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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In Madagascar’s cities, a quiet but lucrative market is reshaping the future of one of the world’s most imperiled groups of animals. Lemurs—already…
Critics say JH Campbell coal-fired plant in western Michigan is expensive and emits high levels of toxic pollution Trump administration orders to keep an ageing, unneeded Michigan coal-fired power plant online has cost ratepayers from across the US midwest about…
French government-owned company to receive funding for Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C Business live – latest updates UK energy bill payers will hand over £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, the French company building two nuclear power stations,…
Olegario Sánchez Pinto, 74, wakes up at 7 a.m. every day to complete all the tasks he must perform as a member of the Indigenous guard in the Colombian community of San Martín de Amacayacu. He begins work early, using…
Temperatures dip to -8.5C in Poland and 250mm of rain falls in 24-hour period across Sri Lanka Temperatures plummeted this week across the eastern half of Europe, with the Alps dipping as low as -20C and to -8.5°C in the…
Afro-descendant peoples in Latin America have historically been guardians of nature, but their role could be more important than previously estimated. New research carried out in four Amazonian countries — Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Suriname — has revealed that their…
Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown Africa’s forests have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source, according to research that underscores the need for urgent action to save the…
Long-polluted waterways near Chicago are part of a system of natural and manmade barriers keeping invasive crustaceans at bay, a recent study suggests. By K.R. Callaway Through the murky waters of the Illinois River, scud have been moving steadily toward…
Researchers using aircraft to sample exhaust plumes say infringements persist – even in stricter zones A new study has found that a significant proportion of ships are breaching air pollution limits. Although the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has set regulations…
All new cars must be electric or hybrid from 2030, but the government could put new taxes on them.