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The U.S. doesn’t produce the minerals and metals needed for renewable energy, microchips or military technology. Authorities want to change that as quickly as possible. By Dylan Baddour Major oil companies are drilling in East Texas again, but not for…
It’s the seventh state to pass a law requiring climate education in public schools. The requirement will kick in next fall. By Amber X. Chen Last year, Laura Stamp asked her eighth-grade students a thought-provoking question: If they could redesign…
The silver carp is big, unwieldy, and requires Joe Greendyk to use both his hands to measure it before tossing the fish overboard into the Illinois River. The nearly 2-foot-long invasive fish, which now overruns the river, has become the…
Meeting called for end of sitting week inviting backbench MPs to argue for or against dumping the policy after Barnaby Joyce announced resignation Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Coalition backbenchers are preparing for a…
Illegal cattle ranching has torn through Nicaragua’s rainforests in recent years, supplying a growing international market for meat despite calls for better oversight of the industry. Now, the country is feeling the consequences, as disease spreads through the unchecked movement…
In September 2024, biologist Cássio Alencar Nunes was taken aback while heading out for field research in Jaú National Park, a conservation unit in Brazil’s northern state of Amazonas. He had a plan to record bird vocalization samples to estimate…
This series, Voices from the Land, brings together opinion pieces led and written by Indigenous peoples from around the world. Through these commentaries, we share our lived realities and reflections on urgent issues shaping our time — environmental destruction, our…
Housing secretary tells BBC Panorama widespread scepticism will make hitting target “all the sweeter”.
BANGKOK — New satellite data identified 513 sites of rare-earth mining that have cropped up across at least six key tributaries of the Mekong, Salween and Irrawaddy rivers in Myanmar over the past 10 years. These include 40 believed to have…
The Hollywood actor teams up with Kew’s Millenium Seed Bank as it celebrates its 25th anniversary.