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The Trump administration said individuals were moved to ensure their safety during hurricane season. Environmental groups pursuing litigation over the site want more transparency. By Amy Green Inmates have been moved out of Alligator Alcatraz, the Everglades migrant detention site,…
At least three of the 12 coal plants the Trump administration funded have been repeatedly cited for violating environmental regulations, amplifying public-health concerns. By Ajani Stella In 2023, after years of pollution, equipment failures and health concerns, the Cumberland Fossil…
The new law is aimed at tackling deforestation in protected areas and will take effect over two years. By Georgina Gustin Colombia this month enacted a landmark law designed to stop deforestation connected to cattle ranching, a move that environmental…
Most Americans loathe data centers. Recent polling found that Democrats and Republicans alike would oppose having one in their neighborhood, and hundreds of communities across the country have fought against them, citing fears about noise, water contamination, and energy bills.…
It’s getting increasingly unbearable, even downright dangerous, to walk in cities. That’s because of the urban heat island effect: Buildings, sidewalks, and roads absorb the sun’s energy and radiate it back at pedestrians, raising temperatures far above that you’d find…
This is an original story by Mongabay and is republished through the Indigenous News Alliance. Over the past decade, Department of Defense spending for critical minerals transformed from virtually nonexistent into a major spending area. The last five years in…
Regulator launched inquiry amid concerns that firm made misleading statements about origins of wood pellets Business live – latest updates The City watchdog has closed an investigation into the power generator Drax, after an almost 10-month review into the sourcing…
More than half of Ayetoro – a Christian utopia founded in the 1940s – has been lost to the ocean, and its remaining people are running out of options In the early hours of 15 February 2019, the Atlantic Ocean…
John Ray, 17th-century botanist who coined words petal and pollen, was a tutor at Cambridge when he created his first garden He coined the terms petal and pollen, helped to lay the foundations of modern biology and is widely regarded…
Researchers have described a new-to-science species of walking shark, which lives in the remote, shallow waters off southeastern Papua New Guinea. The newly named Dudgeon’s walking shark (Hemiscyllium dudgeonae) is a type of epaulette shark, a group of small sharks…