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Indigenous leaders from Nepal’s Singsa-Bhote community have escalated their legal battle against a controversial hydropower development, filing a second petition with the country’s Supreme Court while their first 2024 case remains pending. The community is demanding cancellation of the 63-megawatt…
Australian mining company Regis Resources is taking the federal government to court, arguing that officials improperly assessed a sacred Aboriginal Dreaming story when issuing a heritage protection order that has effectively blocked a major goldmine development in central-west New South…
Australia’s federal government is dramatically expanding its home battery subsidy program, tripling the budget from $2.3 billion to $7.2 billion over four years due to overwhelming public demand. The popular program, launched just five months ago, has exceeded all expectations…
A pipeline failure released 168 gallons of crude oil across Monterey County farmland as volunteers race to save hundreds of sea turtles trapped in Cape Cod's frigid waters. Plus: Paris Climate Agreement gains legal enforcement power after decade-long wait.
A landmark report from New South Wales’ official climate agency has delivered a decisive blow to future coal mining developments, declaring that new expansions would violate the state’s legally binding emissions reduction commitments. The NSW Net Zero Commission’s findings represent…
In a modest greenhouse in rural Kansas, scientists at the Land Institute are nurturing what could be agriculture’s next major breakthrough: Kernza, a perennial grain crop that continues growing year after year without replanting. Unlike traditional annual crops such as…
The Pacific Northwest is grappling with a devastating flood emergency that has displaced tens of thousands of residents and prompted federal disaster declarations across the region. Torrential rainfall triggered catastrophic flooding on Thursday, stretching from Oregon through Washington state and…
A decade after 194 countries defied skeptics and reached the historic Paris Climate Agreement, the landmark treaty has received a crucial upgrade that transforms it from aspiration into legal obligation. The 10th anniversary of the Paris accord arrives with unexpected…
The discovery of a dead Tapanuli orangutan buried in mud and debris in northern Sumatra has raised alarming concerns that recent catastrophic flooding may have devastated a key population of the world’s rarest great ape. Scientists are calling the disaster…
A spectacular natural phenomenon has unfolded in one of Earth’s most inhospitable places, as the ancient Lake Manly has temporarily returned to Death Valley National Park following unprecedented autumn storms. The ephemeral lake has reformed at the bottom of Badwater…
