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April 27, 2021 by Peter Terezakis Leave a Comment

Climate Diaspora: Our World, Our Problem

CLIMATE CHANGE DIASPORA: OUR WORLD, OUR PROBLEM The role that climate change will play in the future of human migration is underestimated. As droughts, floods, and rising sea levels continue to increase, affected populations the world over will be forced to relocate, adding millions of people to a climate-induced diaspora. On April 22nd Andrew Harper, Special Advisor on Climate Action to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), NYU Provost K. E. Fleming, Dr. David Holland, Denise Holland, Vice Provost Yanoula Athanassakis, and Peter Terezakis for a special one-hour Earth Day discussion on the coming climate diaspora. Climate Change Diaspora: Our World, Our Problem was a discussion on how mitigating climate-related displacement and migration will become one of humanity’s greatest challenges. — (click)

April 16, 2021 by Peter Terezakis Leave a Comment

Climate as a Scapegoat

The Use of Climate as a Scapegoat for Governance Abuses and Failures – and Why That’s a Problem — (click)

October 13, 2020 by Peter Terezakis Leave a Comment

Trump Opens the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for Oil and Gas Drilling

September 16, 2020 by Peter Terezakis Leave a Comment

POTUS 45 and the Environment

SINCE THE TRUMP administration took office, it has been fighting what they call an “anti-growth” agenda put in place by the Obama administration. Regulations that required businesses to spend time and money to meet the former administration's environmental standards were swiftly reviewed and, in many cases, rolled back. National Geographic has been tracking the decisions that will impact America's land, water, air, and wildlife. What started with curtailing information when the president took office in 2017 has evolved into actions like executive orders that open public land for business. — Link to National Geographic article on President Trump

Wheeler fires scientists