News in Brief How You Can Help Save the Declining Global Bumblebee Population Record your bumblebee sightings! Build a nesting box! Plant native flowers and support organic, pesticide-free agriculture! Bob Berwyn
News in Brief EPA to Offer Buyouts to Employees The Environmental Protection Agency will begin reducing its workforce by offering buyouts to the agency’s 15,000 employees after… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Hidden Lakes of Antarctica A glaciologist stumbled across a picture of a lake where no one expected it to be, launching a… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief EPA Walks Back Methane Rule for Oil and Gas Industry The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Wednesday that it will reconsider a Barack Obama-era rule to curb emissions… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Education Won’t Fix Climate Policy — but Campaign Finance Reform Might Powerful industrial interests have hijacked the climate debate. Until we blunt their influence, education can only go so… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Future of Fighting Wildfires in the Era of Climate Change During the height of the Soberanes Fire last September in Central California, the United States Forest Service estimated… Bob Berwyn
News in Brief Budget Cuts to Weather Programs Are Likely to Cost Us a Lot More Than They Save Without government data from weather satellites and marine monitoring systems, we won’t be able to prepare for the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Behind the Center for Biological Diversity’s Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration The CBD is challenging the government to complete an environmental survey of the U.S.-Mexico border before moving forward… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Graffiti Campaign in Ho Chi Minh City Aims to Educate Locals About Rhino Conservation Throughout the month of March, a unique graffiti campaign popped up on the walls of several streets in… Michael Tatarski
News in Brief New Research on How to Save a Huge Chunk of Earth’s Permafrost A half-degree Celsius of global warming could make all the difference for the world’s permafrost, where huge amounts… Bob Berwyn