Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide
The administration is cranking up efforts to kill state laws and legal cases that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay for climate damage.
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Zambia Ordered a Mining Company to Pay Villagers After a Toxic Waste Spill. The Firm Made Them Sign Away Their Rights First
China’s Sino-Metals Leach Zambia spilled toxic sludge into communities and rivers, an accident that could cost billions to clean up and restore. The firm got impoverished and often illiterate villagers to sign away their right to sue in exchange for…
Waterlogged and contaminated: In rural Florida, locals suspect a mining company is to blame for their flooding troubles
The storm had passed, but the water kept rising. In September 2017, Hurricane Irma slammed into Florida, causing tides to surge and dumping about a foot of water across much of the state. A few days later, Jane Blais stood…
Just a pole and line, like they fished as boys: how a Maldives tradition is ensuring tuna stocks thrive
The country’s fisheries and the health of its seas still rely on a method practised for nearly 1,000 years – catching skipjack tuna one fish at a time Photographs and video by Ibrahim Bassam At 3.04am, most of the residents…
Weatherwatch: Repair of ozone layer is making the planet warmer, study finds
Scientists say ozone is warming Earth by 40% more than expected but that repair is still right thing to do The repair of the Earth’s ozone layer has been a success, but a new study reveals a downside: ozone is…
Fossil-Fueled Climate Heating Set the Stage for Devastating Fires in Spain and Portugal This Summer
New research shows the links between human-caused warming and rising fire risks in Europe, and offers a path toward a more resilient future. By Bob Berwyn A new attribution report published Thursday shows that global warming made the extreme hot…
Spain and Portugal wildfire weather made 40 times more likely by climate crisis, study finds
Wildfires were 30% more intense than would have been expected without global heating, scientists say The extreme weather that fuelled “astonishing” blazes across Spain and Portugal last month was made 40 times more likely by climate breakdown, early analysis suggests.…
Labour could end badger cull but only with Covid-style testing and vaccines – report
Review says ministers have only ‘small chance’ of wiping out bovine tuberculosis by 2038 without more investment Labour can end the badger cull but only with a Covid-19 style focus on testing and vaccinating, the author of a government-commissioned report…
House Votes to Advance Ambler Access Road in Alaska
The proposed 211-mile industrial road over pristine land would allow a mining company to reach a copper deposit. Critics say it would destroy a fragile environment.
From beavers to bison: England’s rewilding revolution
In a recent conversation with Mongabay’s Mike DiGirolamo, rewilding advocate and financier Ben Goldsmith described a quiet but profound transformation taking place in England’s relationship with nature. The change is visible in the return of species like the Eurasian beaver,…