Source: Goldman Sachs says renewable-energy spending will surpass oil and gas for the first time ever in 2021 — and sees total investment spiking to $16 trillion over the next decade | Markets Insider
Source: Vatican urges Catholics to drop investments in fossil fuels, arms – Reuters
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican urged Catholics on Thursday to disinvest from the armaments and fossil fuel industries and to closely monitor companies in sectors such as mining to check if they are damaging the environment.
Source: Climate Change Tied to Pregnancy Risks, Affecting Black Mothers Most – The New York Times
WASHINGTON — Pregnant women exposed to high temperatures or air pollution are more likely to have children who are premature, underweight or stillborn, and African-American mothers and babies are harmed at a much higher rate than the population at […]
You could feel the Zeitgeist shifting these past days, as culturally powerful parts of our society decided that the future lies with the protesters demanding accountability for America’s past and safety from its present authorities. Top brass at the Pentagon apologized for taking […]
Source: Environmental justice in the spotlight – POLITICO
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ON THE RISE —Unrest over police brutality, combined with the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on African Americans, Latinos and other minorities, has swiftly turned into a broader national reckoning over structural racism. That has elevated the perspectives of the environmental justice movement, a network of grassroots […]
Source: Effective conservation science must shift away from doomsday views and toward solutions: Study
Too much of conservation research focuses on describing the state of nature, in particular declines in biodiversity, and not on developing sustainable solutions to conservation challenges, say the authors of a new study.Studies that “ring the alarm bell” tend to dominate […]
Source: Where’s Airborne Plastic? Everywhere, Scientists Find. – The New York Times
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By John Schwartz.
Plastic pollution isn’t just fouling the world’s oceans. It is also in the air we breathe, traveling on the wind and drifting down from the skies, according to a new study. More than 1,000 tons […]
Source: Report: By 2035, 90 Percent of the US Could Be Powered by Renewables – Mother Jones
Rainbow over San Gorgonio wind turbines in Palm Springs, California.Ruaridh Stewart/Zuma
Despite America’s continued reliance on fossil fuels as its primary source of energy, the plummeting costs of alternative energy sources—like power harnessed from the sun or wind—is […]
