Environment News Aggregator

Page Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2019 3:56 PM ET

Environment

Facing a possible Climate Apocalypse: How should we live? (commentary)

Mongabay - 2 hours ago

As a torrent of demoralizing disasters and doomsday climate studies pour forth, how do we resist despair, where can we find hope – and most important of all – how should we live?

≪ 24 ≫

Washington Examiner

Trump administration set to sell leases this year for drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Washington Examiner - 2 days ago

The Trump administration took a final step Thursday toward selling leases for companies to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, releasing a finding that energy development would have minimal environmental impact.

≪ 15 ≫

Scientific American

Inside the Amazon, a wealth of services for the whole planet

Christian Science Monitor - 3 days ago

Satellites have detected more than 40,000 fires in the Amazon in 2019. The implications of those fires ripple far beyond Brazil or South America.

≪ 8 ≫

Washington Examiner

House votes to ban drilling in Arctic wildlife refuge, reversing part of GOP tax bill

Washington Examiner - 3 days ago

The House approved a bill Thursday barring drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a measure that would reverse a change in the 2017 Republican tax bill that repealed a long-time ban on energy development there.

≪ 6 ≫

Washington Examiner

Hurricane-ravaged Bahamas faces new tropical storm threat

Washington Examiner - 2 days ago

The Bahamas may face more hardship as a developing tropical disturbance approaches less than two weeks after Hurricane Dorian hammered the island chain.

≪ 5 ≫

Aljazeera

Opinion: The Amazon is burning. I want to care, but I can’t

Oregon Live - 4 hours ago

I should absolutely care the Amazon rainforest is burning down. It’s the earth’s lungs. I want to care, but I can’t -- for the same reason, that most people in the United States don’t care. We have the stick-our-fingers-in-our-ears mentality, of “La, la, la, if I can’t see it, then it isn’t happening.” Both are detrimental.

≪ 5 ≫

Mongabay

Public health advisory lifted for water at 5 Oregon coast beaches

Oregon Live - 2 days ago

Health officials said heightened fecal bacteria levels can cause diarrhea, stomach cramps, rashes and upper respiratory infections, among other illnesses.

≪ 3 ≫