Health
150 Clean Cookstoves Change Lives In Guatemala
By Benjamin Seidman
SANTA CRUZ DEL QUICHE, Guatemala, April 21, 2022 (ENS) – “Before, it wasted a lot of firewood and it’s very expensive. We don’t have jobs to get [...]
deforestation
Food
Food Swaps Can Radically Change a Diet’s Carbon Footprint
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, January 14, 2022 (ENS) – Americans who eat beef could slash their diet’s carbon footprint as much as 48 percent by swapping just one serving a day [...]
Air/Climate
COP26: US, China Ignore Tensions, Pledge Climate Cooperation
GLASGOW, Scotland, November 10, 2021 (ENS) – Recognizing the “seriousness and urgency of the climate crisis” the world’s two biggest carbon emitters, the United States and China, today issued a [...]
Latest News
Brazil’s Irreplaceable Wetlands and Rivers Drying Up
SAO PAULO, Brazil, August 27, 2021 (ENS) – Brazil has lost 15 percent of its surface water in the past 30 years, finds a comprehensive analysis published on the new [...]
Gov/Politics
India Halts Amnesty International’s Human Rights Work
NEW DELHI, India, October 5, 2020 (ENS) – The freezing of Amnesty International India’s bank accounts by the Government of India on September 10 has brought all the work [...]
Land Use/Forests
Palm Oil Industry Funds Radar to Detect Deforestation
WASHINGTON, DC, April 27, 2020 (ENS) – Ten of the world’s largest palm oil producers and buyers are collaborating to support and fund the development of a new, [...]
Land Use/Forests
Global Deforestation Slows But Forests Still Shrinking
DURBAN, South Africa, September 15, 2015 (ENS) – Over the past 25 years the rate of global deforestation has slowed by more than 50 percent, even though the [...]
Air/Climate
Earth’s Green Cover Increasing Despite Deforestation
SYDNEY, Australia, March 31, 2015 (ENS) – China’s large-scale tree planting efforts and increasing rainfall on three continents have contributed to an increase in the total amount of [...]