When Mother Nature is still king
by The Philippine Star
The Philippine Star— As a year’s worth of rain lets loose in Dubai, flash floods caused roads to turn into rivers and gushing waters overwhelmed many homes and businesses in just 24 hours.
Zócalo Public Square—Is the Wilderness Act Still Protecting Nature?. At the end of 2023, four environmental groups sued the National Park Service and invoked the Wilderness Act to stop the replanting of trees following a catastrophic wildfire in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Around the same time, the National Park Service announced that it aimed to invoke the Wilderness Act to limit the use of fixed anchors on Yosemite’s iconic big wall climbs. How did a law created 60 years ago to protect nature in undeveloped areas come to do something else...
PAHOMEPAGE—Mothers’ still seeking justice for murdered teens. NEW PHILADELPHIA, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The mothers of two teenagers from Schuylkill County who were murdered six months ago are questioning why no one has been arrested in connection with their sons' murders. The bodies of 16-year-old Angelito Caraballo and 18-year-old Hunter Mock from New Philadelphia, Schuylkill County were found in a wooded area []
The Hill—This Earth Day, it doesn’t have to be ‘Mother Nature versus Man’. And while we continue avoiding another stone age by exploring space and creating new technologies, we should respect and learn from nature.