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In the Ecuadorian Amazon, overlapping land claims and state-issued agreements have intensified a territorial dispute between Indigenous nations living in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, a protected area. This Mongabay special series investigates the legal, cultural and political dimensions of the conflict…
Extreme shifts in federal climate policy will make it hard for the U.S. to reach the Paris Agreement targets, but action by states, cities and businesses could still deliver significant emissions cuts. By Bob Berwyn A report released Monday shows…
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning…
A new report from a coalition of environmental organizations offers recommendations on how to address the declining water supply in the river as negotiations over its future stall. By Wyatt Myskow There is no more water available.
In August a judge struck down the local school board’s decision to negotiate tax breaks for Exxon, following an environmentalist’s lawsuit. By Dylan Baddour Exxon Mobil will postpone its plans for a large new plastics production plant on the Gulf…
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Explore This Section Overview About Decadal Survey Investigations Missions Organization Partnerships Advisory Committee Ames Research Center Glenn Research Center Marshall Space Flight Center Jet Propulsion Lab Johnson Space Center Kennedy Space Center Goals Scientific Goals Overview Precision Health Quantum Leaps…
A judge barred the landfill from sending its “leachate” wastewater to treatment plants in the region. Now the company proposes to treat it on-site and then release it into the Monongahela River. By Reid Frazier This story was originally published…
Communities including Baltimore and Annapolis are asking the state’s top court to revive a case accusing oil companies of spreading disinformation.
Toxic mass chiselled out of Feltham pipes amid campaign to help stop people tipping harmful substances down drains A team of water engineers have spent a month blasting and chiselling a 100-tonne fatberg loose from under the streets of west…