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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The music began long before humans arrived. Rivers carried their basslines downstream, insects beat time in the dusk, and birds poured their arias…
An El Salvador court has acquitted five community leaders and antimining activists from Santa Marta, a municipality in the southeastern department of Usulután, of charges tied to a 1989 kidnapping and murder during the country’s civil war. Human rights groups…
There is not currently a permanent ban in law, just a temporary moratorium At the Labour conference Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, has just started his speech. Responding to the news that he will announce a total ban on fracking…
Hundreds of scientists worldwide are collaborating to combat misinformation by making accurate climate information widely available to the public. By Bob Berwyn Researchers across the United States and the world who raced to protect climate data, public reports and other…
Heather Reams, the longtime leader, describes the industry’s challenges—and who deserves a seat under a “bigger tent.” By Aidan Hughes Given the deep partisan divides on America’s energy future, heralding the potential of bipartisan action on clean power might seem…
In recent years, Pennsylvania regulators have tried to clamp down on roadway spreading of tens of millions of gallons of oil and gas “brines,” high-salt liquids that can be laced with toxic metals and radioactive material. The industry is pushing…
J&J, Honeywell, and real estate companies were also named for their roles as later owners of the contaminated site. By Rambo Talabong
Last year, San Francisco voters did something exceedingly rare in car-crazy America: They closed two miles of a coastal highway to vehicles, creating a sprawling park for pedestrians, joggers, and cyclists. Of course, furious residents in the neighborhood bordering the…
In 2022, a small group of researchers came up with a bright idea: What if we were to install a network of lamps above tropical forests, flooding them with light at night in order to boost photosynthesis? Doing this in…
Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023 The Santa Claus effect: how expanding tourism ate into Lapland’s green space Europe is losing green space that once harboured wildlife, captured…