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A powerful bomb cyclone has unleashed extreme weather conditions across the eastern United States, affecting approximately 150 million people with dangerous cold temperatures, heavy snowfall, and unprecedented weather records. The massive storm system swept from the Gulf Coast to New…
Three years after a catastrophic train derailment sent shockwaves through East Palestine, Ohio, researchers are still working to understand the full scope of health and environmental impacts from the disaster. On February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying…
Deep in the Arctic’s frigid, lightless waters, narwhals—the enigmatic “unicorns of the sea”—are facing an invisible threat that’s forcing them to change behaviors honed over millions of years of evolution. These distinctive whales, recognizable by the males’ long, spiraling tusks,…
A groundbreaking United Nations tax treaty could fundamentally change how the world addresses climate change by forcing fossil fuel companies to pay for the environmental damage they cause. Under the proposed Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation, polluting industries would…
In a basement laboratory in war-torn Ukraine, botanist Larisa Kolder is fighting a different kind of battle—one to preserve her country’s rarest plants from extinction. Working by candlelight during frequent power outages at the National Dendrological Park Sofiyivka in Uman,…
A coalition of environmental groups is taking the Trump administration to court over presidential exemptions granted to approximately 40 medical sterilization facilities, allowing them to avoid strict emission standards for ethylene oxide—a potent carcinogen linked to breast and lymph node…
The Mexican government has announced comprehensive measures to tackle industrial pollution following damaging revelations about toxic contamination in communities near Monterrey. The action comes after joint investigations by The Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab exposed alarming levels of heavy metal…
The recent floods brought by Storm Chandra have unleashed what wildlife experts are calling an ecological catastrophe across the UK, with small mammals like hedgehogs, dormice, and other ground-dwelling creatures bearing the brunt of the destruction. Steve Hussey from the…
Residents of a flood-prone street are anxiously awaiting a crucial decision that could determine whether their homes will be demolished as part of flood risk management efforts. The community has been living under the constant threat of flooding, creating a…
Oregon lawmakers are preparing to vote on an innovative conservation funding bill that would add a modest tax to hotel stays to protect the state’s endangered wildlife. The “1% for Wildlife” proposal would increase Oregon’s hotel and lodging taxes by…
