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[ad_1] The novel coronavirus outbreak has intensified a decadeslong battle between indigenous tribes and evangelical Christian missionaries in the most remote regions of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, as tribes warning of the virus’s potential to cause their “genocide” have pushed to ban controversial religious groups from entering their lands. On …

[ad_1] On March 24, just before the city council of Santa Cruz, California passed an emergency measure to prevent evictions of renters suffering from lost income during the coronavirus pandemic, it adopted another new ordinance: effective July 1, all construction permit applications for new buildings in the city must submit …

[ad_1] David Attenborough has warned that “human beings have overrun the world” and are sending it into decline, in a new documentary detailing his vision for how the world can stop climate breakdown. “This film is my witness statement and my vision for the future – the story of how …

[ad_1] It starts from the “frontiers of outbreak zones” where deforestation and destruction of the ecosystem enable animal pathogens to jump on human hosts. It is an animal-to-human infection. At least 60 percent of new human pathogens “emerge by spilling over from wild animals to local human communities” (Wallace et …

[ad_1] On 6 March, the European Commission published a Roadmap proposing an amendment of the Aarhus Regulation. This great step follows a ClientEarth case before the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee and 11 years of campaigning. If not delayed by the current crisis, the Commission will likely submit its proposal to …

[ad_1] From dawn to dusk I see him dig, To quench the thirst of small and big. Wells and tubes are running dry. Water! Water! is each ones cry. Building concrete jungle is human game, People run only after name and fame. Forgetting their follies at each life turn, They …

[ad_1] News on climate in the time of coronavirus Subscribe today This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With many residents working from home and children out of school, the city of Oakland, California, is closing off 74 …

[ad_1] In the News Congress may soon consider spending billions of dollars in the next coronavirus stimulus package to upgrade our aging drinking water infrastructure. EWG laid out the case this week for investing in cleaning up the contaminants in Americans’ drinking water. EWG broke down what might happen if …

[ad_1] Designed by the creative minds behind Taipei-based Phoebe Says Wow Architects, the Boolean Birdhouse is a massive pavilion built in the middle of a national park in Taiwan. Set up for an annual flower show, the wooden building features five individual pitched roofs that jut up into the sky …

[ad_1] According to a draft document seen by Reuters Newsagency the European Commission will delay some climate policies under its signature “Green Deal” proposal due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the timeline to unveil a new 2030 emissions target is unchanged. The pandemic and economic shock have forced the European …