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Britain's Labour government prepares major North Sea drilling expansion despite climate pledges, as Trump becomes first US president in 30 years to skip UN climate talks. Meanwhile, 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists successfully derailed COP30 progress in Brazil. Read the full article
Despite Brazil’s ambitious promises to lead the world toward a fossil fuel-free future, COP30 in Belém ended without the concrete action plan many had hoped for.…
The United States made an unprecedented move at the recent UN climate summit in Brazil by becoming the first major power in 30 years to send…
The devastating human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka reached a tragic crescendo in Hambantota district this year, where two heartbreaking incidents just kilometers apart highlight the desperate…
A new study reveals a troubling paradox in conservation science: reptile species living exclusively on islands face extinction rates more than double those of their mainland…
The COP30 climate summit in Brazil concluded with disappointing results as fossil fuel interests successfully blocked meaningful progress on phasing out oil, gas, and coal. More…
In 2006, botanist Ismail Ebrahim made a heartbreaking discovery in South Africa’s shrinking renosterveld shrublands near Cape Town. His team found just 27 surviving plants of…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) concluded a chaotic 2025 with the departure of acting director David Richardson, marking the third leadership change in a single…
Deep beneath the ocean’s surface swims one of nature’s most remarkable survivors—the orange roughy, a fish that can live for an extraordinary 250 years, making it…
Actress Cate Blanchett may have put it best when she declared that leaf blowers “need to be eradicated from the face of the Earth,” calling them…
A troubling generational divide has emerged in Australia regarding climate change action, with new polling revealing that older Australians are significantly more pessimistic about the world’s…
Ten years after world leaders signed the Paris Climate Agreement, major banks and investment firms are actually increasing their financial support for companies that destroy forests,…
The illegal tiger trade has reached alarming new heights, with authorities seizing an average of nine big cats every month over the past five years, according…
Renowned political cartoonist Fiona Katauskas has released a new piece examining the intersection of political leadership and climate activism, focusing on the shared concern over timing…
Britain's Labour government prepares major North Sea drilling expansion despite climate pledges, as Trump becomes first US president in 30 years to skip UN climate talks. Meanwhile, 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists successfully derailed COP30 progress in Brazil.
Australia’s long-awaited overhaul of federal environmental protection laws faces a critical deadline as Parliament prepares for its final sitting day of the year on Thursday. Prime…
