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Planet Forward
Friday, December 18, 2009
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE MORNING PLENARY SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE
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Bella Center Copenhagen, Denmark
12:32 P.M. CET
(Cooper Pyle)
SUNY ESF
Wednesday, December 04, 2019
This photo essay investigates the causes and effects of wetland destruction in the United States, as well as solutions.
Tags: wetlands, water purity, Biodiversity, wetland destruction, storyfest2020
Photographed in the forests of Palawan, a Philippine pangolin pup nudges its mother, rolled up in a protective ball. (Gregg Yan/Creative Commons)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | The George Washington University
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Pressuring governments to issue bans and closures of wet markets could prevent the emergence of infectious disease. But it does not solve the widespread issue of bushmeat circulation between hunters and their families.
Tags: coronavirus, bushmeat, conservation, wet market, wildlife, opinion, op-ed, public health
The UN-FAO reports 26% of the planet’s ice-free land is used for livestock grazing. (Ryan Thompson/U.S. Department of Agriculture)
State University College at Buffalo
Monday, September 25, 2017
It ain't pretty: Our food consumption habits are devastating the planet and contributing to world hunger. What can we do about it?
Tags: food, global hunger, global warming, livestock, industry, pollution, methane, agriculture, consumption
George Washington University
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Prof. Sabrina McCormick has lived the impacts of a contaminated environment and now she tells the stories of environmental disasters of the present and future.
Tags: household chemical contamination, climate adaptation, Hollywood, Entertainment, public health, GWU, SPHHS, deepwater horizon, BP oil spill
Northern White Sand mine, North Utica, Illinois. Aerial images taken with the assistance of the non-profit pilot collaborative LightHawk. (Ted Auch/FracTracker Alliance, June 2016)
Northwestern University
Monday, November 27, 2017
Farmers in Illinois are fighting in an ongoing lawsuit to stop a proposed sand mine that would be built close to their land.
Tags: lawsuit, lasalle county, agriculture, water conservation, sand mining, fracking
Darryl Fears is a Washington Post environmental reporter and 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner. (Photo illustration with photo courtesy Darryl Fears)
The George Washington University
Friday, August 28, 2020
Darryl Fears, a veteran Washington Post reporter who has been covering the environment for the past decade, discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning work, and offers insight on the issue of racism in both newsrooms and conservation.