While health experts around the country are focused on containing the spread of the coronavirus, the Environmental Protection Agency is making changes that could both worsen the impact of the current crisis and hamstring responses to future pandemics. In addition … Continued
The Trump administration is poised to officially undo the Obama administration’s push for more fuel-efficient vehicles with its own watered-down guidelines and terminate efforts by California and numerous other states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In the final version of … Continued
The unraveling of globalization induced by coronavirus is not limited to trade and travel: Global environmental negotiations are also in disarray. The global summit for setting new biodiversity rules and targets is the first major victim. Due to take place in China … Continued
Don’t be surprised if you find your neighbors turning off their lights for a full hour Saturday night. They’re taking part in a global movement called Earth Hour. Earth Hour is an annual tradition in which people switch off their lights … Continued
Right now, more than 109,000 people around the world have contracted the novel coronavirus, and more than 3,800 have died. Meanwhile, much of the world is waiting anxiously, wondering how bad the pandemic threat will get and whether it will affect those they … Continued
Covid-19 is a global public health emergency. It all started in Wuhan, China. Or did it? There’s the Chinese version which accuses USA for perhaps accidentally releasing the contagious virus from Fort Detrick, where USA’s Interagency Biodefense agency is located, … Continued
More than half the world’s population will live in water-stressed regions by 2050, a new United Nations report has revealed. Climate change will severely affect the availability of water for basic human needs and jeopardize access to safe drinking water … Continued
Environmental groups, states and cities are urging the Trump administration to give the public more time to weigh in on key agency rules as almost all sectors of society are focused on the coronavirus pandemic. While many of the policies … Continued
Decades of chronic underfunding of water infrastructure is putting many countries at worse risk in the coronavirus crisis, with more than half the global population lacking access to safely managed sanitation, experts said as the UN marked World Water Day … Continued
Canal water in Venice has cleared up without boat traffic. Air pollution in China has plunged amid unprecedented lockdowns. In Thailand and Japan, mobs of monkeys and deer are roaming streets now devoid of tourists. The coronavirus pandemic is shutting down … Continued