Montana turns its back on its children I can’t claim to understand love. Is it an intimate emotional connection that binds us together? A chemical reaction surging through our cerebral cortex? A genetic adaptation that helps ensure the propagation of our species? The sublime gift of some greater power? I honestly don’t know.
In the past 40 months, four veterinary doctors visited the cattle on Babaso Punale’s farm over 40 times. “I didn’t know a single vet in our village ‘til floods devastated everything in 2019. Now, there are four vets on my speed dial list,” he says. The 50-year-old farmer has been observing deteriorating cattle
In the face of mounting environmental challenges, it has become increasingly clear that transitioning to a green economy isn’t merely a viable alternative – it’s an absolute necessity. So, what exactly is a green economy? It’s a type of economy that generates increased human well-being and social equity while drastically diminishing environmental hazards
Only a third of U.S. consumers consider “climate-friendliness” when shopping at the grocery store, a new survey finds. Environmental sustainability lags far behind taste, price, healthfulness and convenience for the 11th year in a row, according to this year’s consumer research from the International Food Information Council (IFIC). The number of self-reported vegans
Climate change is the defining issue of our era. With impacts ranging from more frequent and severe weather events to long-term shifts in temperature and precipitation patterns, climate change affects every corner of the globe. Yet despite the magnitude of this problem, awareness and understanding of climate change remain limited among the general
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here Recycling was once all the rage. Reduce, reuse, recycle! We recited it like a mantra. To toss our cans and bottles into the blue bin was to take on personal environmental responsibility; it meant we care. However, of late,
Every summer, wildland firefighters across the West gear up for a monumental task, aiming to stop fires that are burning hotter and moving faster with climate change. They accomplish this in two ways: on the ground and out of the sky. From above, helicopters sling buckets of water, while airplanes dump fire retardant —
With the Montreal Protocol, life on Earth dodged a bullet we didn’t even know was headed our way. In 1985, the British Antarctic Survey alerted the world that in the atmosphere high above the South Pole a giant hole was forming in the Earth’s protective ozone layer. World leaders swiftly assembled to work
Populism and Democracy: An Intricate Dance Populism, both a boon and a bane for democracy, has seen a noticeable surge in the 21st century. Rooted in the principle of majoritarian rule, it serves as a conduit for the expression of widespread discontent and disillusionment, particularly with the political elite. This can invigorate democratic
Nearly a million acres have been destroyed in wildfires across the western Canadian province of Alberta, with more than 30,000 people forced to evacuate and oil production forced to halt after a state of emergency was declared this weekend. The province, which is the country’s largest producer of crude oil and natural gas,