministers, a senior ratings analyst says.
"The tide has turned," sa...
AP-NORC POLL
By Seth Borenstein and Emily Swanson The Associated Press
WASHINGTON»Americans want their local officials to take on the challenge of battling global warming now that President Donald Trump is withdrawing the nation an international climate change agreement.
That’s ac...
WASHINGTON» It’s not just this year. The monster hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, Jose and Lee that have raged across the Atlantic are contributing to what appears to be the most active period for major storms on record.
And the busiest part of hurricane season isn’t even over.
An analysis ...
