Environment & Sustainability

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How Vermont lost track of millions in FEMA flood recovery funds

On the afternoon of August 21, Jason Gosselin raised the alarm: the flood recovery project he managed was running out of money faster than he had anticipated. One email he sent his colleagues ended with an anxious parenthetical: ”(calm down,…

Watchdog rules Red Tractor exaggerated its environmental standards

The Advertising Standards Authority agrees with River Action that the food safety body’s 2023 advert misled the public The UK’s advertising watchdog has upheld a complaint that Britain’s biggest farm assurance scheme misled the public in a TV ad about…

Plantwatch: An extraordinary orchid that lives and flowers underground

Botanist trying to conserve highly vulnerable rhizanthella that survives by feeding on nutrients from a fungus Rhizanthella is an extraordinary orchid that lives its entire life underground. It flowers below ground, has no leaves and survives by feeding on nutrients…

Voices from the Land

Indigenous peoples are experiencing firsthand the impacts of the environmental and climate crises on their lands and communities. This commentary series, produced by the collective Passu Creativa with the support of Earth Alliance, is written by Indigenous leaders from around…

IUCN upholds long-tailed macaques’ endangered status after complaint

BANGKOK — The long-tailed macaque will remain on the Red List of the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, despite objections from the biomedical industry arguing the designation hampers research that relies on the primate to test vaccines and drugs. The…