Map of the Day: The Most Dangerous Countries For Environmental Activists John Light July 19, 2017 The UK-based non-profit Global Witness put out their annual tally of those murdered protecting land, water and wildlife in their communities, and the news is not good. The world is getting more dangerous for ...
Why the Larsen C Ice Shelf Break is Such a Big Deal John Light July 12, 2017 Something is very wrong on our planet’s poles. Temperatures soared in the Arctic over the weekend as the storm system that brought snow and freezing rain to the US’s east coast this week pushed warm air into...
The G20 is going to be…awkward John Light July 6, 2017 The G20 is going to be all about the Paris Agreement. And that will make for some potentially very isolating moments for the United States. When Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement last mon...
PODCAST: The UN just wrapped up Its first-ever oceans conference. Here’s What happened. Mark Leon Goldberg June 19, 2017 Gregory Stone once lived underwater for 30 days. He is an ocean scientist and author who has spent a career studying and advocating on behalf of our oceans. He's now with an executive vice president with C...
Climate Change Will Cause 250,000 Additional Deaths Per Year. Here’s How It Will Kill US Alanna Shaikh, MPH June 9, 2017 President Trump announced last week that he will be pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord, the world’s best shot at keeping climate change to survivable levels. It is a short-sighted decisio...
It’s Been One Day Since Trump’s Announcement on the Paris Agreement and already China and the EU are Looking Past US John Light June 2, 2017 Yesterday, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would be pulling out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Today, we are seeing the first sign of the kind of post-American geopolitical re...
There is a silver lining to Trump’s Disasterous Decision to Pull out of the Paris Agreement John Light June 1, 2017 On Thursday, Donald Trump announced that the United States would be pulling out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. It was a rebuke to US allies, US business leaders, the pope, the president’s own secreta...
A Small Cyclone Just Caused Major Damage in South Asia. (Yet Another Reason Trump Should Stick With the Paris Agreement) Kimberly Curtis June 1, 2017 Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar are facing a major clean up after Cyclone Mora hit the area earlier this week. Overall, government officials estimate that 17,500 houses were destroyed in Bangladesh and search...
Trump is Pulling out of the Paris Agreement? Here’s what will happen John Light May 31, 2017 After months of delays, foot-dragging, inconclusive meetings and further delays, news reports are saying that Donald Trump is poised to announce his decision on the Paris Agreement: He’s bailing. By staying ...
