This Week in Texas Energy: Trump Nominates a New Environmental Leader
Another Disputed Nominee On Thursday, President Trump announced a new nominee to join the Council on Environmental Quality. Kathleen Hartnett White currently works at Texas Public Policy, a...
Disaster or disturbance: environmental science of natural extremes
Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Maria. Natural disasters that will go down in the history of certain communities as ‘the big one’. Hurricanes and floods are disasters for human communities because of...
High-street outlets move to ditch plastic amid environmental concerns
A growing number of outlets selling food and drink in the UK are taking action to ditch plastic amid deepening concern about its effect on the environment, with drinking straws and bottles among...
Chinese environmental companies tap Belt and Road markets
China’s 44 environmental companies have signed 149 contracts in 54 countries, 60 percent of which are involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, Economic Information Daily reported Monday,...
Another environmental catastrophe looms in Central Asia
During the last UN session, when the media were dominated by headlines about the well-known hotbeds of tension, a strong but little noticed message came from the leader of a Central Asian Republic,...
Brazil: a world champion in political and environmental devastation (commentary)
Brazil. The fifth largest country in the world. Besides housing the world’s largest rainforest and freshwater reserves, — approximately 12 percent of the world’s total — it is also the country with...
LUCAS FOGLIA’S “HUMAN NATURE” FINDS NEW WAYS TO UNDERSTAND OUR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
In his new series, “Human Nature,” Lucas Foglia finds new ways to grapple with a well-worn subject: humanity’s effect on the natural world. The California-based photographer isn’t a frontline...
Thousands of penguin chicks starve in Antarctica
SYDNEY (AFP) – Mass starvation has wiped out thousands of penguin chicks in Antarctica, with unusually thick sea ice forcing their parents to forage further for food in what conservationists...
