From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image source, Getty Images More than a million new trees will be planted after a project creating a Northern Forest stretching across the country received £15m of funding. The government money will help…

From NPR Industry groups and property owners are wary of mandating fire-resistant materials in new construction. There’s also controversy over exactly where the new rules should be required. (Image credit: Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPB) Read the full article from NPR

From BBC The Love Canal neighbourhood in Niagara Falls was built on the site of a dump containing over 20,000 tonnes of toxic waste. Over time the drums containing the waste rotted away and after exceptionally heavy rainfall in 1977…

From BBC Children born in high-income countries will experience twice as many extreme climate events as their grandparents, new research suggests. But for children in low-income countries, it will be worse. They will see three times as many, say researchers…

From BBC Wastewater treatment plants release microplastics into the environment, where they accumulate and pose a threat to wildlife. But by studying the way a manta ray feeds on plankton, scientists in the US have designed a filtration system that…

From NPR Hurricane Sam was located about 630 miles off the coast of French Guiana on Saturday. There’s a slight chance it would hit Bermuda, but modeling currently shows it’s likely to miss the island. (Image credit: National Hurricane Center)…

BOGOTÁ — In Colombia’s Chocó department, renowned by environmentalists for its abundant biodiversity, Afro-Colombian communities collect gold from rivers as part of an ancestral way of life. “When we talk about productive family units here, mining is just one of…

From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image source, Getty Images While much of the world is looking at how it can use more green energy and cut C02 emissions ahead of the COP26 climate summit, across Africa the challenge…

From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image source, Reuters With just five weeks left until world leaders gather in Glasgow for a critical climate summit, the BBC’s Matt McGrath and Roger Harrabin consider progress made at this week’s UN…