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The six-month sentence was the maximum prison term that disbarred human rights lawyer Steven Donziger, 60 and a Harvard Law graduate, could be given on the six misdemeanor counts he faced after helping to obtain a $9.6 billion settlement against Chevron.
Steven Donziger’s legal saga has demonstrated deep-rooted conflicts of interest in the judicial system when it comes to climate justice.
Entomologist Eric Day says the insects could create a “substantial noise issue” in some communities.
One in 11 flowers carries disease-causing parasites known to contribute to bee declines, according to a new study that identifies how flowers act as hubs for transmitting diseases to bees and other pollinators.
Newfound bacteria that oxidize manganese help explain the geochemistry of groundwater. The finding ends a century-long search for microbes that live on manganese.
The White House finalized its rollback of one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws Wednesday, with President Trump calling the law the “single biggest obstacle” to major construction projects.
Bees biting plants, making them flower up to a month earlier than they usually would, could be a result of global warming.
New research finds that an anticipated rise in carbon dioxide concentrations in our indoor living and working spaces by the year 2100 could lead to impaired human cognition.
With most people staying home during the coronavirus outbreak, Los Angeles now has some of the cleanest air of any major city.
An ancient sediment core revealed a shocking discovery: pollen and spores, indicating a long-lost rainforest that was shrouded in perpetual darkness for months at a time.
Scientists have discovered a possible link between Parkinson’s disease and a gene impacted by a neurotoxin found in blue-green algae.
Since the advent of the clock—even during the peak years of the Cold War—the minute hand has never advanced past the 11:58 mark.
A new study concludes that rail is the industry that’s injected the most money into climate change denial propaganda efforts in the last 25 years.
“These figures confirm what we feared, namely that 2019 has been a dark year for the rainforest in Brazil.”
The climate crisis is an unprecedented emergency. How we react to the climate crisis will shape centuries and millennia to come.
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