Researchers had been predicting a leveling off of the world’s population, currently more than seven million. But Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, published a paper today projecting that population will continue to grow in this century and could reach 12 billion by 2100. The paper gave an 80 percent chance […]
When we think about refugees, most of us probably think of war or people fleeing political repression. But this morning, the annual report of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) as part of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) revealed that in 2013, three times as many people were displaced by natural disaster as by conflict. […]
Everyone knows the air quality is foul in all of China’s major cities, right? But a study released by the UN’s World Health Organization says China is not the worst country when it comes to the air being a threat to human health. Believe it or not, it doesn’t even come in the top 10. New Delhi […]
An international group of 160 environmental leaders issued a challenge this morning to those who hold some significant pursestrings. They urged foundations and other charitable givers with combined holdings to divest from fossil fuels and free up billions of dollars to invest in clean energy. They asked the foundations and givers to invest in clean […]
The New York state elections just concluded, and the national midterms are still weeks away, but there is a campaign office in downtown Manhattan that has just gone into overdrive. Volunteers there are hard at work on another deadline: Sept. 21. “This isn’t just about getting a bunch of people to New York to march […]
Los Angeles has always been held up as the U.S.’s most polluted city. But, the Los Angeles Times reports, all of China’s largest cities make L.A.’s air look crystalline. Los Angeles isn’t as smoggy as it once was, but it still has the most polluted air in the U.S. Photo credit: Shutterstock Los Angeles became famous […]
Boston University faculty members met yesterday afternoon with university president Robert Brown, personally delivering a letter signed by 245 faculty members urging the university to dump fossil fuels from its investment portfolio. Petitioners seeking BU’s divestment from fossil fuel companies: SED’s Douglas Zook (from left), Claire Richer (CAS’15), and CAS faculty members Ed Loechler, Itai Vardi and […]
For one week surrounding the UN Climate Summit 2014, the focus of the environmental movement will be in New York City. A dizzying array of events will take place, sponsored by hundreds of nonprofit organizations, businesses and religious groups all demanding immediate climate action. One of the most high-profile events of the week that will capture widespread international attention is the People’s Climate March […]
There are still doubts. The statistics might be proved wrong. But it looks as if China might be starting to wean itself off its coal consumption habit. A coal-fired power station at Yangzhou in China’s central Jiangsu province Photo credit: Vmenkov via Wikimedia Commons China produces and consumes nearly as much coal as the rest […]
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