News in Brief Here’s How Trump Plans to Gut the EPA Trump’s team appears poised to carry out his campaign promises to gut the Environmental Protection Agency. By Kate… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What’s Behind the Impending Primate Mass Extinction Apes and monkeys are in trouble—and that means we are too, researchers argue. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Desirey… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How to Weaken the Persuasive Power of Climate Change Disinformation Point out that special interests have a stake in manipulating your thinking. By Tom Jacobs Los Angeles. (Photo:… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How One Conservationist Is Sparking a Revolution Among the Youth of Indonesia On the border of Indonesia’s Kerinci Seblat National Park, conservationist Pungky Nanda Pratama is training the next generation… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief ‘The Last Frontiers of Wilderness’: Intact Forest Plummets Around the World Intact forest landscapes — large mosaics of ecosystems anchored by forests and unaffected by humans — are on the decline worldwide, according… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Another Environmental Activist Was Killed in Mexico Yesterday Isidro Baldenegro is just the latest victim in a trend of violence against environmental activists. By Kate Wheeling… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Thanks to Climate Change, the Alps Are Losing Snow Global warming has shortened the snow season in the Swiss Alps by 37 days, as maximum snow depths… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Volkswagen, Fiat, and Renault: Our Many Car Emissions Scandals First Volkswagen and Fiat, now Renault. Will it ever end? By Carson Leigh Brown From left: Volkswagen, Fiat,… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Dramatic Deforestation of Cambodia, as Seen From Space Satellite images highlight the country’s rapid loss of forest — one of the fastest in the world. By Morgan Erickson-Davis… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How Long Will We Be Able to Afford Water? If current trends continue, one-third of Americans could struggle to pay their bills, a new study suggests. By… Pacific Standard Staff