by The Conversation | May 16, 2023 | Climate & Environment
Many corporations claim their products are “green-friendly.” But how do you know if what they’re selling is truly eco-safe? SciLine interviewed Thomas Lyon, professor of sustainable science, technology and commerce at the University of Michigan, on how to buy...
by KFF Health News | Apr 26, 2023 | Climate & Environment
[Editor’s note: In 2019, federal lab regulators ordered the prestigious U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases to halt all work with dangerous pathogens, such as Ebola and anthrax, which can pose a severe threat to public health and safety. Army...
by The Conversation | Apr 22, 2023 | Climate & Environment
Will the Earth last forever?—Solomon, age 5, California Everything that has a beginning has an end. But the Earth will last for a very long time, and its end will come billions of years after anyone who is alive here now is gone. Before we talk about the future of our...
by Common Dreams | Apr 11, 2023 | Climate & Environment
An Indigenous organization on Monday applauded Chubb for joining global insurers and major banks in refusing to underwrite new fossil fuel development within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. “After the Arctic Refuge was opened for oil and gas...
by Common Dreams | Apr 3, 2023 | Climate & Environment
Last Thursday’s big news story was the indictment of Donald Trump, with banner headlines in all the papers that still print on paper. The phrase I saw most often was “uncharted territory,” (and occasionally “unchartered territory”), which is somewhat true: we’ve never...
by Common Dreams | Mar 25, 2023 | Climate & Environment
A large wildfire raging in Spain’s eastern Valencia region forced more than 1,500 people to flee their homes on Friday, providing further evidence of life-threatening consequences of the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis and bolstering the case for meaningful...