"Texas, California Cities Threatened By Worsening Fires Amid Oil Wells"
"More frequent and destructive fires are combining with booming oil production to put towns across the American West at risk, a new study has found."
"More frequent and destructive fires are combining with booming oil production to put towns across the American West at risk, a new study has found."
"A bug is going to make your summers hotter".
"Scientists warn of ‘scary’ feedback loop in which fires create more heating, which causes more fires worldwide".
“Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places,” a new work by investigative journalist Christopher Pollon, offers a sweeping global view of how the mining industry profits, despite causing vast environmental losses and failing to acknowledge Indigenous ownership or rights to the land it mines. BookShelf’s Melody Kemp lauds Pollon’s searing observations and investigations. Read her review.
"The Biden administration is advancing its plan to restrict logging within old-growth forests that are increasingly threatened by climate change, with exceptions that include cutting trees to make forests less susceptible to wildfires, according to a U.S. government analysis obtained by The Associated Press."
"A number of wildfires in New Mexico and California have spawned evacuations, with intense blazes developing quickly and making damage assessments difficult for local officials."
"A new book, “The Light Eaters,” looks at how plants sense the world and the agency they have in their own lives."
"Strong winds pushed flames through dry brush in mountains along Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles on Sunday, and officials warned residents in the wildfire’s path to be prepared to leave if it explodes in size again."
"Five of the world’s biggest banks are “greenwashing” their role in the destruction of the Amazon, according to a report that indicates that their environmental and social guidelines fail to cover more than 70% of the rainforest."
"Expanding the remaining patches may hold the key to ecological resilience in the centuries to come".