[the_ad id="3024875"]
The environmental news site since 1991
The environmental news site since 1991
The year 2025 marked a watershed moment for global ocean protection, coinciding with the halfway point of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Two groundbreaking international treaties achieved the ratifications needed to become legally binding, representing decades…
Christmas tree growers in western North Carolina show resilience rebuilding after Hurricane Helene's devastation, while Britain's EV charging expansion slows dramatically. Plus: Scientists discover endangered carnivorous pitcher plant in Philippines and English gardeners urged to plant "tredges" for woodland goals.
Colorado's prestigious NCAR faces potential shutdown amid political pressure, while Trump's energy price promises meet reality as LNG exports push utility costs higher. Meanwhile, Spain launches nationwide climate shelter network and Chicago flood victims still await relief two years later.
Ten years after one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters, communities along the Rio Doce River continue to live with the toxic legacy of the Fundão tailings dam collapse. In November 2015, the dam burst in Mariana, Minas Gerais, releasing millions…
The UK Met Office has released its forecast for 2026, projecting that global temperatures will soar more than 1.4°C above preindustrial levels, marking another year of dangerous climate heating. While this prediction represents a slight cooling from 2024’s record-breaking 1.55°C…
In a controversial ruling that has outraged Indigenous communities, an international arbitration court has ordered Ecuador to pay over $220 million to U.S. oil giant Chevron for alleged “denial of justice.” The decision comes despite Ecuadorian courts previously finding Chevron…
Over 80 disaster survivors from 10 states oppose leaked plans to slash FEMA workforce in half, while Trump administration launches new US Wildland Fire Service consolidating federal firefighting operations. Meanwhile, Michigan lawmakers target data center tax breaks amid environmental concerns.
Along Africa’s Atlantic coastline, rising seas are claiming several meters of land each year, wiping entire communities off the map and destroying homes, farms, and historic sites. This devastating coastal erosion results from a dangerous combination of climate change impacts…
A year-long investigation by Mongabay and the Pulitzer Center has uncovered a disturbing public health crisis in Brazil, where state governments have been systematically serving shark meat—known to contain dangerous levels of mercury and arsenic—to millions of schoolchildren and vulnerable…
Washington communities recover from 5 trillion gallons of flooding as another massive storm approaches. Meanwhile, California faces credibility questions after 168 gallons of crude oil contaminated Monterey County farmland, and Interior Department conflicts emerge over Nevada lithium mining.
