Lawsuits Against Trump’s Destruction of National Monument Are Allowed to Continue, a Federal Judge Rules
Bob Wick/Zuma In 2017, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation that would reduce the size of Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent. When environmental groups and five Native American tribes fought back in court, the Trump administration tried to dismiss the legal challenges they raised. But on Monday, a federal judge turned down…
Solutions to Climate Change Cannot Overlook This One Key Factor
Workers fixing a rooftop destroyed by Hurricane Maria.Elizabeth Flores/ZUMA This story was originally published by The Bulletin of Atomic Sciences and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In advance of the UN Climate Summit this month, the Global Commission on Adaptation, chaired by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, Microsoft founder Bill Gates,…
Some Indigenous Communities Have a New Way to Fight Climate Change: Give Personhood Rights to Nature
Four Yurok girls garbed in traditional tribal ceremonial clothing stand before the mouth of the Klamath River.Will Houston/AP This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This summer, the Yurok Tribe declared rights of personhood for the Klamath River—likely the first to do so for a river…
Watch Teenagers Confront Chevron Executives During the Latest Climate Strike
A climate striker with Youth vs. Apocalypse rallies the crowd outside Chevron’s headquarters.Bunker Seifert The security team at Chevron’s behemoth corporate campus in San Ramon, California, was only admitting badged employees, but it couldn’t stop a swarm of protestors from gathering outside the gate on Friday morning. A crowd of several dozen people, many of…
The Big Apocalyptic Bird Story Everyone Read This Week May Have Missed Some Necessary Nuance
Patrick Pleul/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images This story was originally published by Undark and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When a major new study on North American bird populations appeared in the journal Science last week, it included all the trappings of a typical scientific paper, along with one, less conventional addition: The study also came with its own…
Tufted Puffins, Gray Wolves, and Grizzlies: 9 Species Likely Screwed Thanks to Trump’s Endangered Species Rollbacks
A grey wolfDennis Fast/Zuma Trump’s war on wildlife continued this week when new rules went into effect that weaken protections for plants and animals listed under the Endangered Species Act, a powerful environmental law responsible for saving the bald eagle, humpback whale, and brown pelican from extinction. The Trump administration announced the final set of rules last…