Climate change activist groups demand action from Biden before term ends

by Emma Richman | Nov 19, 2024 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON – Around 300 people gathered to demand climate action from the Biden administration outside the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on Sunday, according to estimates from organizers. Protesters called on President Joe Biden to protect public lands,...

IMF: Carbon Emissions Exceed Global Warming Goals

by Hannah Webster | Oct 24, 2024 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON – Only nine years after the signing of the Paris Agreement — a landmark treaty promoting international cooperation to combat climate change  — global carbon emissions are out of line with Paris’ global warming targets, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Biochar Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ for Sequestering Carbon and Combating Climate Change

by Lindsey Byman | Apr 2, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Topics

Since David Laird was young, the “lush, green forests” of the western United States meant an annual summer trip to hike, camp and fish. But the last time Laird was in Wyoming’s Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, a bark beetle had ravaged an estimated two-thirds of...

Parents concerned over poor health impact on children caused by climate change

by Ruby Grisin | Mar 18, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Topics

WASHINGTON – When Dr. Lisa Patel was working on a project for the Environmental Protection Agency in 2005, she visited a children’s hospital for asthma in Mumbai, India. After seeing the main parts of the center, she was surprised when the coordinators took her to a...

Growing wildfire problem requires new response strategies, lawmakers told

by Ruby Grisin | Mar 14, 2024 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON – With approximately 70,000 wildfires per year since 1983, federal agencies’ told senators on Thursday that emergency responses must be reformed to better aid impacted communities. The threat of wildfires is immense. From injuries and deaths to property...