U.S. Threatens Countries That Back a Fee to Clean Up Ship Pollution
As nations vote on a draft agreement at the International Maritime Organization this week, the Trump administration says it could sanction those supporting it.
Environment & Sustainability
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Reward scheme for using less power at peak times could help lower US bills
With AI datacenters soaring power bills for households, a policy called ‘demand flexibility’ could help ease grid strain A cheap, bipartisan tool could help the US meet increasing energy demand from AI datacenters while also easing soaring power bills for…
Gavin Newsom’s veto on bill to ban Pfas hands industry a win, advocates fear
Decision from governor, eyeing presidential bid, could echo across US as similar bans considered in states like New York Are Pfas in everything? What you need to know about ‘forever chemicals’ A decision by Gavin Newsom, the California governor, to…
Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes
Steve Reed previously said he was in favour of requiring one hollow brick for cavity-nesting creatures in every new-build The government is refusing to support a new amendment to install a swift brick in every new home, in a U-turn…
Deforestation for soy continues in Brazilian Cerrado despite EUDR looming
Agricultural producers in Brazil’s Cerrado savanna continue to clear land for soy, which puts them in breach of the European Union’s upcoming antideforestation law, or EUDR, a new investigation shows. In September 2024, investigative nonprofit Earthsight published its “Secret Ingredient”…
Save the Whales. But Save the Microbes, Too.
Conservation biologists propose a daunting task: protecting Earth’s diversity of bacteria and other microbes.
West Africa’s leopards now officially endangered after 50% population crash
There are only about 350 mature leopards left in West Africa, according to the latest regional assessment by the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority. Leopards (Panthera pardus) in West Africa are thought to be genetically isolated from those in…
How a Declaration of Ancestral Wisdom Is Changing Law, Science and Our Understanding of the World
José Gualinga discusses his Kichwa People of Sarayaku’s visionary Living Forest Declaration and the importance of collaborating across cultures and areas of expertise. By Katie Surma When José Gualinga took the stage in a packed New York University law school…
How EVs can fix the grid and lower your electric bill
Depending on whom you’re asking, renewable energy and electric vehicles will either destroy the grid or save it. The sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow, true enough, while a gas-fired power plant can generate electricity any…
In Nepal’s hills, a fight brews over the country’s biggest iron deposit
KATHMANDU — When the monsoon arrives in Jhumlabang village in Nepal’s far west, 35-year-old Til Kumari B.K. spends hours in the community forest harvesting mushrooms. The rest of the year, she goes there to collect bark from the allo plant…