Francine Orr was a staff photojournalist for the Los Angeles Times from 2000-24. She is currently a Knight fellow at the Graduate School of Visual Communication at Ohio University. Previously, she was a staff photographer at the Kansas City Star. Orr served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Yap...
While an Amazon spokesperson noted that the company’s warehouse was up to code, Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker also promised an investigation intowhether building codes needed to be updated, “given serious change in climate that we are seeing across the country.” Scientists say that climate ...
COVID-19 andclimate changeare both urgent crises, and plenty has been written already about thesimilaritiesbetween the two, with much more sure to come as lessons from the pandemic emerge. I hesitate to draw earlyconclusionsabout the connection betweenglobal emissions, climate impacts and our curre...
A geography professor at University of Kansas used Sweaty Penguin episodes of theirDeep DiveandTip of the Icebergpodcasts instead of a textbook for her course on climate change. Ethan Brown made in-person visits to the class — and to the campus — to capture and share this live engagement t...
Land system change Land is converted to human use all over the planet. Forests, grasslands, wetlands and other vegetation types have primarily been converted to agricultural land. This land-use change is one driving force behind the serious reductions in biodiversity, and it has impacts on water...
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THE 'DAILY STAR' HAD A BUREAU ON ONE OF THE UPPER FLOORS So I Stopped In To Drop Off A Flier and encountered the Ratchild editor behind his desk. I introduced myself, what I was doing, and commented on the new building security while handing him a flier which he did not look at....
¶ “Kalamazoo Chooses Utility-Scale Solar Projects To Reach Carbon Neutrality By 2040” • A contract between Kalamazoo, Michigan, and utility Consumers Energy signals a change in direction for the city’s clean energy strategy as it seeks to be carbon neutral by 2040. Solar is still a pi...
How Climate Change Is Intensifying Dangerous Diseases Jason Gale – Bloomberg As greenhouse gas emissions collect in the atmosphere and the Earth becomes a hotter place to live, it’s expected to become more disease-stricken, too. Biting insects and waterborne bugs that spread dreaded illnes...
The new and separate climate education program will seek to teach students from pre-Kindergarten through sixth grade about the science behindclimate changeand about the policy and leadership needed to address it. The school has sought to use its location, next ...