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The Climate Change Solution Scientists Have Been Overlooking
This Mother Jones article discusses a potential climate change that scientists may have been overlooking. You might have learned about it in sex ed.
Overpopulation is a major contributor to climate change, but according to new research, a solution is lying in plain sight: increased access to effective contraceptives.
“Global climate change represents […]
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Indigenous Mapuche pay high price for Argentina’s fracking dream
This The Guardian article discusses how the indigenous Mapuche are paying a high price for Argentina’s fracking dream.
The roar of the burning gas well could be heard almost a mile and a half away, from atop the high plateau where Albino Campo Maripe stood, looking down at the orange […]
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Report: Higher temperatures driving ‘alarming’ levels of hunger
This The Guardian article discusses how higher temperatures are driving ‘alarming’ levels of hunger. Global hunger index finds countries affected by drought and conflict have seen biggest increases in undernourished people.
The climate crisis is driving alarming levels of hunger in the world, undermining food security in the world’s most […]
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Fires, explosions and toxic releases: Front Range residents fight fracking boom
This The Guardian article discusses fires, explosions and toxic releases: Front Range residents fight fracking boom. How oil and gas production is devastating Colorado communities and endangering the climate.
For Barb Binder, the bad news arrived with a knock on the door. That’s when she learned from a local activist […]
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The Actual Reason Meat Is Not Healthy
This The Atlantic article discusses the reason meat is not healthy. Nutrition studies leave out a crucial factor. Eating red and processed meat, the headlines declared, was no longer unhealthy. It seemed—at a glance—that a bad thing was now a good thing. The stories were based on a recently […]
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After my daughter’s cancer diagnosis, I helped discover our town is a cancer hot spot.
This USA Today opinion piece discusses a North Carolina activist’s crusade to stop the spread of cancer in children in her town.
After two years of painful headaches, body temperature problems, weight fluctuations and constant fatigue, my 16-year-old daughter, Taylor, was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer on June 28, […]
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How Climate Change Is Affecting Our Children’s Health
This article discusses the link between climate change and children’s health.
Climate change doesn’t just affect our planet’s health, but also our own health — and particularly that of children. Dr. Aaron Bernstein, a pediatrician at Boston Children’s Hospital, joined Boston Public Radio on Thursday to explain how climate change harms our […]
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Maine has seen a record-breaking number of cases of a tick-borne disease this year
This article discusses how Maine has seen a record-breaking number of cases of a tick-borne disease this year. Maine has seen a significant increase this year in the reported cases of two tick-borne diseases, with 556 cases of anaplasmosis and a record-breaking 124 cases of babesiosis so far, according to […]
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Study: HIGH POPULATION DENSITY HURTS CHILD HEALTH
This article discusses a study that shows that high population density hurts children’s health. A new analysis of how different development factors affect the health of children in Africa found that child health is worst in countries with high population densities.
The study, published in BMJ Open, is […]
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Yellow Fever And Malaria In The US? With Climate Crisis, It’s Within The Realm Of Possibility
This WBUR article discusses how yellow fever and malaria is increasing in the US because of climate change.
When we talk about climate change, we make projections into the future — the number of degrees that will cause devastation by a certain year or the number of climate refugees […]
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