Causescommons.wikimedia.org Congo to auction off oil and gas blocks in a step back for climate change Peatlands and rainforests in the Congo Basin protect the planet by storing carbon. Now, in a giant leap backward for the climate, they’re being auctioned off for drilling.
Newsletter Photo by Cristina Anne Costello on Unsplash ‘The worst thing I can ever remember’: How drought is crushing ranchers North Dakotans can’t grow enough feed for their cattle, so they’re selling off the animals before they starve.
Newsletter www.nytimes.com Auction of oil drilling tracts in Gulf draws tepid interest Companies bid on only 1 percent of the acreage offered, a setback for Trump administration efforts to revive offshore production.
