Earth Day Turns 50
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Also this week, our recommendations for climate books Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/climate/earth-day-nyt-climate-newsletter.html
India Sees Coronavirus Threat to Fragile Population: Tigers
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The country is home to most of the world’s wild tigers, and wildlife authorities announced steps to protect them. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/science/india-tigers-coronavirus.html
7 Travel Stories to Help You Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Confined to the great indoors on Earth Day? These stories will help remind you of the natural world’s many splendors — and why environmental protections are of crucial importance for the future of the planet. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/travel/earth-day-online.html
Jay Inslee Endorses Biden, Citing Private Conversations on Climate Policy
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The governor of Washington State, one of the Democratic Party’s most prominent environmentalists, urged progressives to get on board with the presumptive presidential nominee’s campaign. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/politics/jay-inslee-endorses-biden.html
Live Events This Week: Earth Day, NYT for Kids and More
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Here’s how Times journalists can help you stay connected and understand our changing world. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/guides/live-events-this-week-earth-day-nyt-for-kids-and-more.html
Overlooked No More: Eunice Foote, Climate Scientist Lost to History
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Foote’s ingenious experiment more than 150 years ago yielded a remarkable discovery that could have helped shape modern climate science had she not been overshadowed. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/obituaries/eunice-foote-overlooked.html
Earth Day’s Gone Digital. Here’s Where to Find It.
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment New York offers many ways to celebrate online. You can hike, play environmental games, conduct experiments, meet scientists and blast into space — all without leaving home. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/arts/design/earth-day-digital-coronavirus.html
How The Times Covered the First Earth Day, 50 Years Ago
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment For the first Earth Day, on April 22, 1970, The New York Times went big. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/climate/NYT-first-earth-day.html
Australia’s Fire Season Ends, and Researchers Look to the Next One
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment With its otherworldly conditions, Australia has become a testing ground for fire-prediction technology. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/science/australia-wildfires-technology-drones.html
The Sound of One Shrimp Snapping
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment How climate change is altering nature’s sonic landscape. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/science/climate-change-sound-animals.html
The ‘Profoundly Radical’ Message of Earth Day’s First Organizer
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Fifty years on, Denis Hayes is still trying to keep the spirit that made Earth Day a world-changing event alive — and to refocus its energy on climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/climate/denis-hayes-earth-day-organizer.html
Deepwater Horizon Ten Years On
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Members of the bipartisan commission created to investigate the spill say Congress and the Trump administration have failed to take safety seriously. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/climate/deepwater-horizon-anniversary.html
Enquanto Bolsonaro cumpre as promessas sobre a Amazônia, indígenas brasileiros temem um ‘etnocídio’
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment O presidente Jair Bolsonaro atua de forma agressiva para abrir a floresta amazônica ao desenvolvimento comercial e representa uma ameaça existencial para as tribos da região. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/pt/2020/04/19/world/americas/bolsonaro-brasil-amazonia-indigenas-funai.html
As Bolsonaro Keeps Amazon Vows, Brazil’s Indigenous Fear ‘Ethnocide’
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Jair Bolsonaro is moving aggressively to open up the Amazon rainforest to commercial development, posing an existential threat to the tribes living there. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/world/americas/bolsonaro-brazil-amazon-indigenous.html
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Fires Spreading Radioactivity
Published by the Environmental News Service KYIV, Ukraine, April 18, 2020 (ENS) – A huge forest fire in Ukraine that blazed for more than 10 days came within one kilometer (.6 miles) of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and poses a continuing radiation risk, Greenpeace Russia warned on Monday, citing satellite images. Read the […]
Bought for a Song: An Indonesian Craze Puts Wild Birds at Risk
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Songbirds are being entered into high-stakes singing competitions across the country, and conservationists say protected species are in danger. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/world/asia/indonesia-songbirds-competition.html
The Food Chain’s Weakest Link: Slaughterhouses
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A relatively small number of plants process much of the beef and pork in the United States, and some of them have closed because workers are getting sick. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/business/coronavirus-meat-slaughterhouses.html
The Meat Business, a Big Contributor to Climate Change, Faces Major Tests
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The coronavirus is closing meatpacking plants, adding to financial strains from the China trade war and the rise of “fake” meat alternatives. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/climate/meat-industry-climate-impact.html
Bill Gates, at Odds With Trump on Virus, Becomes a Right-Wing Target
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist has been attacked with falsehoods that he created the coronavirus and wants to profit from it. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/technology/bill-gates-virus-conspiracy-theories.html
Earth Day 2020 Features Global Online Climate Event
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, April 17, 2020 (ENS) – The biggest climate conference of the year will be the Earth Day Week No Fly Conference – just one of the 50th anniversary events marking Earth Day 2020. During this public, free, online event, 100 key experts will meet virtually to share […]