Published by The New York Times Science & Environment After a heat wave and two Southeast Asia-style rainstorms that flooded the capital’s streets, subways and Brian May’s cellar, it seems timely to ask if the city is prepared to deal with wild weather. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/02/world/london-floods-brian-may.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment China’s breathtaking economic growth created cities ill-equipped to face extreme weather. Last week’s dramatic floods showed that much will have to change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/world/asia/china-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment At least four people died in a highway tunnel in central China that flooded at the same time as a subway tunnel after eight inches of rain fell in a single hour. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/world/asia/china-floods-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Swift, deadly flooding in China this week inundated a network that wasn’t even a decade old, highlighting the risks faced by cities globally. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/22/climate/subway-design-flooding-china.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment India’s Covid deaths could be in the millions. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/briefing/your-wednesday-briefing.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The program may help China eventually curb greenhouse gas pollution. But making emissions markets work is tricky. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/16/business/energy-environment/china-carbon-market.html
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society LOS ANGELES – June 24, 2021 – A bold new documentary from director Eli Roth and executive producers Leonardo DiCaprio and Nina Dobrev brings light to the urgent plight of sharks around the world. ‘Fin’, which features the work of acclaimed photographer Michael Muller, will be available for streaming on discovery+ starting July […]
In May, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) ramped up our trade advocacy by highlighting the essentiality of imports to U.S. chemicals manufacturing and by calling on Ambassador Tai and the U.S. Senate to take action on the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB), which would suspend duties on imported inputs that are vital to our industry’s global […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Biden and other Western leaders had tough words for Russia and China after wrapping up a meeting in England, but they had trouble finding common ground on some big issues. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/us/politics/g7-summit-ends.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The annual summer monsoon in South Asia begins this month. A new study points to more destructive storms. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/04/climate/monsoons-climate-change.html
Published by the Environmental Defense Fund Asian American and Pacific Islander communities are valuable and necessary allies in the fight to address the climate crisis — allies who could wield the kind of political power key to environmental progress. Read the full article at: https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/653320026/0/edf/blogs/feed~Im-an-Asian-American-environmentalist-My-story-is-a-familiar-one
When we think of U.S. jobs supported by overseas trade, our minds may naturally gravitate toward jobs that are made possible by exports. Selling more U.S.-made goods overseas is indeed a proven job-creator – and that’s true of the domestic chemicals industry as well – but it’s important not to overlook the role that imports […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Snow leopards live in some of the most rugged landscapes in Asia’s high mountains, which makes it incredibly difficult to study these rare and elusive big cats. Read the full article at: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/more-than-70-of-snow-leopard-habitat-remains-unexplored
AMP Robotics was recently honored as a finalist in Fast Company’s 2021 World-Changing Ideas Awards. The company’s groundbreaking innovation is an artificial intelligence (AI) platform— a robot— designed to more efficiently sort plastic packaging at materials recovery facilities (MRFs) and other recycling facilities by running secondary sortation, a process that applies advanced automation enabled by AI to economically sort through low volumes of residue or mixed plastics […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced funding to carry out beach water quality monitoring and public notification programs in 30 states, five territories, and four Indian Nations. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-96-million-beach-act-grants-states-tribes-territories
The Center for Biocide Chemistries (CBC) launched a new campaign, The Science of Helping Others, to spotlight the charitable and community-focused efforts of the antimicrobial industry throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Since March 2020, when many Americans began quarantining, numerous CBC member companies extended themselves by donating millions of dollars in funds, products, and equipment to […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Biden administration is blocking the export of supplies that Indian vaccine makers say they need to expand production. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/climate/inda-covid-vaccines.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The United States is history’s largest emitter. China is today’s largest emitter. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/climate/chinas-leader-xi-jinping-promises-to-strictly-limit-coal.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Biden’s vow to work with China on issues like climate change is clashing with his promise to defend human rights. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/business/economy/china-biden-solar-panels.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The subtext of the meeting was responding to China’s influence and its aggressive actions in the Indo-Pacific and beyond, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga resisted being drawn into a rivalry. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/16/us/politics/biden-5g-japan.html