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The European Union has significantly diluted its landmark legislation aimed at phasing out new petrol and diesel vehicle sales by 2035, following intense lobbying pressure from automotive manufacturers, particularly those based in Germany. The original proposal represented one of the…
The Trump administration is launching one of the most significant overhauls of wildland firefighting in US history by establishing a new “US Wildland Fire Service” that will consolidate fire management operations currently spread across multiple federal agencies. The Departments of…
Bangladesh’s rapidly expanding capital city is witnessing an alarming trend: venomous cobras are increasingly appearing in residential neighborhoods as unplanned urbanization destroys their natural habitats. The Bangladesh Animal Welfare Association recently rescued two adult monocled cobras along with seven young…
The government has announced significant changes to key biodiversity policies in an effort to accelerate housing construction, drawing sharp criticism from environmental groups who warn the move could severely undermine nature conservation efforts. The policy rollback affects what critics describe…
A bipartisan group of Michigan legislators introduced a bill Tuesday to eliminate the state’s recently enacted data center tax incentives, responding to mounting public opposition over environmental and economic impacts on local communities. The tax breaks, which became law in…
More than 80 disaster survivors from 10 states and Puerto Rico converged on Washington, D.C., Monday to voice strong opposition to a controversial leaked report that could dramatically reshape America’s disaster response system. The survivors, carrying photographs documenting devastation from…
Ohio farmers faced a severe test this summer when the state experienced its driest August on record, just months after enjoying its eighth wettest spring. The dramatic weather whiplash created critical growing conditions for corn and soybeans, with the drought…
The catastrophic cyclone that tore through northern Sumatra three weeks ago has delivered a double blow to both human communities and wildlife conservation efforts. While the floods claimed over 1,000 human lives and displaced more than 100,000 people across the…
China’s massive global investment in clean energy manufacturing is creating a complex environmental paradox. As part of Beijing’s trillion-dollar development initiative, Chinese companies have committed hundreds of billions of dollars to building battery factories, solar panel plants, and other renewable…
A 33-year-old man has become the first reported fatality from Washington state’s devastating week-long flooding after his vehicle was discovered submerged in six feet of water in a roadside ditch near Seattle. Swimmers found the driver and his car in…
