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AP interview: Gore says backing Biden isn’t ‘rocket science’
Former Vice President Al Gore, now one of the world’s leading climate activists, endorsed Joe Biden’s White House bid this week, declaring that choosing the presumptive Democratic nominee over President Donald Trump is “not rocket science” and “not a close call.” “This is the clearest most definitive choice in a national election that the United […]
AP VoteCast: Missouri voters say health care is top issue
Voters in Missouri’s Democratic primary ranked health care as the most important issue facing the country, well above climate change, the economy, race relations, foreign policy and many other social issues. About half the voters named health care, an issue that has intensely divided the field of Democratic candidates. Roughly 2 in 10 had climate […]
Students push universities to stop investing in fossil fuels
Students alarmed by climate change are stepping up pressure on universities to pull investments from fossil fuel industries, an effort that is gaining traction at prestigious schools like Georgetown, Harvard and Yale. The push that is underway at hundreds of schools began nearly a decade ago, and student activists increasingly have learned from one another’s […]
Students push universities to stop investing in fossil fuels
Students alarmed by climate change are stepping up pressure on universities to pull investments from fossil fuel industries, an effort that is gaining traction at prestigious schools like Georgetown, Harvard and Yale. The push that is underway at hundreds of schools began nearly a decade ago, and student activists increasingly have learned from one another’s […]
Minnesota farmer, distributor raises beef to improve soil
Cattle perked up and started to moo as Matt Maier fired up his tractor to bring over a fresh roll of baleage for his herd. One frisky cow leaped behind the bale, nipping at the fermented hay before Maier rolled it out. Maier raises grass-fed beef, and in the Central Minnesota winter he lays out […]
Minnesota farmer, distributor raises beef to improve soil
Cattle perked up and started to moo as Matt Maier fired up his tractor to bring over a fresh roll of baleage for his herd. One frisky cow leaped behind the bale, nipping at the fermented hay before Maier rolled it out. Maier raises grass-fed beef, and in the Central Minnesota winter he lays out […]
Bat guano from Missouri caves could offer climate change insight
Anything that piles up over time can offer clues about past climate conditions or surrounding landscapes and how they’ve change, and that goes for bat poop. Researchers from Missouri and Virginia are studying what’s scientifically known as guano that was taken from Missouri caves, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported recently. The study is being conducted by researchers […]
Bat guano from Missouri caves could offer climate change insight
Anything that piles up over time can offer clues about past climate conditions or surrounding landscapes and how they’ve change, and that goes for bat poop. Researchers from Missouri and Virginia are studying what’s scientifically known as guano that was taken from Missouri caves, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported recently. The study is being conducted by researchers […]
Forest thinning to stop wildfires as strong as weakest link
Buzzing chainsaws are interrupted by the frequent crash of breaking branches as crews fell towering trees and clear tangled brush in the densely forested Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco. Their goal: To protect communities such as Redwood Estates, where giant redwoods loom over the houses of tech workers who live in the wooded […]
Forest thinning to stop wildfires as strong as weakest link
Buzzing chainsaws are interrupted by the frequent crash of breaking branches as crews fell towering trees and clear tangled brush in the densely forested Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco. Their goal: To protect communities such as Redwood Estates, where giant redwoods loom over the houses of tech workers who live in the wooded […]
Flooded farmers face growing dilemma in warming world
Frogs, carp and bugs thrived all summer in murky floodwaters where Gene Walter should have planted corn and soybeans. Last year’s ruined crop spilled from metal storage bins that burst nine months ago when the Missouri River surged through two levees near his southwest Iowa farm. Like many in the water-weary Midwest, Walter doesn’t know […]
Flooded farmers face growing dilemma in warming world
Frogs, carp and bugs thrived all summer in murky floodwaters where Gene Walter should have planted corn and soybeans. Last year’s ruined crop spilled from metal storage bins that burst nine months ago when the Missouri River surged through two levees near his southwest Iowa farm. Like many in the water-weary Midwest, Walter doesn’t know […]
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