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Brazil authorizes offshore drilling near the Great Amazon Reef while hosting COP30, as the U.S. House votes to eliminate protections for millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness. Meanwhile, New Jersey activists push for a $50 billion climate superfund targeting fossil fuel companies. Read the full article
At the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a pointed message to President Donald Trump and the United States as nearly…
Major food producer Tyson Foods has agreed to stop marketing its beef products as “climate smart” and abandon claims about achieving net zero emissions by 2050,…
In a move that has sparked fierce debate among environmentalists and climate advocates, Brazil has authorized offshore oil drilling operations dangerously close to the Great Amazon…
Sharks, ancient mariners that have roamed Earth’s oceans for over 400 million years—predating both dinosaurs and trees—now face their greatest challenge yet. According to the IUCN…
High school and college students from around the world recently participated in a simulated version of the upcoming COP30 climate summit, stepping into the shoes of…
In a groundbreaking discovery that could reshape our understanding of wolf intelligence, researchers in British Columbia have documented the first potential case of tool use by…
Brazil authorizes offshore drilling near the Great Amazon Reef while hosting COP30, as the U.S. House votes to eliminate protections for millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness. Meanwhile, New Jersey activists push for a $50 billion climate superfund targeting fossil fuel companies.
What began as a teenage adventure through the Amazon’s muddy roads and winding rivers would eventually reshape how Brazil thinks about forest conservation. Virgilio Viana was…
At the UN Climate Change Conference COP30 in Brazil, Suriname is making waves with a bold proposition: countries that protect their forests should receive financial compensation…
The COP30 United Nations climate summit in Brazil experienced an unexpected disruption when a fire emergency forced the evacuation of thousands of attendees from the conference…
More than 100 activists, faith leaders, and politicians gathered outside New Jersey’s State House on Monday, united under a bright yellow balloon declaring “Make Polluters Pay!”…
Scientists have discovered a troubling new threat to Antarctica’s ice: powerful underwater vortices that act like storms beneath the continent’s ice shelves. These hidden storms are…
More than half the world’s countries have committed to reducing methane—one of the most potent greenhouse gases—yet global emissions of this “climate super-pollutant” continue to surge…
A large-scale fire has broken out in the vicinity of the COP30 climate summit, with BBC correspondents on the ground reporting dramatic scenes of “huge columns…
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to eliminate environmental protections for millions of acres of pristine Alaskan wilderness, clearing the way for oil and gas…
