Puerto Ricans Are Helping Each Other As Federal Aid Flounders
MAYAGÜEZ, Puerto Rico—On a warm November evening in an echo-filled community center, about 20 residents of Mayagüez’s El Seco sector discussed strategies for garbage disposal. The seaside Puerto Rican community always had issues with municipal trash pickup due to its narrow streets, and Hurricane Maria had made things worse. Debris from the hurricane still needed…
For Indigenous Communities, The Fight Against Climate Change Is a Fight For Human Rights
BONN, Germany—For Mina Susana Setra, there are scenes. One of her playing in a canoe with her brother in the river behind their old house. Another of the time her mom sent her on an errand and she got lost following the birds. Many of playing in the forest barefoot, memorizing the names of flowers,…
Scientists Propose Ban on All Amphibian Imports to Protect Species From Deadly Fungus
America has the highest salamander biodiversity of any country in the world. But that incredible natural heritage is threatened by a killer fungus that has already decimated salamander populations in Europe. Now, a dozen scientists who study amphibians and conservation are calling for a total ban on amphibian imports into the United States in an…