Category: Environment

Awesome Science (Episodes 4): Explore Zion & Yosemite

In this episode, Noah travels to the Southwest to explore Yosemite National Park and Zion National Park. He’ll discover amazing evidence for the quick formation of the granite rocks at Yosemite during the Flood, the massive erosion of the granite, and also the quick accumulation of ice in the valleys from ideal conditions right after…


‘Pathological Self-Hatred’ of Western Elites Silences Debate on Immigration and Environment: Mark Krikorian

Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, has studied immigration-related issues for decades. He sat down with The Epoch Times at the National Conservatism Conference in Orlando, Florida, shortly before delivering his speech at the event, “Mass Immigration vs. Modern Society.” The following conversation has been edited for length and clarity. The…


Man Who Lived in Jungle 40 Years With ‘Superhuman’ Survival Skills Sees Big City, Ocean for First Time

Movies have been made, books written, and urban legends told of humans living deep in the jungle—like Tarzan—having little or no contact with other humans, nor modern society, for decades. Few will ever have a chance to meet a real-life Tarzan—though one emerged from the jungles of Vietnam relatively recently. And he shared his survival…


Gretchen Daily Values Nature

Environmental scientist and tropical ecologist Gretchen Daily thinks about our environmental challenges, and the people affected by them, on many levels. At one level, there are everyday farmers, ranchers, fishermen, and other producers. “People who work on the land, some who work on the water,” she said. At another level, there are the huge, often…


UK Businesses Will Be Forced to Publish Net Zero Plans

Companies in the UK will be required to publish plans of decarbonising and transitioning to net zero, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak told COP26 on Wednesday. Speaking at the global climate summit in Glasgow, Sunak said the new mandate is part of the UK’s plan to become “the first ever net zero aligned financial centre.”…


Biden Administration Unveils New Plan to Reduce Methane Emissions by 2030

The Biden administration is set to announce a new ambitious plan that will reduce the world’s global methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030, starting with oil and gas wells. The new U.S. Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan will utilize “commonsense regulations, catalytic financial incentives, transparency and disclosure of actionable data, and public and private partnerships” to identify…


More Than 100 World Leaders Support Landmark Agreement to Halt and Reverse Deforestation and Land Degradation by 2030

More than 100 world leaders have committed to support a landmark agreement to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030, the UK government announced on Monday. The leaders, representing over 86 percent of the world’s forests, agreed to work together on the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use at the COP26 climate summit, also called Conference…


More Than 100 World Leaders Support Agreement to Reverse Deforestation and Land Degradation by 2030

More than 100 world leaders have committed to support an agreement to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030, the UK government announced on Monday. The leaders, representing over 86 percent of the world’s forests, agreed to work together on the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use at the COP26 climate summit, also called Conference of…


Fisherman Shocked to Find Incredible 19-Armed Fluorescent Sunflower Starfish in Crab Trap

A fisherman was awestruck when he accidentally caught a critically endangered fluorescent starfish in a crab trap. Lee LeFever said he was shocked to haul up a sunflower starfish given that its population has plummeted by 90 percent in the last decade. Lee found the bright orange sea creature with 19 arms in one of his…


Sleep Walking Into Subservience: Sovereignty or COP26

Commentary Some Australians are more worried about net zero climate policies than defending our freedom and sovereignty, ironically against the largest polluter the world has ever known. And some Australians are profiting from pushing climate policies. At no time since World War II has Australia, the Indo-Pacific, and the free world been at more risk…