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Brazil’s Environment Minister Marina Silva is making a compelling case for international climate leadership ahead of COP30, urging nations worldwide to demonstrate courage by creating comprehensive roadmaps for phasing out fossil fuels. Silva characterizes this ambitious undertaking as an “ethical…
The upcoming COP30 climate summit represents a pivotal moment in the global fight against climate change, as world leaders grapple with one of the most challenging yet essential questions of our time: how to transition away from fossil fuels that…
Colombian indigenous communities face foreign mining companies seeking critical metals beneath ancestral lands, while Brazilian agricultural interests mount pressure to eliminate Amazon soy restrictions. Meanwhile, Storm Claudia batters Britain as flooding becomes the dangerous new normal.
In the early 1980s, researchers at the University of Minnesota embarked on an ambitious experiment that seemed almost too simple to work: storing hot water deep underground for months at a time. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the…
British High Court opens door to $47 billion in damages from catastrophic dam collapse that killed 19, while Indigenous groups in Colombia confront new copper mining threats. Meanwhile, glaciologists warn of accelerating ice collapse at COP30 climate summit in Brazil.
Australia’s opposition Coalition has officially abandoned its net zero by 2050 climate commitment, unveiling a new energy policy that prioritizes reducing electricity bills over cutting emissions. The dramatic policy shift was endorsed during a joint Liberal-National party meeting on Sunday,…
Camber Sands beach requires massive cleanup after wastewater plant failure released plastic biobeads. Ford allegedly sold one million faulty diesel cars in UK High Court case. Indigenous activists demand Amazon protection voice at Brazil climate summit.
The state of Querétaro in central Mexico is caught in a devastating paradox: while enduring its worst drought in 100 years, it’s simultaneously becoming the epicenter of Mexico’s data center boom, with 32 new facilities planned that will consume enormous…
A desperate seal escaped an orca pod by jumping onto a photographer's boat in Washington's Salish Sea, as European Union climate leadership erodes amid rising right-wing politics. Australia's climate scientist Tim Flannery warns against coalition compromises on environmental reform.
In the small town of Carlisle, Pennsylvania—located in the heart of Trump-supporting territory—a surprising consensus is emerging around solar energy. Superintendent Colleen Friend of the Carlisle Area School District has encountered minimal opposition while leading efforts to install a football…
