FEMA Denies Disaster Claims, Leaving States Fending for Themselves
President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening.
Environment & Sustainability
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A surge of visitors to Yosemite overwhelms a skeleton crew: ‘This is exactly what we warned about’
As the US government shutdown enters its third week, concerns mount over how the nation’s public lands will fare Cars and RVs surged into Yosemite national park throughout the weekend, as visitors from around the world came to enjoy the…
Drone surveys offer early warnings on whale health and survival
How are whale populations faring? Traditionally, getting an answer to that question involved counting whales by taking their photos and identifying them from their natural markings. However, a caveat persisted. Whales live a long time and reproduce very slowly. That…
Benin puts solar power at the heart of its energy policy
The government of Benin is focusing on building solar power plants as part of a policy to make renewable energy the main source of the country’s energy supply by 2030. When it met in July, the Council of Ministers approved…
UK ministers met fossil fuel lobbyists 500 times in first year of power, analysis shows
Lobbyists attended 48% more meetings than Tories, as Labour accused of giving them ‘backstage pass’ UK politics live – latest updates Government ministers met representatives from the fossil fuel industry more than 500 times during their first year in power…
Experts urge UK to ban cigarette filters to protect health and environment
Researchers say filters do not reduce toxicant exposure and are major contributor to plastic waste crisis Cigarette filters don’t work and are a major source of plastic pollution that should be banned by the UK government, experts have said. In…
20 animal species on the road to recovery: IUCN Red List update
From three species of Arctic seals to more than half of all birds globally, several animals have slipped closer to extinction, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List. However, 20 species have seen a positive change in…
Bangladesh plans to rehabilitate captive elephants in the wild
As part of the conservation process for Asian elephants, Bangladesh has taken a new step to retrieve captive elephants from their current owners and rehabilitate them in the wild. According to the Status of Asian Elephants in Bangladesh report, the…
Some Shovelnose Sturgeon in Illinois Are Huge and Researchers Are Fishing for Reasons Why
Sturgeon are among the most endangered of fish, but the shovelnose species in the Rock River is thriving. Scientists from Midwest states are studying how to manage them. By Susan Cosier Most days, researcher Stefan Tucker, with trawls, trammel nets,…
Scientists Warn About the ‘Greenlandification’ of Antarctica
Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole as glaciers start to flow faster and surface melting increases. By Bob Berwyn As recently as the 1990s, when the Greenland Ice Sheet and the rest of the…