Eating local seems a great way to fight climate change. So why have politicians stopped pushing the issue? And why have corporations taken it up? A banana worker on a plantation near Parrita, Costa Rica, 6 July 2005 (AP Photo/Kent Gilbert, file) Food miles — the...
By Karina Andersen We live in a farming-based community, so we often hear of the struggles local farmers face from a changing climate and rising temperatures. Our video explores how agricultural practices affect the environment and the ways farmers are changing their...
Instead of having too many babies, China is now having too few. A declining population is increasingly referred to in apocalyptic terms. Indians commuting in Bangalore, 11 July 2018 (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) The year 2018 saw a “historic turning point” in China’s...
By Daisy Lawrence Faced with one of the most severe droughts in its history, Californians have had to grapple with the effects of water shortage in nearly every area of life. The students and faculty of Thacher School in Ojai, California are no strangers to this...
There’s agreement greenhouse gases must be cut. But France has had to scrap a key tactic — a carbon tax — in its fight against climate change. Yellow Vest protesters demonstrate in Bordeaux, France, 8 December 2018 (EPA-EFE/Caroline Blumberg) France...
By Joey Bowling Green roofs, sea walls, electric cars, new shower heads, solar panels — schools and local authorities are resorting to a vast range of strategies to reduce greenhouse emissions and brace for the potentially devastating effects of climate change....
This is part of a series of articles on climate change by students in News-Decoder’s global network. By Devin Friedrich and Clio Morrison Buildings produce two thirds of New York’s greenhouse gas emissions, and they hold the key to the city’s fight...
In this episode of “The Kids Are Alright” podcast, we learn how global warming is threatening crucial links in our ecosystem — sharks and coral reefs. In this episode of The Kids Are Alright podcast, Gabriella Iskra introduces listeners to marine...
By Daisy Lawrence What’s the size of two shoe boxes and costs $60 million? California’s newest effort to combat climate change. The U.S. state is teaming up with scientists and investors to build and launch a satellite that will pinpoint sources of...
Shareholder activists are not new. But increasingly these stockholders are focused on addressing social issues, from climate change to gun violence. Greenpeace activists demonstrate during a shareholders’ meeting of pharmaceutical and chemical giant Bayer in Cologne,...