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Companies face new rules for disclosing their climate-related risks. halbergman/E+ via Getty Images

After two years of intense public debate, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved the nation’s first national climate disclosure rules on March 6,

Read more …SEC approves first US climate disclosure rules: Why the requirements are much weaker than planned...

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Recovering after tornadoes, particularly in small towns, has many challenges. AP Photo/Julio Cortez

People often think of disasters as great equalizers. After all, a hurricane, tornado or wildfire doesn’t discriminate against those in its path. But the

Read more …The estimated 2.5 million people displaced by tornadoes, wildfires and other disasters in 2023...

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Companies face new rules for disclosing their climate-related risks. halbergman/E+ via Getty Images

After two years of intense public debate, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved the nation’s first national climate disclosure rules on March 6,

Read more …SEC approves first US climate disclosure rules: Why the requirements are much weaker than planned...

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Seabirds like this sooty shearwater can drown when they become tangled in drift nets and other fishing gear. Roy Lowe, USFWS/Flickr, CC BY

My colleagues and I mapped activity in the northeast Pacific of “dark” fishing vessels – boats that turn off

Read more …Sharks, turtles and other sea creatures face greater risk from industrial fishing than previously...

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