Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Swedish 16-year-old sailed across the Atlantic on an emissions-free yacht to speak at the U.N. Climate Action Summit next month. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/nyregion/greta-thunberg-new-york.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, Greta Thunberg arrives in New York. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/climate/one-thing-we-can-do-drive-less.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 28, 2019 (ENS) – When World Water Week opened in Stockholm Monday, speakers at the annual event addressing global water issues called for an immediate and drastic shift in how freshwater is shared and managed. The world’s water shortage is increasingly acute, all speakers warned and, […]
Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, August 28, 2019 (ENS) – Wildlife conservationists are celebrating a cliff-hanger of a win for elephants at the triennial Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES, in Geneva where delegates Tuesday voted to limit the controversial trade of wild-caught baby […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The billionaire former investor is an unlikely populist, but he is poised to be a deeply disruptive figure in the Democratic primary. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/us/politics/tom-steyer-debate.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As demand grows and climate-change restrictions raise costs, developers are flocking to PACE financing for relief. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/27/business/green-buildings-pace-loans.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The number of heat-related deaths has more than tripled in Arizona and Nevada since 2014, new data show, raising concern about the limits of adaptation. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/climate/heat-deaths-southwest.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service BIARRITZ, France, August 26, 2019 (ENS) – The seven industrialized countries that make up the Group of Seven (G7) – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States – had an ambitious environmental agenda mapped out before their meeting August 24-26 in Biarritz, a beach […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The green-blue blooms of toxic algae have been found in Central Park, Morningside Park and Prospect Park. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/25/nyregion/toxic-algae-nyc-parks.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The lakes rose this year to levels not seen in decades. A 1,234-mile drive around one of them revealed what all that water has left behind — vanishing beaches, closed roads, new islands. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/24/us/great-lakes-water-levels.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment With the Trump administration nearly silent, European leaders have energetically stepped in to take up the mantle of leadership. A trade deal could be at stake. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/24/world/europe/climate-brazil-europe-trump-g7.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Jay Inslee and Seth Moulton are out, John Hickenlooper is in (a Senate race), and candidates released plans for labor and the environment. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/24/us/politics/2020-democratic-presidential-candidates.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service BRASILIA, Brazil, August 23, 2019 (ENS) – South America’s Amazon rainforest is burning in many places, blazing away so fiercely that the fires are visible from space. Smoke from the fires, mostly burning in southern Brazil, has reached Brazil’s largest city, Sao Paulo, more than 1,700 miles away. Read […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Washington governor and self-described climate candidate told us what it was like to achieve national recognition — after leaving the presidential race. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/us/politics/jay-inslee.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Emmanuel Macron of France accused President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil of lying about climate change, and said he would try to kill a major trade deal. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/world/americas/amazon-fires-brazil.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, August 23, 2019 (ENS) – Giraffes will now be protected against trade in their body parts for the first time. Delegates from 183 countries to the tri-annual Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species decided to add giraffes to an endangered species list, voting to regulate the […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A paper in the journal Science makes a case that, sometimes, retreating from nature instead of fighting it can open up new opportunities for communities. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/climate/sea-level-managed-retreat.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The French luxury billionaire François-Henri Pinault will unveil a new Fashion Pact to the G7 leaders in coming days. But does it go far enough? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/fashion/environment-crisis-pact-kering-g7.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Former technicians at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York say the were sickened by exposure to a toxic cleaning compound. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/climate/tce-exposure-lawsuits-brookhaven.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Mr. Sanders’s climate change proposal calls for the United States to eliminate fossil fuel use by 2050. “We must be extraordinarily aggressive,” he said in an interview. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/climate/bernie-sanders-climate-change.html?emc=rss&partner=rss