Environment

January 9, 2025

As Los Angeles Battles Its Worst Wildfires in History, Here’s How You Can Help

Embed from Getty Images A series of devastating wildfires has swept Los Angeles, causing mass evacuations and burning more than 2,000 structures. Exacerbated by the Santa Ana winds, five separate fires have burned thousands of acres across Greater Los Angeles. Many homeowners watched helplessly as their homes were lost, often seeing and posting footage of the destruction captured on home security cameras. The Pacific Palisades was particularly hard hit.

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December 6, 2024

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Drops by Over 30%, Dropping to a 9-Year Low

There's some good news to celebrate in regards to the global environment. According to data from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE), deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has dropped by 30.6% in comparison to the previous year, making it the lowest level in nine years. Only 6,288 square kilometers (about 2,428 square miles) of forest was destroyed.

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November 19, 2024

Indigenous Group Submerges Large-Scale Images of G20 Leaders’ Heads in Climate Protest

Ahead of the G20 summit in Brazil, the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) held a peaceful protest in Rio de Janeiro that denounced the world's leading nations for their lack of effort in combating climate change. As part of this protest, they sank cutouts of the heads of these leaders in the water in front of Sugarloaf Mountain.

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October 24, 2024

REPLANT Act Combats Climate Change Through Nationwide Forest Restoration

Wildfires and global warming—two interconnected events—are creating an urgent need for forest restoration, and the risk of losing our greenery forever is increasing. The urgency to address this critical issue is clear, as U.S. national forests play an undeniably important role in carbon storage. U.S. forest ecosystems alone store 25% of emitted carbon and absorb about 15% of its annual carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels.

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