BOMBAY BEACH, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 26, 2019: A woman walks along the shore of the Salton Sea in … [+] Southern California. The shallow saline lake was formed accidentally in 1905 following the rupture of canal diverting water from the Colorado River to the agricultural area of California’s Imperial Valley. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images) […]

AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 27: The Mossman River in the Daintree Rainforest, Queensland, Australia. … [+] (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images) Tim Graham/Getty Images Many of the carbon credits used to offset corporate emissions lack merit — a conclusion reached by investigative journalists. The target: Verra, which approves three of every four — voluntary — rainforest […]

UAE Minister and ADNOC Group CEO, Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, speaking in 2017 during the Abu Dhabi … [+] International Petroleum Exhibition. AFP via Getty Images Cradle of oil and gas. UAE UAE (United Arab Emirates) is ranked 7th in oil production in 2021 (Figure 1). In the Middle East, only Saudi Arabia and Iraq rank […]

UNITED STATES – JUNE 13: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., and former DOE nuclear engineer Sam … [+] Brinton, of the Trevor Project, are seen during a news conference outside the Capitol on the “LGBTQ Essential Data Act,” which would improve the collection of gender identity data in violent crimes on Thursday, June 13, 2019. […]