5 stories covering the global climate crisis
By Climate Spotlight As of Wednesday, at least 66 fatalities and 75 missing persons are reported linked to the floods that inundated central and eastern Mexico last week. Almost 200 communities in the Hidalgo central mountainous region remain isolated. A week after the floods, the stench of uncollected decaying bodies begins to fill the air […]
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The five men, were at the forefront of an over decade-long campaign to ban metal mining in El Salvador, in order to protect the country’s diminishing water sources and farmlands from continual contamination. By Marco Lopez Five environmental activists from El Salvador are currently on trial in that Latin American nation facing life imprisonment for […]
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Two men paddle a canoe made of zinc tiles and styrofoam down a flooded street in the Vila Farrapos neighborhood in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on May 29, 2024. Scientists say that climate change made flooding twice as likely By Climate Spotlight Staff Sao Paulo, BRAZIL, June 4, 2024 On Monday, a team of international scientists […]
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But all hope is not lost if decisive action is taken Not to guilt trip anyone – but we should be ashamed of ourselves for the food we waste. I say so because, while many of us are living within intrinsically oppressed societies, yes, very hard lives of constant drudgery, stress, and worry. We partake […]
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By Marco Lopez The Aztec city of Tenochtitlan was said to be built by its forefathers in the middle of a lake. The famous floating city – which was plundered by Hernan Cortes in the 16th Century was still floating at the time. Its population, vast and wealthy, was fed by a floating farming technique […]
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