‘We can no longer predict the seasons’: Why Indonesia’s coal mindset has to change
It’s a climate-vulnerable nation, while also being the world’s sixth-largest greenhouse-gas emitter. Global investment in climate action is vital Continue reading…
Environment & Sustainability
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As the World Pursues Clean Power, Millions Still Have No Power at All
Just outside Belém, the Amazonian city where the world is meeting to discuss climate change, electricity is a very recent arrival.
She Studied How to Protect Children From Pollution and Heat
“There was no warning, no conversation,” said Jane Clougherty, an environmental health scientist, who had a federal grant canceled earlier this year.
Thousands of toxic sites across US face risk of coastal flooding
Study finds rising seas could flood facilities handling waste, sewage, and oil and gas – and coastal states most at risk More than 5,500 toxic sites nationwide could face coastal flooding by 2100 due to rising sea levels, according to…
Raiders of the lobster pot: Canadian wolves learn to loot crab traps for bait
Researchers in British Columbia catch sea wolves in the act after placing camera to solve mystery of damaged traps The clues read like something from mystery novel: crab traps, suspiciously hauled ashore by unseen hands, had been damaged by baffling…
As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk. By Liza Gross RICHMOND, Calif.—On a sunny morning in May, Luna Angulo…
Congress Axes Biden-Era Protections That Shielded Alaskan Wetlands From Drilling
By wiping out the environmental guardrails, Congress reopened one of the planet’s last great wilderness regions to oil and gas development, a move that could destabilize one its largest carbon stores. By Carl David Goette-Luciak The U.S. House of Representatives…
With COP30, Indigenous Brazilians strive for new resources to protect nature
For many Brazilians, the country’s Indigenous peoples are considered the main protectors of nature. This is one of the key findings of a new Greenpeace survey published in October: according to the study, when it comes to caring for the…
This pig’s bacon was delicious. But she’s alive and well
I’m eating Dawn the Yorkshire pig and she’s quite tasty. But don’t worry. She’s doing perfectly fine, traipsing around a sanctuary in upstate New York. (Word is that she appreciates belly rubs and sunshine.) I’m in San Francisco, at an…
Coalition to help Labor rush through new nature laws if environmental protections dropped
Sussan Ley’s offer allows a clear path to pass laws to rewrite Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act in final sitting week Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Coalition has offered to help Labor…