Grist acquires The Counter and launches food and ... - pattrn.com
May 14, 2024 · Grist, an award-winning, nonprofit media organization dedicated to highlighting climate solutions and uncovering environmental injustices, has acquired the nonprofit news site The Counter. …
From Orinoco to Amazon, Indigenous Warao struggle in ... - pattrn.com
Sep 27, 2023 · An estimated 700 Indigenous Warao people from Venezuela’s Orinoco Delta now live in the Amazon Delta city of Belém in Brazil, having fled there from the economic crisis in their home …
European supermarkets say Brazilian beef is off the menu - Pattrn
A group of European supermarkets said they would stop carrying beef imported from Brazil after a new report by Mighty Earth and Repórter Brasil linked it to deforestation in the Amazon and other critical …
Indonesian utility PLN ordered to disclose coal plants ... - pattrn.com
Jan 31, 2024 · JAKARTA — The Indonesian government’s freedom-of-information clearinghouse has ordered state-owned electricity utility PLN to disclose emissions data for some of the country’s …
Future engineers need to understand their work's human impact
Jan 4, 2022 · Solving mathematical equations is only part of the job. Students should be spending more time thinking about the human dimensions of the problems they are trying to solve.
Translocation brings white rhinos to Rwanda, a new land for an old ...
Dec 6, 2021 · On Nov. 29, 30 white rhinos were introduced to Akagera National Park in Rwanda from a private game reserve in South Africa. The relocation is aimed at establishing the species in a new …
Growing body of research points to reproductive health problems for ...
Jan 6, 2022 · A recent study published in the journal Environmental Health builds on the slim body of research on how work in the fire service specifically affects the reproductive health of women, and …
Frogs in the pot: Two in five amphibian species at risk ... - pattrn.com
Oct 5, 2023 · A new study published in Nature has found that more than 8,000 amphibian species are at a substantially higher risk of extinction than they were since the last assessment in 2004. Today, two …
The surprising biodiversity of abandoned coal mines - Pattrn
Oct 5, 2023 · A manual, written in September by a coalition of southwestern Virginia scientists and advocates of sustainable development, used new and existing findings to shape a vision for these …
Vietnamese environmentalist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax ...
Hoang Thi Minh Hong, the prominent Vietnamese environmentalist, was sentenced to three years in prison on charges of tax evasion at the end of a brief trial in Ho Chi Minh City on Sept. 28. Members …