Clothing giants H&M and Zara have been linked to large-scale illegal deforestation, land-grabbing, violence and corruption in the Brazilian Cerrado, according to an investigation by Earthsight. Using satellite images, court rulings, shipment records and by attending undercover global trade shows,…

From BBC Published59 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Mark Poynting & Marco SilvaBBC News Dubai has been hit by record floods over the past 24 hours, sparking misleading speculation about cloud seeding. So…

From BBC Published24 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Sergey Krasovskiy By Georgina RannardBBC science reporter Scientists have identified what was probably the largest marine reptile ever to swim in the seas – a creature longer than…

From NPR Newly discovered damage to part of the dam holding back America’s second-largest reservoir has people who rely on the Colorado River worried about their ability to get the water they need. (Image credit: Alex Hager) Read the full…

The Lackawanna River in northeastern Pennsylvania was once polluted from mining and sewage. We profile the longtime leader of a conservation group who spearheaded its cleanup. Chemical recycling plants that turn plastic into fuels and other materials have been proposed…

Plans to relocate an Indigenous community from a tiny Caribbean island off Panama to the country’s mainland to escape rising seas have been delayed due to administrative issues, previous COVID-19-related complications, and poor budgeting. Residents say the government has failed…

The mood is tense. After months of delays, the EU will soon vote on a long-awaited piece of legislation that will require European companies to integrate environmental and human rights due diligence into their corporate policies and risk management systems.…

The petroleum industry has a long history of operational calamities, large and small, that has created an equally long history of efforts to manage the environmental and social liabilities that are an inherent outcome of their business model. This includes…

Living deep in the Peruvian Amazon, the Kukama Kukamiria Indigenous community have spent generations with their feet in the Marañón, the river emerging from the Andes that provides the main source of water for the Amazon River. They depend on…

From BBC Published1 hour ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmos UK scientists are seeking to understand the triggers that result in the production of giant Antarctic icebergs. Nearly half the ice lost…