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As rising tides eat away at Canada’s Saint-Pierre and Miquelon archipelago, plans to move the historic village to higher ground have divided friends and families Franck Detcheverry, Miquelon’s 41-year-old mayor, trudges up a grassy hill. “The view isn’t too bad,…
A climate reporter wanted to follow scientists into the Mediterranean Sea. First, he had to learn to scuba dive.
The rapid development will change the Corn Belt in significant, unforeseen ways. Residents are just beginning to grapple with what that means. By Alexia Underwood TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill.—To the untrained eye, Central Illinois is all lush fields of corn and…
With a new analysis showing where the pollution is going, environmental advocates call on public officials to do more to stop it. By Kyle Bagenstose PHILADELPHIA—Some 280 years after a river-swimming Benjamin Franklin petitioned to curb water pollution here, the…
They don’t build many basements in Breezy Point anymore, but Ed Power’s got one. Breezy Point is a remote stretch of New York City along the coast of the Rockaway Peninsula, colloquially known as the “Irish Riviera.” A longtime firefighter…
When automobiles first started tearing through American streets a century ago, they weren’t exactly welcome. One of the main problems was that they were killing children: in 1921 alone, 286 children in Pittsburgh, 130 in Baltimore, and 97 in Washington,…
Extracts of planned changes to the EPBC Act prompt ‘anger’ from conservation organisations that fear nature protection will be weakened Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast State governments could be given expanded powers to make…
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Bangladesh has embarked on an ambitious plan to end the centuries-old practice of keeping elephants in captivity. The government has begun retrieving privately…
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand Wind power has cut at least £104bn from energy costs in the UK since 2010, a study has found. Users of gas have been…
In a memo, the Microsoft co-founder warned against a “doomsday outlook” and appears to have shifted some of his views about climate change.