Author By Mark Keenan If saving nature requires destroying nature on an industrial scale, perhaps the first thing that needs recycling is our definition of environmentalism.
For the Tohono O’odham Nation, the indigenous inhabitants of southwestern Arizona, the giant saguaro cacti are considered people. Contractors building Trump’s border wall are uprooting them, destroying many other sacred sites and crucial biodiversity along the way. “A bulldozer can destroy in minutes what it took the Sonoran Desert hundreds of years to create,” said Russ McSpadden of the Center for Biological Diversity.
‘Human rights issue’
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Liam Madden, an Irish architect who is known for blocking development projects across the country, is coming for Donald Trump’s Irish ballroom. Madden filed a petition to stop the construction of a 320-seat ballroom at Trump’s Doonbeg golf course citing concerns about a tiny, endangered species of snail.
Journalist Michael Shellenberger weighs in on the U.N.’s latest ‘doomer report’ on climate change.
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EXIT GLACIER, Alaska — America's 49th state is a study in contrasts: Rapidly melting glaciers like this one attract tourists, while the oil industry underpinning its economy is getting a fresh boost from Washington after decades of decline. Why it matters: Few places put the causes and consequences of global warming in such close proximity, making Alaska a vivid window into the world's reliance on fossil fuels as climate impacts mount. Driving the news: "Alaska is a powerhouse," Energy Secretary Chris Wright said last week in Anchorage at the state oil and gas trade group's annual conference, according to Alaska News Source. - "I think you could have an incredible several years, several decades coming with just some common sense…
‘monstrosity of Soviet-style command-and-control’