Swiss to vote in pesticide ban referendum
From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightGetty Images Swiss citizens are due to vote in a referendum which could see their country become only the second in the…
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U.N. declares decade of ecosystem restoration to ‘make peace with nature’
Earth’s ecosystems are stressed, and people are suffering the consequences. Experts say that conserving what’s left of the natural world is not good enough; we must also restore it —…
Poorer nations ‘more focused on sustainability’
From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightGetty Images Developing nations put proportionately more of their research effort into sustainability than richer countries, a Unesco study has revealed. The…
Why it’s the end of the road for petrol stations
From BBC Shareclose Share pageCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightDorien Monnens The big worry for most people thinking about buying an electric car is how to charge the thing. But the…
Big boost for bioacoustics as Cornell University program receives $24 million donation
The rapidly growing field of bioacoustics received a big boost when the Cornell Lab of Ornithology announced a gift of $24 million to support its Center for Conservation Bioacoustics program,…
In Gabon, a new partnership for sharks and rays announced on World Ocean Day
The Government of Gabon has passed landmark measures to manage and protect the country’s sharks and rays: over the past decade, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has worked with the Gabon…
The climate bill even Big Agriculture loves
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Senator Joni Ernst normally doesn’t see climate change as a major societal threat in need of a…
How federal agencies are failing their wildland firefighters
Sometime in the blur of September 2020, I stood on a ridgeline in the Plumas National Forest in Northern California and watched as the year’s deadliest fire ripped nearly 30…
Biden’s only climate plan is in jeopardy
When President Joe Biden unveiled his $2.25 trillion “American Jobs Plan” in early April, many climate activists breathed a (small) sigh of relief. Although the plan was smaller than the…
How many people has climate change killed already?
Every year heat kills tens of thousands of people. Their breathing grows shallow, their heart rates flutter, their muscles spasm, and then they die. Heat killed over 100,000 people in…