Tag: News
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Realities of Climate Change: Residents Struggle to Rebuild After Hurricane Sandy
One year ago tomorrow, Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast, illustrating the link between extreme weather and climate change. But even though extreme weather events from droughts to wildfires have become more frequent, most insurers aren’t preparing for climate change at all. This is especially alarming in the face of Congress’ decision in July to slash the subsidies for federal flood insurance. The…
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Bill McKibben: Will President Obama Stand Up to Big Oil and Reject Keystone XL?
As the battle over the Keystone XL pipeline has worn on—and it’s now well over two years old—it’s illuminated the Obama presidency like no other issue. It offers the president not just a choice of policies, but a choice of friends, world views, styles. It’s become an X-ray for a flagging presidency. The stakes are sky-high, and…
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Women of the World Call for Urgent Action on Climate Change
Apart from those imprisoned in a fortress of science denial, 69 percent of Americans give credence to the 95 percent of climate scientists who agree on the reality and trajectory of human-induced climate change. Nevertheless, the levers on its supersized drivers don’t seem to be within our grasp. Americans live with this looming threat, without…
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Jane Goodall Institute Revolutionizes Chimpanzee Protection With High-Tech Tools
The Jane Goodall Institute, founded by renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, is revolutionizing the concept of environmental conservation through technology. In 1960, when Goodall arrived in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, her equipment consisted of little more than pencil, paper and a pair of binoculars. Now, the Jane Goodall Institute is incorporating high-tech tools to improve chimpanzee…
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Researchers Discover Arctic Warmer Than Anytime in Last 44,000 Years
By Tim Radford Good news for Arctic mosses, if not for any other Arctic creatures: little tundra plants that have been buried under the Canadian ice can feel the sunlight for the first time in at least 44,000 years. The implication is that the Arctic is now, and has been for the last 100 years,…