By Seth Borenstein 27 October 2017 WASHINGTON (AP) – Winter is coming … later. And it’s leaving ever earlier. Across the United States, the year’s first freeze has been arriving further and further into the calendar, according to more than a century of measurements from weather stations nationwide. Scientists say it is yet another sign […]
By Brady Dennis 7 November 2017 (The Washington Post) – President Trump has put America at odds with the rest of the world when it comes to the goal of combating climate change.At an international climate conference in Bonn on Tuesday, Syria announced its plans to join the Paris climate accord — an agreement forged […]
SYDNEY, 6 November 2017 (Reuters) – Australia turned down on Sunday an offer to take 150 asylum seekers being held in an Australian-run detention centre in Papua New Guinea, where UN officials have warned a humanitarian emergency is unfolding. About 600 men have barricaded themselves inside the camp on remote Manus Island in Papua New […]
7 November 2017 (VOA News) – Vietnamese officials say the death toll from a powerful typhoon that struck the country’s south-central coast last week has risen to 69. The Disaster Management Authority says another 30 people are still missing in the aftermath of Typhoon Damrey, which caused extensive damage throughout Khanh Hoa province. More than […]
6 November 2017 (BBC News) – A huge mass of plastic bottles, cutlery and polystyrene plates has been found floating in the Caribbean. The “sea of plastic” stretches for miles. Underwater photographer Caroline Power was there to witness it first-hand. Photos don’t exactly do it justice. It was one of the most devastating and disgusting […]
By Mark Stevenson 5 November 2017 MEXICO CITY (AP) – Researchers were thrilled to have captured one of the few remaining vaquita porpoises, but announced Sunday that the adult female died after a few hours in captivity in a floating pen, raising questions about the last-ditch effort to enclose the world’s smallest porpoises to save […]
5 November 2017 (ICIJ) – The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists today releases The Paradise Papers, a global investigation that reveals the offshore activities of some of the world’s most powerful people and companies.ICIJ and 95 media partners explored 13.4 million leaked files from a combination of leaked files of offshore law firms and the […]
By Sudha Ramachandran 15 February 2017 (The Diplomat) – United States President Donald Trump’s plans to build a “great, great wall” along the United States’ 3,200 kilometer long border with Mexico to keep out what he calls “criminals, drug dealers, [and] rapists” is hardly a new idea. Several other countries, many motivated by Islamophobia, have […]
3 November 2017 (CBS News) – Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, the head of the Army Corps of Engineers, predicts it will be two or three months before most Puerto Ricans regain power in their homes. The vast majority of people in the U.S. territory have gone without it for over six weeks since Hurricane Maria […]
By Edward Carver 2 November 2017 ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (Mongabay) – Last week, an environmental activist in southeast Madagascar was convicted, sentenced to two years in prison — and immediately released on parole. This follows a recent pattern in the country in which activists are often given suspended sentences, seemingly as a way of keeping them […]
