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A quarter of all 'critical' US infrastructure at risk from flooding: Report
Oct 14, 2021 16:05The US infrastructure is not built to a standard that protects against the level of flood risk people face today, let alone how those risks will grow over the next 30 years as the climate changes.
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California's Alisal Fire burns more than 13,000 acres
Oct 14, 2021 07:05California firefighters scrambled overnight Wednesday to battle a fast-moving blaze that has scorched more than 13,400 acres and prompted evacuation orders since it started Monday, according to local authorities.
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Hurricane Ida is proof US systemic racism aggravates effects of climate crisis
Oct 08, 2021 16:38When US government allows exploitative real estate corporations to develop shoddy private developments to maximize profit and displace Black residents, thousands are left without homes during a disaster.
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World food prices hit 10-year peak: FAO
Oct 07, 2021 07:41World food prices rose for a second consecutive month in September to reach a 10-year peak, driven by gains for cereals and vegetable oils, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.
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Indigenous people best guardians of Amazon: Environmental activists
Oct 05, 2021 09:09Environmental activists say the key to saving the Amazon Forest is protecting the native inhabitants of the territory and their rights to their ancestral land.
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WHO: Air pollution kills 7mn a year, toughens guidelines
Sep 22, 2021 12:57The World Health Organization strengthened its air quality guidelines on Wednesday, saying air pollution was now one of the biggest environmental threats to human health, causing seven million premature deaths a year.
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Manchin, with close ties to fossil fuels, will craft US climate plan
Sep 21, 2021 16:44Joe Manchin, the powerful West Virginia Democratic senator who chairs the Senate energy panel and earned half a million dollars last year from coal production, is preparing to remake President Biden’s climate legislation in a way that tosses a lifeline to the fossil fuel industry — despite urgent calls from scientists that countries need to quickly pivot away from coal, gas and oil to avoid a climate catastrophe.
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Environmental threats rapidly becoming 'single greatest challenge to human rights': UN
Sep 16, 2021 15:46The planetary crisis is "impacting a broad range of rights, including the rights to adequate food, water, education, housing, health, development, and even life itself," said the U.N.'s top rights expert.
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Murders of environment and land defenders hit record high
Sep 15, 2021 15:18New figures released by Global Witness show that 227 people were killed in 2020 while trying to protect forests, rivers and other ecosystems that their livelihoods depended on.
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US death toll from Hurricane Ida hits 68, many still missing
Sep 07, 2021 06:02The death toll from Hurricane Ida in the United States has risen to 68, with some victims still missing in the floodwater.