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Global temperature rise may feel like it’s gradual, but the changes it brings can turn out to be sudden, massive, and self-reinforcing. These changes are what scientists call tipping points. When a tipping point is reached, an Earth system abruptly…
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns The planet has reached its first catastrophic tipping point…
Rachel Reeves’s drive to speed up development is beginning to treat wildlife and the environment as expendable. Voters want homes built, but not at any cost It began with gastropods. Last Tuesday, the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, told a conference of…
A few weeks ago, I wrote about navigating conservation’s crisis. During Climate Week in New York, I joined discussions with grassroots leaders from the Global South that offered a sharper view of how philanthropy meets—and sometimes misses—the realities of frontline…
Grattan Institute report argues fall in costs will provide federal government room for more action on climate Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Australian household energy bills will halve by 2050 as…
Exclusive: National Highways Agency stripped of oversight with project handed to DfT amid Labour government drive for growth Ministers have stripped the government’s road-building agency of responsibility for a £10bn tunnel under the River Thames amid a drive by Keir…
Alcohol, suicide and injuries driving rises among teenagers and young adults despite overall rates falling, authors say The world faces “an emerging crisis” of higher death rates among teenagers and young adults, according to a major study on the causes…
Even as the federal government attempts to prop up the waning coal industry, New England’s last coal-fired power plant has ceased operations three years ahead of its planned retirement date. The closure of the New Hampshire facility paves the way…
For seven years N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to convince the EPA to enact PFAS regulations in drinking water. Now they’re confronting a Trump administration intent on quashing their success. By Lisa Sorg Forever War, Part 1: This…
Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and North Carolina reporter Lisa Sorg as they discuss a never-ending fight over forever chemicals in NC drinking water. Environmentalists have been fighting for over a decade to get PFAS out…