The Four Horsemen
Documenting the ongoing climate crisis, mass extinctions, and decline and fall of late stage capitalism.
February 7, 2025
A new study maps and ranks the largest, longest-lasting, and most severe multiyear droughts from 1980 to 2018.
America leads the world in producing more trash than it knows what do with — running out of landfills by 2036.
A pioneering climate scientist says global heating is accelerating. Others say we can still reach climate goals
EU monitor says global temperatures were 1.75C above preindustrial levels, extending run of unprecedented highs
January was expected to be cooler than the same month last year, but was 0.1C warmer, which experts are struggling to explain.
Polluted runoff is still smothering the Great Barrier Reef, our first national assessment of water quality trends in Australian rivers has revealed. The problem on the reef is getting worse, not better, despite efforts to improve farming practices and ...
Emboldened by President Trump, West Virginia and other states are challenging a law that makes corporate polluters pay for past emissions.
Ice streams move due to tiny ice quakes.
The US government has ordered states to retract their plans to build hundreds of federally funded EV charging stations, according to a memo obtained by WIRED.
Gulf Coast advocates traveled to Japan to warn lawmakers and financiers about the environmental impact of U.S. LNG.
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.
An accumulation of weak to moderate earthquakes has been recorded around the Greek island of Santorini since 24 January. The seismic activity is concentrated in the area between the islands of Santorini and Amorgos, with a center around 25 km northeast...
The declaration of a state of emergency comes as seismic activity — which has prompted thousands to flee — continues. A 5.2 magnitude quake was recorded on Wednesday evening.
Everyone's a target
From someone who owned solar panels.
To mitigate the negative impacts of climate change, the world needs to quickly transition from fossil fuels to low-carbon energy sources such as solar power.
The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.
Police search for culprit in Antrim township heist as US egg prices continue to rise amid bird flu outbreak
Even brief exposure to particulate matter found to impede selective attention and emotional recognition
A lawsuit claims FIJI Water misled consumers about its product's purity and environmental impact, specifically highlighting the presence of microplastics.
The 2025 Bankrate Emergency Savings Report paints a grim picture of the state of Americans’ personal finances. The good news is that many aspire to boost savings.
When the U.S. breaks its treaties, only China wins.
Believing that the rest of the planet is blind to his clumsy machinations, US president Donald Trump has signed an executive order to…
The start of the global trade war is just part of the planned “shock-and-awe blitz” to seize total government control
The City of Montreal had dropped Amazon from its list of suppliers in response to the still-looming tariff threat from the U.S.
It literally doesn't exist anymore
PFAS could be the rare environmental issue that gets addressed this term.
We are trapped in an escalating politics of crisis, which threatens to break our connection with reality. It’s only going to get worse before it gets better.
It is far worse than you thought
The new Russiagate is here
The order also curbs prosecutions of Americans who improperly lobby for foreign nations. President Donald Trump says Republicans were unfairly targeted in the past.
Four days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting secretary, a career civil servant, to immediately shut off all USAID payments using the department’s own ultra-sensitive payment proces...
Russia on Thursday welcomed the new U.S. administration's decision to shutter USAID as an independent agency, calling the humanitarian body a "machine for interfering" in global affairs.
The end of USAID could mean more space for China to expand globally. BI analyzed where China invests the most and how it compares to US aid.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) recently sounded the alarm on why so many people feel exhausted by the chaotic news cycle—and why that’s exactly what former President Donald Trump and his allies want.ContentsHow to Stay Informed Without Burning ...
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
During Netanyahu’s visit, Trump dropped Washington’s sugar coating of Israel’s 15-month genocidal destruction of Gaza. This was always about ethnic cleansing
Stay up to date on the Global South news stories the US- and Eurocentric media overlook, with author and journalist, Tamara Pearson.
Civil society will collapse in the near future, as environmental degradation and resource constraints stress existing systems. Elites will attempt to continue to live well at the expense of lower classes until the system breaks.
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