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In the bustling port city of Douala, Cameroon, fisherman Henry Belle Ekam returns from hours on the Wouri Estuary with nothing but a single tiny catfish and mounting frustration. The 37-year-old represents a growing crisis facing coastal communities across West…
Texas emerges as clean energy powerhouse with massive solar installations, while new analysis exposes how BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell systematically misled public on climate promises. Meanwhile, environmental agencies suffer devastating budget cuts amid mounting pollution threats.
Dramatic footage shows molten lava engulfing monitoring equipment at Kilauea as Southwestern Public Service pushes controversial greenwashing bid. Meanwhile, NOAA's critical ocean buoy network faces funding collapse during peak hurricane season, threatening coastal weather forecasting nationwide.
After decades of restoring native forest ecosystems in southeast Ohio without compensation, David Funk is finally earning money for his conservation work through an innovative carbon credit program. The Nature Conservancy approached Funk because of his extensive woodland preservation efforts…
Google's plan to restart Iowa's shuttered nuclear facility raises storm safety concerns in America's most tornado-prone region, while a massive Chinese-backed port in Peru could push Amazon ecosystems past their breaking point. Plus, deep-sea mining debates intensify globally.
Against all odds, mangrove forests in Tacloban, Philippines, have not only recovered from one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded but have actually expanded beyond their original size. The remarkable comeback story offers hope for coastal restoration efforts worldwide,…
Experimental deep-sea mining operations harm over one-third of ocean floor species, raising concerns for renewable energy material sourcing. Meanwhile, massive coal spoil tips from the UK's largest opencast mine pose environmental risks to Merthyr Tydfil residents as abandonment plans proceed.
In 2006, botanist Ismail Ebrahim made a heartbreaking discovery in South Africa’s shrinking renosterveld shrublands near Cape Town. His team found just 27 surviving plants of Marasmodes undulata, a small yellow daisy that had been presumed extinct for decades. The…
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.
Brazil's COP30 climate summit concluded after 18-hour extensions without new fossil fuel phase-out agreements, while environmental journalists across Africa face increasing harassment for reporting on ecological damage from China's Belt and Road infrastructure projects.
