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The old saying about late summer rain being good for vineyards and bees may be plausible Each month has its weather folklore, and according to one old saying: “When it rains in August, it rains honey and wine.” Historically, vineyards…
In the waters of the Johor strait, Indigenous communities are struggling to survive as nearby cities expand and fishing stocks dwindle Words and photographs by Izzy Sasada Aween Bin Terawin submerges himself in the mangrove swamp to reach a crab…
Considered the data center capital of the world, Virginia will see more of big-tech’s energy, water-intensive facilities. By Charles Paullin CHESTER, Va.—And just like that, there’s another data center to be built in Virginia by one of the richest companies…
The full weight of a 50 percent tariff on Indian goods took effect this week, undercutting one of the country’s most promising markets for solar exports.
For decades, the case for saving tropical forests has been cast in terms of carbon. Trees sequester vast quantities of it; razing them pumps more into the air. But new research reminds us that the destruction of rainforests has consequences…
The season for strong storms came late. This week, it has led to travel delays, a snarled start to Burning Man and a recharged waterfall in Yosemite.
The president has pledged to combat transnational drug organizations. Yet these groups make vast sums from environmental crimes, and his administration has gutted personnel and programs that targeted them, a new report shows. By Katie Surma President Donald Trump vowed…
A coalition of environmental groups is embroiled in a year-long fight with an Alliant Energy subsidiary over its discharge of groundwater possibly contaminated with coal combustion residuals. By Anika Jane Beamer The Ottumwa-Midland Landfill holds ash from one of Iowa’s…
As President Trump dismantles the country’s efforts to fight climate change, environmental groups are back on their heels.
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The California Senate has unanimously approved a resolution calling for a review of its imports of crude oil from the Amazon rainforest and an eventual phase-out, following years of advocacy from Indigenous leaders in South America. Environmental groups…