‘Devastating’ fire hits protected nesting site
Conservationists say the fire on Sunday evening has destroyed three acres used by nesting birds.
Environment & Sustainability
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Burning wood for power worse for climate than gas equivalent, report finds
Research casts doubt on plans by UK government to offer subsidies for carbon capture attached to the power source Burning wood for power generation can be worse for the climate than burning gas, even when the resulting carbon dioxide emissions…
As a Plastic Waste Plant Violates Pollution Rules, Its Owner Makes the Case for a Second Location
Freepoint Eco-Systems seeks to become a major player in so-called “chemical recycling.” Some residents and environmental advocates are fighting back. By James Bruggers Belching smoke from a new plastic waste processing plant in central Ohio has stirred opposition to an…
The Trump administration wants to take an ax to the East’s last great forests
When most people think about national forests, they imagine vast Western landscapes: Alaska, the Rockies, the Pacific Northwest. But millions of acres of federal woodlands dot the eastern half of the country, too. These great swaths of vibrant ecosystems have…
War, climate change, and AI: What’s at stake at this year’s UN Indigenous forum
Hundreds of delegates are arriving at the United Nations this week for the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. But they arrive against an increasingly hostile global backdrop, facing an artificial intelligence boom driving new extraction on ancestral lands, a…
The state of solar: Despite partisan rhetoric, the industry is still booming
The future looked dire for renewable energy in the United States last spring. Republicans in Congress started gutting the Inflation Reduction Act, forcing its generous tax credits for wind and solar into an early retirement. The Interior Department then rolled…
Meet the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners
Six environmental activists from around the world will be awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize on April 20. Known as the “Green Nobel Prize,” the Goldman Prize honors activists from the six inhabited continental regions. In a historic first, all six…
Fuel eating microbes, chemicals and fire: the race to discover new ways to contain Arctic oil spills
As the rising number of vessels in the icy waters increases the risk of environmental disaster, scientists are scrambling to find potential solutions Last winter, inside the subarctic Churchill Marine Observatory in Canada, scientists embarked on an experiment they hoped…
The world desperately needs to decarbonize shipping. Can nations find a consensus?
The shipping industry has been facing an acute crisis. For the first time in modern history, both of the Middle East’s critical waterways — the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea — were effectively closed for the past several…
Woman who won legal case over greenhouse emissions awarded top environmental prize
Sarah Finch is among six recipients of the Goldman Environmental prize, awarded to honour grassroots activists around the world The woman whose campaigning set a legal precedent in the UK that stopped thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions has…