Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.…
Month: March 2021
Manchin pushes Dems for voting rights compromise amid talk of killing filibuster
Sen. Joe Manchin adjusts his face mask as he arrives for votes on Biden administration nominees,…
‘Dimming the sun’: $100m geoengineering research programme proposed
The US should establish a multimillion-dollar research programme on solar geoengineering, according to the country’s national…
Indigenous peoples by far the best guardians of forests – UN report
The embattled indigenous peoples of Latin America are by far the best guardians of the regions’…
Shades of grey: how to tell African elephant species apart
There are now three recognised species of elephant – the Asian elephant, the African savanna elephant…
African elephant recognised as two separate species – both endangered
The first ever “red list” assessment of the African elephant as two separate species – the…
Africa’s forest elephant has been largely overlooked. Now we need to fight for it | Lee White
Science and conservation politics have finally agreed that Africa is home to two elephant species: the…
UK ‘flying blind’ on levels of toxic chemicals in tap water
The UK government is not testing drinking water for a group of toxic manmade chemicals linked…
The US military is poisoning communities across the US with toxic chemicals
One of the most enduring, indestructible toxic chemicals known to man – Aqueous Film Forming Foam…
‘A bold agenda’: hopes rise for US climate change reversal as Deb Haaland sworn in
After four years under an administration that denied the climate crisis, opened public lands to oil…