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Tensions reached a breaking point at the UN’s COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, when dozens of protesters broke through security barriers and briefly occupied negotiating areas on Tuesday evening. The demonstrators, who had spent hours in the sweltering equatorial…
A coalition of Illinois congressional representatives is demanding the federal government release $3 billion in stalled funding designated for replacing toxic lead service lines that carry drinking water to homes across the nation. The lawmakers allege that the withholding of…
A massive data center proposal in Bessemer, Alabama is facing mounting obstacles as the city council prepares for a crucial vote this Tuesday. The “hyperscale” facility, already unpopular with local residents, now confronts two significant new challenges: the discovery of…
A surprising consensus is emerging across America’s political divide: widespread opposition to the rapid expansion of data centers that power artificial intelligence and cloud computing. From Trump supporters to Bernie Sanders progressives, communities are finding rare common ground in their…
A desperate seal escaped an orca pod by jumping onto a photographer's boat in Washington's Salish Sea, as European Union climate leadership erodes amid rising right-wing politics. Australia's climate scientist Tim Flannery warns against coalition compromises on environmental reform.
French energy giant TotalEnergies is moving forward with plans to restart its massive liquefied natural gas project in Mozambique, four years after halting operations due to deadly insurgent attacks. The company officially lifted its force majeure status on October 24,…
Italy's proposed Messina Bridge could end centuries-old train ferry crossings between Sicily and mainland. Meanwhile, Vietnam's cave conservation efforts have transformed former hunters into wildlife protectors, helping species like slow lorises recover from near-extinction in ancient karst limestone regions.
Despite widespread public support for protecting the Amazon rainforest, political systems across the Pan-Amazon region consistently fail to deliver the environmental reforms needed to combat deforestation and promote sustainable development. A new analysis reveals that while politicians routinely voice support…
Protesters breach security at Brazil's crucial climate summit as world leaders gather. Meanwhile, Senegal experiments with intensive cattle grazing to combat drought, and Australia's Coalition faces internal warfare over abandoning its 2050 net zero emissions commitment.
Hundreds demand clean air in India's capital as pollution reaches dangerous levels, while Nigeria officially pardons executed environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight colleagues. Plus: Brazil's Lula targets climate misinformation at UN summit and Latin American communities resist water-hungry AI data centers.
