Climate Change

Bogor, Indonesia, June 14, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - The 43rd ASEAN Food Security Reserve Board (AFSRB) meeting hosted by Indonesia on June 7-8, 2023, has discussed food security as one of the concerns of Southeast Asian countries since the world is facing the threat of a global food crisis…

A new report from the Venezuelan Observatory for Political Ecology (OEP) details the most pressing environmental issues facing Venezuela.They include oil spills, illegal mining, deforestation, tourism, poor waste management, water shortages and climate change.The Venezuelan government has done very little to address these problems, the report said, and has even…

It has been a chaotic start to the Northern Hemisphere’s “danger season,” those few months of the year that are accompanied by a parade of disasters. This year’s danger season already includes abnormally high sea-surface temperatures in the world’s oceans, catastrophic wildfires in Canada, and unusual flooding in California. Experts…

Rikki Held’s last name has been referenced in legal briefs, news articles and water cooler conversations for two years now, since the court case Held v. State of Montana was filed in Montana’s First Judicial District Court. Held was one of 16 youth plaintiffs who filed the 2020 lawsuit against…

“I couldn’t help but feel a bit hopeless, knowing the next storm could bring the same, or worse” (Photograph by iStock, illustration by Maclean’s) It’s been my dream to live by the ocean ever since I got my first taste of it as a teenager. I grew up in Toronto,…

BONN, Germany -- A growing number of companies are pledging to cut their greenhouse gas emissions to " net zero " as part of global efforts to tackle climate change, but that goal is rarely supported by a credible plan, according to a report published Monday. The idea behind net…

ExxonMobil Corp’s chief executive officer (CEO), Darren Woods has said the company is investing in new technology to reduce carbon emissions and assures to continue to produce oil and gas to meet market demand. European leaders looking to tackle climate change should look to U.S. policy and ‘let the market…

Marine carbon cycle. Credit: Wikipedia While the world has been heavily focused on the usual players of global climate change, like fossil fuels and deforestation, a group of unlikely contenders has emerged from the depths of the ocean—marine viruses. These minuscule but mighty entities are now stealing the limelight as…

WASHINGTON —  Last year, Nate Salpeter and his wife, Anna Sweet, moved their animal sanctuary from California to western New York in the hopes of dodging the regular wildfires that had threatened their safety and the health of the creatures in their care. But this week, Salpeter once again smelled smoke.…

Vice President Kamala Harris SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – United States Vice-President Kamala Harris announced Thursday that the US is investing more than US$100 million in the Caribbean to crack down on weapons trafficking, help alleviate Haiti's humanitarian crisis and support climate change initiatives. The announcement was made ahead…