The impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on biodiversity and climate was not part of the official agenda at two major United Nations environmental conferences recently, but on the sidelines of both the fallout from the war popped up in large numbers. These discussions showed that far from going beyond the global environmental agenda, the … Read more
Shortly after the new year, Washington Mail He published a story with a title that would have seemed inexplicable, even runic, to most readers just a few years earlier: “The blazing future of the world is etched in the crippled kidneys of the Nepalese workers.” But we’re so used to the idea that the climate … Read more
A house flooded by the Salinas River during a rainstorm in Salinas, California on January 13. Photo: Josh Edelson/Bloomberg via Getty Images California water department officials are scrambling to capture as much runoff as possible from the state for weeks atmospheric river storms; In an effort to alleviate water supply concerns arising from Continuous massive … Read more
