Human greed and environmental destruction are breeding grounds for pandemics
The next pandemic will arrive sooner than we can imagine if we fail to learn our lesson. The continued destruction of nature is a recipe for disease. Disease X could kill 100 million people. The problem is, we don’t know what it is, where it is or when it will strike....
The warning has been sounded: Business-as-usual is killing us
Research has revealed that damage to the climate and environment could lead to the collapse of society which could be a very real scenario this century. Hundreds of scientists, writers and academics from 30 countries sounded a warning to humanity in an...
Biodiversity: We are headed for a crash with the planet
Biodiversity loss and climate change need to be dealt with as a matter of urgency, but little effort is being put into changing unsustainable systems. Smart, activist states could prove as effective at handling the biodiversity crisis as they have at tackling the...
The world must halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 to stop climate change
It is still possible to make progress in the battle against climate change, but the odds are dwindling that there is enough time to do so. The year 2021 is still largely unwritten. Once the world returns to a semblance of pre-pandemic normalcy, what will the new...
Clamping down on factory farming would be a win for racial equality
Will Biden’s climate friendly term in office see the end of exploitative factory farming? If so, it would be a huge win for racial equality. Tom Vilsack will soon be serving his third term as U.S. secretary of agriculture, a rare feat for any Cabinet pick. But...
