"The world stands on the brink of a food crisis worse than any seen for at least 50 years, the UN has warned as it urged governments to act swiftly to avoid disaster."
"President Trump’s latest executive order, lifting environmental review of major projects, will have a disproportionately harmful effect on minorities, experts warn."
"U.S. taxpayers could be on the hook for billions of dollars in climate-related property losses as the government backs a growing number of mortgages on homes in the path of floods, fires and extreme weather."
"The landscape where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah meet is withering again as the pandemic persists."
"BP has announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs following a global slump in demand for oil because of the coronavirus crisis."
"Communities with large minority populations are among the most vulnerable in the U.S. to the effects of climate change and could become more threatened as the coronavirus pandemic weakens their resilience to disasters, according to experts and federal data."
Mishandling of vital information by the U.S. government worsened the COVID-19 pandemic, argues the latest WatchDog. The no-holds-barred opinion piece, which notes that coronavirus is as much an environmental story as a public health one, points the finger at the White House and the “Silent CDC,” sifts the wreckage of the testing program and speculates about the dearth of data as the nation reopens.
"The federal government is proposing a $4.6 billion plan to protect the low-lying Miami area from the effects of climate change, including the construction of miles of sea walls."
"Brazil has removed months of data on Covid-19 from a government website amid criticism of President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the outbreak."
"A slow-moving Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall just east of Grand Isle at 5 p.m. Sunday as it moved slowly north at 7 mph, guaranteeing more time for its outer bands to rake the Louisiana coastline with heavy rain and tropical storm-force winds and for its storm surge to push ashore."
