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Pollution, warm oceans and hungry urchins devastated Pacific kelp. Now, thanks to divers with hammers, one of the world’s most successful rehabilitation projects has helped it rebound On an overcast Tuesday in July, divers Mitch Johnson and Sean Taylor shimmy…
BANYUMAS, Indonesia — As youngsters, Ari and Junianto would clamber over the upland above Sambirata village, gathering sap to glue-trap the birds nesting below Java’s Mount Slamet. “If it gets wet it’ll lose its stickiness, so you’d have to place…
Beaches from Florida to Maine under advisories, leading to closures at some of the most popular beach destinations Beaches across the US are facing swimming caution advisories during the Labor Day holiday weekend due to water quality concerns caused by…
When I killed my first mule deer, I felt deep reverence for the animal. It showed me hunting can be more honest and sustainable than eating factory-farmed meat “Murderer! You’re a murderer!” That is what my French mother shouts down…
For Donna Thomas, smokestacks are a typical sight from her home in Fort Bend County, Texas. Since she was a child, she has seen the coal and natural gas-powered W.A. Parish Generating Station puff clouds of haze during the day…
Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is dealing with the biggest flood in its history, a senior official said on Sunday, as water levels of rivers rose to all-time highs. More than 1,400 villages were flooded after three large rivers – the…
Heat deaths could surge in the state as energy poverty linked to Trump’s energy and trade policies burns It was the hottest day of the year so far when the central air conditioning started blowing hot air in the mobile…
Mike Wirth, who has seen many booms and busts over the more than 40 years he has been with the energy giant, said that “when the world stops using oil and gas, we’ll stop looking for it.”
The tap water in Sipayik has smelled and tasted bad for years. A new, deep well in town has been helping, but now the Trump administration has clawed back grant funds for water testing and filtration. By Sydney Cromwell Second…
Similar to laws passed in Vermont and New York, the legislation would require major oil companies to pay for past greenhouse gas emissions. But New Jersey municipalities haven’t rallied around the bill, and the Trump administration is strongly opposed. By…