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A new study exposes troubling gaps in Southeast Asia’s forest carbon offset programs, revealing how climate initiatives designed to protect forests are harming the Indigenous communities who have stewarded these lands for generations. The research, published in WIREs Climate Change,…
As climate change intensifies across the American West, wildfires are climbing to unprecedented elevations, reaching the high-mountain watersheds that serve as the region’s primary water storage system. A groundbreaking new study reveals that these blazes are fundamentally altering when and…
Peru's Interoceanic Highway devastates critical Amazon ecosystems while a new Chinese-backed mega-port threatens further destruction. Meanwhile, climate-driven wildfires reach unprecedented elevations in the American West, fundamentally altering snowpack melt patterns and threatening regional water supplies.
A lone snapping turtle sitting in the parched riverbed of the Rio Grande painted a stark picture of the environmental crisis unfolding in Albuquerque this summer. The 18-inch reptile was among the few signs of life in what should have…
At last month’s UN climate summit in Brazil, delegates successfully adopted a groundbreaking mechanism to coordinate global action toward a just energy transition away from fossil fuels. However, a crucial provision addressing the environmental and social risks of critical mineral…
A devastating combination of tropical cyclones and intense monsoon rains has unleashed deadly flooding across Southeast Asia, claiming more than 1,100 lives and affecting millions of people in four countries. The disaster has prompted Sri Lanka and Indonesia to deploy…
In Peru’s northern Amazon, along the banks of the Pastaza River, Indigenous communities are witnessing a remarkable transformation in how they protect one of the world’s most critical carbon repositories. Kietre Gonzales, a member of the Recreo Native Community from…
A devastating combination of monsoon rains and tropical storms has claimed more than 900 lives across Indonesia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka, marking one of the deadliest natural disasters to strike Southeast Asia in recent years. Indonesian officials report at least…
Utah becomes first state to legalize plug-in balcony solar panels for apartments as health groups petition EPA to stop crop antibiotic spraying over superbug fears. Plus: blood tests reveal widespread PFAS contamination and England's water companies raise billions through questionable green bonds.
A groundbreaking study from Texas Southern University’s Bullard Center has exposed a troubling pattern in the planned expansion of Texas’s petrochemical industry. Researchers analyzed demographic data surrounding 114 proposed industrial projects related to oil and gas operations across the state—most…
