October 1, 2020
Land grabbers in the Amazon’s Indigenous territories advanced after encouragement from Bolsonaro.
Eight new projects have been funded by NASA that explore the connections between the environment and COVID-19.
Over one-third of food in the U.S. is either lost or wasted, which equates to about $161 billion annually, and this problem has been exacerbated by the global pandemic. Read this article about how to reduce food waste.
The Trump administration released a plan to open the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, the largest U.S. national forest, to logging.
Gavin Newsom (CA-D), California’s governor, issued a ban on all gasoline powered cars after 2035. Legal challenges are expected.
As summers in the Arctic are warming due to climate change, northernmost landscapes are changing, becoming greener with increased plant growth.
Recent research papers claim that a new compact nuclear fusion reactor is “very likely to work.” This suggests that producing energy in the same way the sun does might be achievable.
A digital clock in Manhattan now shows the time left for critical action to be taken before the effects of global warming become irreversible.
Under the COVID-19 lockdown, India experienced its longest recorded period of clean air. This came to an end in September resulting primarily from New Delhi, as the burning of crop waste by farmers caused a deterioration in air quality.