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New photo series captures climate crisis reality across Philippine islands as the archipelago nation bears heavy consequences of global warming. Meanwhile, COP30 summit in Brazil draws criticism for inadequate fossil fuel commitments despite scientific warnings. Read the full article
On a scorching July day in 2024, 18-year-old Danny Nolasco was mixing and hauling heavy buckets of cement at a Texas construction site. The young man…
A government-commissioned review has concluded that the United Kingdom has become the world’s most expensive location for nuclear power plant construction, with excessive bureaucracy and overly…
Off Brazil’s coast, where the states of Bahia and Espírito Santo meet the Atlantic Ocean, lies one of the world’s most extraordinary marine ecosystems—yet it remains…
The 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) concluded in Brazil this week amid sharp criticism that the final agreement fails to adequately address the role of…
A groundbreaking new study reveals that extreme weather disasters are devastating Amazon communities at an unprecedented rate, but government reporting systems are failing to capture the…
The Trump administration has proposed sweeping changes to federal wetland protections that could leave more than two-thirds of Illinois’ remaining wetlands vulnerable to development and destruction.…
College football stadiums across the South are becoming increasingly dangerous for fans as rising temperatures create sweltering conditions that can be 10-16 degrees hotter inside the…
The familiar convenience store pit stop is getting an electric makeover. Major fuel retailers like Wawa and Sheetz are betting that fast EV chargers combined with…
Indigenous communities in northeastern Cambodia are facing a health and environmental crisis as toxic runoff from gold mining operations poisons their ancestral rivers. In Ta Bouk…
The recent COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, delivered mixed results that highlight the urgent challenge facing global climate action—and put Australia’s upcoming leadership role under…
Maine made history as the first state to prohibit spreading PFAS-contaminated sewage sludge on agricultural land, but this environmental victory has created an unexpected consequence: landfills…
Ten years after the landmark Paris Agreement promised to limit global warming to 1.5°C, the recent COP30 climate summit in Brazil revealed a stark reality—international climate…
An ambitious conservation effort is underway in London as scientists and volunteer citizen researchers join forces to locate one of Britain’s rarest creatures: the German hairy…
Despite sharing the same legal protection status as tigers and rhinos in Nepal, pangolins remain on a devastating path toward extinction. Two of the world’s three…
Climate policy experts are pushing back against opposition claims that Australia’s Climate Minister Chris Bowen cannot effectively serve in his domestic role while taking on key…
