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Commentaries

A Crop Pandemic Would Be as Devastating for Biodiversity and Food Security as COVID-19

Biodiversity loss threatens national security. We need to invest in technologies to preserve our vital food varieties.
October 7, 2020
by
Oscar Ortiz
Biodiversity loss threatens national security. We need to invest in technologies to preserve our vital food varieties.
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Climate Change

Defund or Defend? In the Fight Over Fossil Fuel Investments, Who’s Winning?

Despite divestment victories, big banks and asset managers continue driving climate change through their lending practices.
September 21, 2020
by
Christine MacDonald
Despite divestment victories, big banks and asset managers continue driving climate change through their lending practices.
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Commentaries

The Informal Blue Economy: East Africa’s Silent Shark Killer

Subsistence, artisanal and small-scale fisheries represent a previously unrecognized threat to many protected shark and ray species.
August 12, 2020
by
Rhett Bennett and Dave van Beuningen and Mike Markovina
Subsistence, artisanal and small-scale fisheries represent a previously unrecognized threat to many protected shark and ray species.
Climate Change

Should Environmentalists Embrace Universal Basic Income?

Cash payments from the government could help ease the transition to a climate-safe economy and weather the natural and economic storms to come.
June 26, 2020
by
Tara Lohan
Cash payments from the government could help ease the transition to a climate-safe economy and weather the natural and economic storms to come.
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Environmental Books

Sink or Swim: Miami’s Perilous Future Facing Climate Change

Miami is on the front lines of the U.S. climate crisis. Journalist Mario Alejandro Ariza’s new book takes a critical look at the larger lessons for all of our hometowns.
June 19, 2020
by
Tara Lohan
Miami is on the front lines of the U.S. climate crisis. Journalist Mario Alejandro Ariza’s new book takes a critical look at the larger lessons for all of our hometowns.
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
Dr. David Shiffman
Here’s why the action is so harmful, how it’s possibly illegal, and why it won’t help struggling fishing communities.
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.
Hawk sits on top of sign
Wildlife

Hunting for Game Wardens: A Shortage of Conservation Officers Threatens Wildlife

States are facing significant shortages of conservation officers, who help protect natural resources and wildlife. COVID-19 could make it worse.
June 1, 2020
by
Jodi Helmer
States are facing significant shortages of conservation officers, who help protect natural resources and wildlife. COVID-19 could make it worse.
turbines in fields
The Ask

‘Not Another Decade to Waste’ — How to Speed up the Clean Energy Transition

Energy policy expert Leah Stokes explains who’s pushing climate delay and denial — it’s not just fossil fuel companies — and what we need to do now.
May 28, 2020
by
Tara Lohan
Energy policy expert Leah Stokes explains who’s pushing climate delay and denial — it’s not just fossil fuel companies — and what we need to do now.
seal under water
Oceans & Clean Water

The Top 10 Ocean Biodiversity Hotspots to Protect

A new study took a deep dive into critical aspects of ocean life to identify the areas of the high seas most worthy of conservation effort.
May 21, 2020
by
Tara Lohan
A new study took a deep dive into critical aspects of ocean life to identify the areas of the high seas most worthy of conservation effort.

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