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JAKARTA — The mysterious death of Vian Ruma, a 30-year-old activist opposing a geothermal project on Flores Island, has intensified calls for stronger protection of environmental defenders in Indonesia, where attacks against them have more than doubled this year. Vian…
SOUTH WASILE, Indonesia — Rudy said South Wasile district police officers visited his home with PT Arumba Jaya Perkasa staff three times in June to recommend he take the company’s 20,000 rupiah offer, around $1.22, per square meter of his…
Since the completion of an all-weather road eight years ago, Nepal’s remote Mustang region has become a mass tourism destination, reports Mongabay’s Abhaya Raj Joshi. The surge in tourists, combined with the impacts of climate change, could put the fragile…
They watched climate change ravage their home countries as rich, polluting nations did nothing. Then they had an idea.
‘Abrupt shift’ in policy since Trump took office will have major consequences for climate crisis, forecast says A jump in greenhouse gas pollution in the US helped push global emissions higher in the first half of this year. This could…
While traveling through Manhattan, an NYU expert uncovers troubling air pollution levels in places you wouldn’t expect. By Lauren Dalban George Thurston stood at a bus stop on Manhattan’s east side, just a block from his office and the FDR…
Pamela McElwee joined a group of 85 climate scientists who refuted DOE’s faulty science last week. Trump’s climate denialism, she believes, is designed to sow confusion—and inaction. By Anna Mattson In late July, the U.S. Department of Energy released a…
Three days after the Mountain Fire tore through the hillsides of Camarillo in Southern California last November, Craig Crosby was at home assessing the damage when he spotted two men canvassing the neighborhood. Crosby’s house was still standing, but the…
You’ve just lived through a terrible flood, wildfire, or hurricane. Your house has suffered significant damage, and you don’t know where you’re going to live or how you’ll rebuild. Then comes the knock on the door, a call on your…
This summer, locals and tourists enjoyed new river-bathing sites. As global heating escalates, we need more of these ‘cool islands’ Sign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve…