Africa’s Elections | In Malawi, food, land, corruption dominate June 5, 2019 AFRICA·Business·ECONOMICS·ENVIRONMENT·FOREIGN POLICY·Politics·WORLD NEWS In a small African country battling poverty and starvation, land, farming and corruption remain key issues in Malawi’s politics. Malawi – nicknamed Read More
Combat Veterans, Scientists, Gamers work to save the world’s dying coral reefs June 28, 2018 ENVIRONMENT·Headlines·Technology·VETERANS·Veterans Programs With ocean temperatures and acidity rising, many of the world’s coral reefs are being wiped out. From combat veterans to scientists to Read More
America’s obsession with plastic May 20, 2018 AMERICAS·ENVIRONMENT·Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics While plastic continues to pose a real threat to our environment and health, America’s leadership, America’s lobbyists and America’s plastic culture all fight Read More
Fracking, BREXIT and an oil and gas shale bonanza April 4, 2018 Business·ECONOMICS·ENVIRONMENT·Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·RESOURCES·Technology As the U.K. celebrates its final year as part of the European Union, it is standing on the brink of a major Read More
Deep sea mining raises critical issues for the International Seabed Authority March 22, 2018 Business·ENVIRONMENT·Headlines·SCIENCE·SOUTH EAST ASIA The Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) is a 2.3 square-mile tract of land which holds more nickel, cobalt and manganese than all the Read More
Environmental activist assassination exposes corruption in Honduras March 13, 2018 AMERICAS·ENVIRONMENT·News Wire·WORLD NEWS On March 2nd of 2016, the internationally renowned human rights activist Berta Cáceres was murdered in her home in La Esperanza, Honduras. Read More
Biologists uncover a possible connection between three birds’ evolution February 4, 2018 ENVIRONMENT·News Wire·SCIENCE Brood parasitism has fascinated many scientists since the behavior was identified. Popular human affection for the devoir of child rearing has induced Read More
Molten Salt Energy Storage Making Strides January 27, 2018 AFRICA·AMERICAS·AUSTRALIA·Business·ECONOMICS·ENVIRONMENT·News Wire·SCIENCE & TECH·South America·Technology·WORLD NEWS SolarReserve is developing technology to make a solar system with 24-hr power generating capacity. The system relies on molten salt for its Read More
Totalitarianism Crushes Pollution in China January 27, 2018 ASIA·ENVIRONMENT·Headlines·RESOURCES·WORLD NEWS On Friday, the Chinese capital city of Beijing announced it will spend $3 billion to reduce air pollution, which is half a Read More
Environment will define the Trump Era May 7, 2017 ENVIRONMENT·Headlines·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C. The Trump era will, one day, be used as a case study for how it catapulted the environmental industry forward and brought Read More
Climate change, economics contribute to worst humanitarian crisis in 60 years May 7, 2017 AFRICA·ENVIRONMENT·Headlines·MENA·Refugees·WORLD NEWS Drought and China’s economic downturn contribute to devastation in East Africa. Yemen and the Horn of Africa are a widening gyre of Read More
Nativation: The Native American Awakening April 23, 2017 AMERICAS·ENVIRONMENT·Headlines·Human Rights·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·RESOURCES As the observance of Earth Day wraps up this weekend, my troubling thoughts as a Native American are that it took place Read More
Republican science bills raise serious concerns about the EPA and deregulation March 10, 2017 AMERICAS·ENVIRONMENT·Headlines·LAW & INSTITUTIONS·Politics·SCIENCE·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C. The Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act (HONEST Act, H.R. 1430) and the Science Advisory Board Reform Act (SAB Act, Read More
A Message from a Warrior About Protecting Our Sacred Lands: Why Standing Rock Matters September 8, 2016 AMERICAS·COMMUNITY·Culture·ENVIRONMENT·Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C. A U.S. Navy Veteran and Native American speaks candidly about why America needs to stand for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. | Read More