With increasing temperatures already posing threats to many nuclear plants around the world, we are faced with a sobering picture of nuclear energy’s vulnerability to climate change impacts.
En honor al Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), el antropólogo ambiental James J.A. Blair visitó de nuevo para revisar los esfuerzos que se han venido llevando a cabo para restaurar los bosques nativos y…
In honor of this year’s United Nations (UN) International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, environmental anthropologist James J. A. Blair revisits ongoing efforts to restore native forests and protect river ecosystems in the Nahuelbuta Mountains, an integral part of…
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On the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Osaka at the end of June, China and France issued a statement with UN Secretary-General Guterres committing to strengthen their climate targets, or national determined contributions (NDCs), under the Paris Agreement next…
Extending CITES protections to sharks will help safeguard additional shark species threatened by international trade, while strengthening how this international treaty enforces the protection of some of the most important and vulnerable predators that swim our oceans.
The Southeast Side, once an industrial capital, is home to a surprising number of beautiful natural preserves: wetlands, forest, and prairie. In order to protect these threatened habitats, there needs to be a shift to a green industrial corridor.
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed rule today to strip a powerful tool under the Clean Water Act states and tribes have used to prevent federally permitted projects from harming their waterways.
En honor al Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), el antropólogo ambiental James J.A. Blair visitó de nuevo para revisar los esfuerzos que se han venido llevando a cabo para restaurar los bosques nativos y…
Environmental anthropologist James J. A. Blair revisits ongoing efforts to restore ecosystems in an integral part of the Indigenous Mapuche territory in what is now Chile.
An Anchorage-based wildlife biologist describes what life is like in our northernmost state—one that’s been dramatically altered by rising temperatures.
We need climate action now. We needed it years ago. The Climate Stewardship Act will give farmers the much-needed resources needed to help us in that fight, and it is not a moment too soon.
