Students will examine water quality, climate change and the health of forests The Mountain Studies Institute is now registering students and adults for its Online Resilience Youth Summit, which will be held April 24 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jerry McBride / Durango Herald File Mountain Studies Institute isRead More →
UCLA environmental law and climate change experts have seen positive developments under President Joe Biden. Now, halfway through his first 100 days, they are weighing in on what his administration has already accomplished and watching closely what to come. Professors from the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLARead More →
A competitive research grant program has selected eight projects that will study water quality and other aspects of the Long Island Strait. The program, Long Island Sound Study, is funded by federal and state funds through a joint effort of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Connecticut Sea Grant,Read More →
As countries continue to grapple with the aftermath of a global pandemic, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) will meet virtually from February 22-23. At its fifth session, UNEA – the world’s highest environmental decision-making body – will bring together ministers and policy makers representing 193 member states as wellRead More →
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has supported a new UNEP report titled “Making Peace with Nature”. In addition to responding to environmental crises, it proposes a peace plan and a post-war reconstruction program. The report says more than $ 5,000 billion in annual subsidies to unsustainable sectors should instead be investedRead More →
Drought, Excessive Use of Public Land, Top List of Mine Cleanup in Southwest Colorado Kerry Guy, Environmental Protection Agency on-site coordinator, stands inside the Red & Bonita mine north of Silverton. The EPA closed the mine bulkhead to assess whether a permanent shutdown is a long-term option. 2020 marked theRead More →
In September, the Indian government unveiled new farm laws that Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed as the biggest reforms to the sector in decades. But farmers are unhappy and since September they have been protesting against it by saying that the new laws do not promise minimum support prices forRead More →
Olena Z / Shutterstock Bordering the North Sea between Belgium and Germany, there is a delicate balance between land and sea in the Netherlands, with around half of the country lying below sea level and much of the land having been recovered from the sea. To protect against flooding, thereRead More →
(NASA) Note: An updated version of this article posted on April 21, 2020 is available here. The 1970s were an important time for American environmentalism. Congress passed the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, President Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency, and the nation celebrated its firstRead More →