Deforestation Is Imperiling Coffee Cultivation, Report Finds
A new report by an industry watchdog adds to growing scientific consensus that as forests are felled to make way for coffee farms, rainfall decreases and crops are more likely to fail.
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Oil firm TotalEnergies made misleading green statements, court rules
French multinational is ordered to remove its website messages about aiming for carbon neutrality Business live – latest updates A French oil company engaged in “misleading commercial practices” about the scope of its environmental commitments, a court has ruled. TotalEnergies,…
She Worked on Tsunami Alerts. Then She Was Fired.
“I always wanted to be a public servant and do science for the good of the people,” said Corina Allen, who lost her job at NOAA.
Labor needs to bow to Liberals or Greens or its environment law revamp is dead
Albanese government will need to make major concessions to pass promised federal nature laws as Liberals attack ‘nature positive 2.0’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government will need to cough up major…
Leading conservationists just decided that genetically engineering wild animals is OK – sometimes. They’re right | Helen Pilcher
Humans have been selectively breeding animals for millennia. If we can help species survive by tweaking their DNA in a lab, I say bring it on Do you think we should genetically modify wildlife? What if we could make seabirds…
After a hiatus, an endemic plant bursts into life in Sri Lanka’s central hills
COLOMBO — Every dozen years or so, Sri Lanka’s mist-shrouded highlands burst into color. Violet, pink and white carpets of tiny blooms spread across the grasslands of the Horton Plains and other hill country trails, drawing thousands of visitors eager…
Renewable energy investment should come from defence budgets, say retired military leaders
Former European officers say spending on low-carbon power would make nations more resilient to threats from potential aggressors Investment in renewable energy should be counted under defence expenditure, says a group of retired senior military personnel, because the climate crisis…
‘We are just waiting to die’: Mining activists targeted as South Africa delays energy transition
Environmental justice activists have spoken out against coal and iron mining in South Africa, telling a recent human rights hearing that the industry violently undermines the country’s promised energy transition. They also pointed to the continued threats, displacement and killings…
Global conservation body takes first step to protect ocean’s twilight zone
The mesopelagic zone is the chilly, dimly lit layer of ocean found 200-1,000 meters (660-3,300 feet) below the surface, which scientists say plays key roles in the marine food web and carbon cycle. On Oct. 15, delegates to the IUCN…
An Indigenous women-led revolution fights fires in Brazil’s Cerrado
When they closed their eyes, the Bakairi people of the Santana Indigenous Territory in Brazil heard a sound similar to rain in the forest. It was reminiscent of a summer storm, the kind that arrives suddenly and drenches the vast…