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COVID-19

EPA building and flag
Op-Eds

Pandemic Spawns Dangerous Relaxation of Environmental Regulations

The EPA allowed polluters to stop monitoring or even preventing their emissions, and many states followed suit. Here’s what happened — and how to fix it.
September 14, 2020
by
Joel A. Mintz and Victor B. Flatt
The EPA allowed polluters to stop monitoring or even preventing their emissions, and many states followed suit. Here’s what happened — and how to fix it.
mountain gorillas
Extinction Countdown

YouTube Videos Inspire Unsafe Mountain Gorilla Tourism, Study Finds

Videos of people getting too close to, and touching, the rare apes motivates other people to want to do the same — and that could spread diseases like COVID-19 to a critically endangered species.
September 3, 2020
by
John R. Platt
Videos of people getting too close to, and touching, the rare apes motivates other people to want to do the same — and that could spread diseases like COVID-19 to a critically endangered species.
oprhaned bear
Wildlife

Wildlife Rehabilitators Are Overwhelmed During the Pandemic. In Part, That’s a Good Thing.

An increase in calls and wildlife rescues means people are paying more attention to nature. That’s an opportunity to learn about animal behavior — and save lives.
August 13, 2020
by
Hope Dickens
An increase in calls and wildlife rescues means people are paying more attention to nature. That’s an opportunity to learn about animal behavior — and save lives.
recycling
Op-Eds

Can Cities Go Zero-waste? One Japanese Town Tried

Kamikatsu famously declared its goal was to go waste-free by 2020, but it didn’t quite get there. Their experience shows we can’t move further without systemic changes.
August 7, 2020
by
Olivia Sullivan
Kamikatsu famously declared its goal was to go waste-free by 2020, but it didn’t quite get there. Their experience shows we can’t move further without systemic changes.
Wild elephants
Op-Eds

Could the COVID Crisis Provide an Opportunity for Thailand’s Captive Elephants?

The pandemic has revealed the truth about Thailand’s unsustainable and exploitative elephant tourism sector — and a chance to rethink the relationship between humans and elephants.
July 6, 2020
by
Antoinette van de Water
The pandemic has revealed the truth about Thailand’s unsustainable and exploitative elephant tourism sector — and a chance to rethink the relationship between humans and elephants.
Person and earth
The Ask

Want to Design a Livable Future? Try ‘Multisolving’

Climate Interactive’s new online tool and its history of deep relationship building helps show that our international climate goals remain in reach. 
July 1, 2020
by
Tara Lohan
Climate Interactive’s new online tool and its history of deep relationship building helps show that our international climate goals remain in reach. 
octopus
Oceans & Clean Water

Trump Administration Eliminates Protections for Vast Ocean Monument — Experts React

Here’s why the action is so harmful, how it’s possibly illegal, and why it won’t help struggling fishing communities.
June 11, 2020
by
David Shiffman
Here’s why the action is so harmful, how it’s possibly illegal, and why it won’t help struggling fishing communities.
African lion
Op-Eds

New EU Biodiversity Strategy Can Reduce Risk of Future Pandemics — If It Fully Addresses Wildlife Trade

The strategy represents hope for people and wildlife, and can be a model for governments, but it still lacks critical funding to carry out its goals.
June 10, 2020
by
Arnaud Goessens
The strategy represents hope for people and wildlife, and can be a model for governments, but it still lacks critical funding to carry out its goals.
Trump
Editorials

Trump’s Slash and Burn

The administration has brazenly axed another long list of environmental protections — when it should have been healing a nation wounded by the pandemic and racist violence.
June 9, 2020
by
John R. Platt
The administration has brazenly axed another long list of environmental protections — when it should have been healing a nation wounded by the pandemic and racist violence.
Native guava myrtle root
Extinction Countdown

Australian Plant Species Face ‘Imminent Extinction’ From Invasive Pathogen

The once-common native guava species has nearly vanished — killed off by an invasive fungus that arrived just 10 years ago. Other plant species may soon follow.
June 3, 2020
by
John R. Platt
The once-common native guava species has nearly vanished — killed off by an invasive fungus that arrived just 10 years ago. Other plant species may soon follow.

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