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A scenic 84-acre artificial lake in Nepal’s Sarlahi district has become an unexpected tourism hotspot, attracting visitors from both Nepal and neighboring India since opening in 2021. Bagmati Lake, locally known as Bharat Taal after the municipal mayor who commissioned…
As Honduras prepares for its November 30 presidential and congressional elections, the outcome could prove pivotal for one of Central America’s most biodiverse regions. The winning candidates will inherit stewardship of a country where over half the territory is covered…
The European Union has hit the brakes on landmark environmental legislation once again, voting to delay its groundbreaking anti-deforestation law for the second consecutive year. On November 26, the European Parliament approved an amendment by a vote of 402 to…
A landmark conservation agreement emerged from the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil this week, bringing together 30 international organizations in an unprecedented effort to better monitor and protect the Amazon Rainforest. The Mamirauá Declaration represents what organizers call “a…
The COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, concluded with a mixed bag of results that highlighted both progress and persistent challenges in global climate action. While negotiators failed to reach agreement on a worldwide fossil fuel phase-out—a critical goal many…
Rising temperatures create perfect conditions for ecosystem-damaging invasive species as EPA authority cuts threaten Charlotte with nearly 1,000 additional tons of annual air pollution. Meanwhile, Alabama Power delays rate hikes and Virginia postpones major gas plant decisions.
Britain's Labour government prepares major North Sea drilling expansion despite climate pledges, as Trump becomes first US president in 30 years to skip UN climate talks. Meanwhile, 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists successfully derailed COP30 progress in Brazil.
Despite Brazil’s ambitious promises to lead the world toward a fossil fuel-free future, COP30 in Belém ended without the concrete action plan many had hoped for. The two-week climate summit, which concluded November 22nd in the heart of the Amazon,…
A groundbreaking legal initiative led by Filipino lawyer Nonette Royo is transforming how Indigenous and local communities around the world secure their ancestral land rights. As executive director of The Tenure Facility, Royo leads a team of “barefoot lawyers” who…
A groundbreaking Wales conservation report identifies thousands of species at extinction risk due to geographic restrictions, while the COP30 climate summit in Brazil concludes without concrete fossil fuel phase-out plans or essential climate breakthroughs scientists demand.
