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Environmental organizations in southwest Australia have criticized the Australian government’s decision to grant the U.S. bauxite mining company Alcoa a national interest exemption, usually provided in cases of emergency, defense or national security, thereby authorizing the company to continue its…
Rise in electricity demand in first quarter of 2026 was moderated by record output from rooftop solar Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast More datacentres and warmer conditions helped push electricity demand to record highs…
Dolphin or porpoise? How to tell the difference Dolphins and porpoises are both cetaceans, but they have distinct characteristics that set them apart. Learn how to recognize a dolphin vs. a porpoise. (Image credit: NOAA Fisheries) Download Image April 29,…
KINSHASA — Few countries are the focal point of as many expectations, tensions and contradictions as the Democratic Republic of Congo. With its vast forests, iconic protected areas and mineral resources among the most coveted in the world, the country…
The state of Pará in the Brazilian Amazon has authorized Canadian mining company Belo Sun to begin clearing nearly 600 hectares, or almost 1,500 acres, of rainforest for an open-pit gold mine. Legal experts say it’s premature to clear a…
Shannon Gregory, chief of flight operations at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, stands in front of one of the agency’s support helicopters inside a hangar at Kennedy’s Launch and Landing Facility in Florida. Credit: NASA/Cory S. Huston Host Andres Almeida: When…
Zap Energy says its ultimate goal is safe, clean energy from fusion. To help get there, it’s starting to build fission reactors.
The ZSL has given us the word ‘zoo’, inspired artists and birthed a quarter of all Sumatran tigers. It has fascinated me since childhood – and the world since 1826 In the spring of 1826, two extraordinary things occurred in…
A rescue operation is underway to transport a young male humpback to deeper waters in the North Sea after it became stranded in the Baltic Sea off Lübeck a month ago. The whale’s ordeal has gripped Germany but there are…
Wastewater pollution levels are higher inside many marine protected areas than in nearby unprotected areas, according to a new study published in the journal Ocean & Coastal Management. The researchers also found that nearly three-quarters of all MPAs — more…