Monthly Archives: February 2016

There were 140 million butterflies this year in the mountains of central Mexico Source: Monarch butterfly population surges in Mexico | GulfNews.com

At a meeting in Exxon Corporation’s headquarters, a senior company scientist named James F. Black addressed an audience of powerful oilmen. Speaking without a text as he flipped through detailed slides, Black delivered a sobering message: carbon dioxide from the … Continue reading →

Many pollinator species are facing extinction, including some 16 percent of vertebrates like birds and bats, according to the document. Source: Decline of Pollinators Poses Threat to World Food Supply, Report Says

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The Halley Professor of Physics at Oxford asks whether humanity is capable of applying the patient and creative investment of brain power and money to curtailing climate change that it invested in finding ripples in spacetime. Source: Oxford’s Halley Professor … Continue reading →

The Supreme Court’s temporary stay of the Clean Power Plan underscores the vulnerability of America’s pledges to the world. Source: Next Supreme Court Justice Will Be Crucial to Climate Change – The New York Times

When the mosquito now infamous for spreading the Zika virus suddenly showed up thousands of miles from anywhere it would usually call home, a California insect abatement officer was confounded. Steve Mulligan and his equally puzzled colleagues first encountered the … Continue reading →

Following this week’s surprising blow by the Supreme Court to the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, how will the court’s decision to stay the rule impact pending litigation and state action on compliance? During today’s OnPoint, David Doniger, director and … Continue reading →

The move drew immediate rebuke from some Republicans, who have criticized the president’s aggressive use of executive action to protect lands. Source: With 3 California Sites, Obama Nearly Doubles Public Land He’s Protected – The New York Times

Is Gates Foundation Model Always a Force For Good?