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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.
Environmental journalists across Africa are facing increasing intimidation and police harassment when reporting on the ecological damage caused by China’s massive overseas infrastructure projects, according to a new investigation. The pressure campaign appears to extend far beyond China’s borders, targeting…
A alarming new study has revealed that Indigenous women in Nicaragua are suffering from dangerous mercury poisoning linked to small-scale gold mining operations in their communities. Research conducted by the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) found that an overwhelming 80%…
Brazil authorizes offshore drilling near the Great Amazon Reef while hosting COP30, as the U.S. House votes to eliminate protections for millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness. Meanwhile, New Jersey activists push for a $50 billion climate superfund targeting fossil fuel companies.
As the world races toward a green energy future, Zambia stands positioned to capitalize on surging global demand for copper and other critical transition minerals. However, the devastating environmental legacy of Kabwe—a central Zambian mining city left poisoned by decades…
Cyclone Fina could mark Australia's earliest storm landfall in 50+ years as it barrels toward Northern Territory. Meanwhile, agricultural interests push to overturn Amazon's protective soy moratorium, and Oregon officials euthanize stranded humpback whale after failed rescue efforts.
Colombia’s Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres is demanding major reforms to international trade rules that she says are blocking countries from taking meaningful climate action. Speaking at the UN climate summit COP30 in Brazil, Vélez criticized the investor-state dispute settlement…
Marine biologists establish exact plastic amounts that kill ocean wildlife, while 500,000 protesters flood Manila demanding answers about $10 billion in missing flood protection money. Brazil recognizes 10 new Indigenous territories following climate summit demonstrations.
Norway has approved a controversial copper mining project that will dump up to 2 million tons of mining waste annually into a protected Arctic fjord, sparking fierce opposition from Indigenous Sámi communities who depend on these waters for their traditional…
Colombia has announced a groundbreaking decision to permanently ban new oil exploration and large-scale mining projects across its entire Amazon region, which spans an impressive 42% of the country’s territory. Acting Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres made this historic declaration…
