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The world’s appetite for transcendence is endangering the very organisms that once mediated it. From the Sonoran Desert to the Amazon Basin, plants and animals that produce psychedelic compounds—peyote, ayahuasca vine, iboga, and even a toxin-oozing toad—are under pressure. As…
In this year’s Australian bird of the year poll, Guardian Australia’s very own Matilda Boseley has made no secret about her favourite. Dressed as an Australian pelican, Matilda navigates the pigeons of Melbourne to find people to tell her what…
The Trump administration wasted no time in tapping individuals with ties to fossil fuel industries and right-wing think tanks funded by oil tycoons for key environmental and energy policy positions, according to a new report. Public Citizen and the Revolving Door…
The agency replaced civil servants with Trump loyalists and has failed to correct scientific integrity violations and a flawed cancer risk assessment of a popular pesticide during Trump’s first term, watchdog groups say. By Liza Gross Federal environmental scientists have…
The Trump administration canceled a $7 billion program intended to help low- and moderate-income families install rooftop solar panels.
Tech company Epic Systems uses thousands of boreholes to help heat and cool its office buildings, a “marquee” clean energy project that gas utilities may try to replicate. By Phil McKenna VERONA, Wis.—You only need a glance at the “Intergalactic…
The new agreement commits $340 million in environmental investments tied to the Conowingo Dam’s long-term operation, setting an example of successful citizen advocacy. By Aman Azhar Maryland this month finalized a $340 million deal with Constellation Energy to relicense the…
Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered…
The tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 is now 39 species – far more than for any other country It’s official: the only Australian shrew is no more. The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of…
China is building a network of ultrahigh-voltage power lines to carry solar and wind energy hundreds and even thousands of miles as few citizens dare to protest.