An oil rig is seen at sunset. Fossil fuel companies have shifted from outright climate change denialism to subtler delaying tactics, with messages that downplay the seriousness of global warming. (Pixabay/James Armbruster)

Oil companies' delaying tactics are the new climate science denialism

EarthBeat
Sep 9, 2021

Academic researchers say the fossil fuel industry's climate-friendly PR messages are 'discourses of delay' aimed at diverting attention away from the crisis.

A man moves his flood-damaged sofas in Houston in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Scientists say restoring and preserving wetlands could prevent millions of dollars' worth of damage from severe storms. (CNS photo/Adrees Latif, Reuters)

Conserving and restoring wetlands could avoid millions of dollars in storm losses

EarthBeat
Sep 7, 2021

Protecting marshes that help buffer against hurricanes and other severe storms could save as much as $38 million per estuary in storm damages, a new study shows.

From left: Levi Sucre Romero, Dinamam Tuxá and Mina Setra (Photos by Joel Redman)

Forest loss drives viruses as well as climate change, indigenous leaders warn

Coronavirus
EarthBeat
World
Mar 20, 2020

The same forest destruction that accelerates climate change can also encourage the emergence of diseases, indigenous leaders said, criticizing companies for replacing forests with soy, palm and cattle plantations.