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Bipartisan opposition emerges to massive coastal drilling plans as governors from both coasts push back. Meanwhile, COP30's revolutionary forest fund will directly pay communities for tree protection, and California's environmental justice disputes highlight carbon market tensions.
Along the industrial shores of San Francisco Bay, Luna Angulo surveys a landscape where decades of chemical manufacturing have left a dangerous legacy. Behind razor wire and warning signs, former chemical plants sit on contaminated marshlands—a toxic time bomb that…
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.
Turkey wins diplomatic deal to host 2026 UN climate summit after Australia drops three-year campaign for Adelaide venue. Meanwhile, Nazi-era bombs dumped in Baltic Sea have transformed into thriving artificial ecosystems off Germany's coast, surprising marine researchers.
New Jersey’s coastline is bracing for dramatic changes as a new study from Rutgers University projects potentially devastating sea-level rise over the next eight decades. The landmark research from the New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center forecasts that under current…
The picturesque village of Miquelon, perched just two meters above sea level on France’s final territorial outpost in North America, is confronting an urgent reality: move or be swallowed by the rising Atlantic Ocean. Mayor Franck Detcheverry stands atop a…
