Environment & Sustainability

Learn about climate change, renewable energy, and sustainable living practices. CurioAtlas brings together research and solutions shaping the future of our planet.

Pennsylvania to Leave RGGI as Part of an Overdue Budget Deal

A years-long fight over its membership in the emissions-cutting initiative prevented Pennsylvania from ever participating. Advocates say it’s a “huge blow” to climate action in the state. By Jon Hurdle Pennsylvania lawmakers voted on Wednesday to withdraw the state from…

West Africa’s oceans get $68 million lifeline amid fisheries decline

A coalition of international organizations has launched the West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme to tackle the region’s deepening fisheries decline. Led by the IUCN (the global wildlife conservation authority), the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Fisheries Committee…

ConocoPhillips Wants to Explore for Oil in an Arctic Wilderness

The oil company is proposing exploratory drilling and seismic testing beyond the borders of its Willow project, in areas home to caribou and other wildlife that provide sustenance for Alaska Natives. By Nicholas Kusnetz When she was younger, Rosemary Ahtuangaruak…