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Month: August 2019

Could Kansas City Become The First Major U.S. City With A Free Transit System?

08/30/2019 Don Wallace

Since being named CEO of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority four years ago, Robbie Makinen has been quietly devising…

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Posted in: Mass Transit, Policy Filed under: Local Policy, Transportation

Teen Activist Greta Thunberg Arrives In New York By Boat, Putting ‘Climate Crisis’ In Spotlight

Don Wallace

After a two-week sail across the Atlantic, youth climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in the Big Apple on Wednesday to…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Activism, Greta Thunberg, International Policy

‘If A Kid Says Help, You Help’: Adults Urged To Join Upcoming Global Climate Strike

08/28/2019 Don Wallace

On September 20 and during the Week of Action which will follow, hundreds of thousands are expected to holding sit-ins at pipeline…

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Posted in: Climate Filed under: Activism, Climate Action

Amazon Rainforest Fires: Brazil To Reject $20m Pledged By G7

08/27/2019 Don Wallace

A senior Brazilian official has told Emmanuel Macron to take care of “his home and his colonies” as Brazil rejected…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Amazon-Brazil, Forests, International Policy

Macron: G7 Nations Close To Agreement On Tackling Amazon Fires

08/26/2019 Don Wallace

French President Macron has said the leaders of the world’s major industrialized nations were close to an agreement on how to…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Amazon-Brazil, Forests, International Policy

As The Amazon Burns, Europe Seizes Title Of Climate Champion

08/25/2019 Don Wallace

As the Trump administration denies established climate science and has abandoned an international accord intended to fight global warming, European…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Amazon-Brazil, Forests, International Policy

Relentless Sequence Of Disasters In Asia-Pacific ‘Sign Of Things To Come’, Cautions UN Regional Body

08/24/2019 Don Wallace

Changing patterns and worsening impacts of natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific, coupled with environmental degradation and climate change,…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: International Policy, Sustainable Development

Environmental Groups Sue to Block Trump’s Endangered Species Act Rule Changes

08/23/2019 Don Wallace

Eight environmental organizations launched the first challenge to the Trump administration’s moves to weaken the Endangered Species Act, filing a…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Endangered Species, National Policy

Six Charts Show Why Thousands Of Fires In The Amazon Rainforest Matter To The World

Don Wallace

The Amazon rainforest is losing thousands of acres annually to fires and development putting the world’s environment at greater risk. More…

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Posted in: Climate Filed under: Amazon-Brazil, Forests, Sustainable Development

Macron Urges G-7 Members To Put Amazon Fires At Top Of Agenda

Don Wallace

French President Emmanuel Macron is calling on world leaders to place the massive fires destroying Brazil’s Amazon rainforest at the…

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Posted in: Climate, Policy Filed under: Amazon-Brazil, Forests, International Policy, Sustainable Development

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