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Despite South Africa’s ambitious plans for a “just transition” to renewable energy, coal mining communities in northern KwaZulu-Natal continue to suffer from environmental health hazards while seeing little evidence of the promised change. In towns like Dannhauser and Mtubatuba, residents…
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.
Brazil opened the doors to COP30 in the Amazon city of Belém this week with President Lula promising ambitious climate action, but the host nation’s recent environmental decisions are raising serious questions about its commitment to protecting the world’s most…
A massive spill of plastic biobeads has transformed Camber Sands, one of England's most popular beaches, into what local officials are calling a potenti...
Today's top environmental stories: climate action, wildlife conservation, renewable energy, and sustainability news from around the world. Updated Nov 8, 2025.
A groundbreaking $125 billion global fund designed to pay tropical countries for forest protection is facing fierce criticism from environmental and Indigenous groups who say it could actually worsen deforestation and burden developing nations with debt. The Tropical Forests Forever…
Today's top environmental stories: climate action, wildlife conservation, renewable energy, and sustainability news from around the world. Updated Nov 7, 2025.
A Kenyan court has delivered a decisive victory for environmental activists by permanently blocking a massive coal power plant that threatened one of the country’s most pristine ecosystems. The Environment and Land Court upheld a 2019 decision revoking the environmental…
A catastrophic industrial accident has unleashed 67 million gallons of toxic wastewater into one of the Philippines’ most important marine protected areas. On October 24, a containment wall at an ethanol distillery collapsed, sending a torrent of chemical-laden wastewater cascading…
Today's top environmental stories: climate action, wildlife conservation, renewable energy, and sustainability news from around the world. Updated Nov 5, 2025.
