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Thousands of LA County residents remain displaced one year after devastating wildfires as environmental risks persist. Meanwhile, researchers call for controlled solar radiation management experiments as 2024 becomes first complete year above critical temperature thresholds.
Former EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck is sounding the alarm about plastic pollution’s devastating impact on both human health and the environment, calling for urgent government intervention to address what she describes as a crisis that can no longer be…
A Boise State research facility rebuilds following devastating flames to study climate impacts on avian communities. Meanwhile, New Jersey offers a state-level blueprint for wetland protection as Trump administration scales back federal safeguards for millions of acres of critical habitat.
Iceland shattered temperature records with 19.8°C on Christmas Eve, while Britain's warmest spring boosted breeding rates for 14 songbird species. Meanwhile, December storms brought crucial snowpack to California's Sierra Nevada mountains, offering hope for water supplies.
A remarkable scientific discovery has created a conservation dilemma in Guinea’s Nimba Mountains, where researchers have identified a new bat species in the same location where a major iron ore mining project is planned to begin operations. In 2018, an…
California reaches unprecedented renewable energy usage as federal climate leadership retreats, while Texas winter storm analysis reveals deadly power grid vulnerabilities for disabled residents dependent on medical equipment. Plus: 77-year-old activist sues Dow Chemical over plastic pollution.
A comprehensive scientific review has exposed significant flaws in the forest mapping systems that companies will rely on to comply with the European Union’s groundbreaking Regulation on Deforestation-free products (EUDR). The study found that most available forest maps either overestimate…
Toyota launches video game platform to mobilize US employees for anti-environmental advocacy as Trump's EPA proposes rolling back cancer-causing formaldehyde protections. Meanwhile, Britain approaches its greenest Christmas ever with record renewable energy, while climate change accelerates global crop pest damage.
Colorado's prestigious NCAR faces potential shutdown amid political pressure, while Trump's energy price promises meet reality as LNG exports push utility costs higher. Meanwhile, Spain launches nationwide climate shelter network and Chicago flood victims still await relief two years later.
The transition to renewable energy comes with an uncomfortable paradox: the very minerals needed to power our green future are extracted through environmentally destructive mining practices. A comprehensive study published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity reveals the extensive environmental costs of…
