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Climate advocates across New York City are cautiously optimistic as newly elected Mayor Zohran Mamdani prepares to tackle what many consider the city’s most urgent environmental challenges. Mamdani’s victory was welcomed by environmental groups who praised his consistent opposition to…
While Europe celebrates wood pellets as a clean energy solution, residents in small Southern towns are paying a devastating health price for this so-called “green” alternative. British energy company Drax operates three massive wood pellet mills in Louisiana and Mississippi,…
Kirtida Mekani, the visionary environmentalist known as Singapore’s “tree lady,” has passed away at age 66, leaving behind a remarkable legacy that helped shape the city-state’s reputation as a green urban oasis. Born in Karnataka, India, Mekani moved to Singapore…
The privatization of England’s water system isn’t the root cause of its current problems, according to Sir Jon Cunliffe, the former Bank of England deputy governor leading the Labour government’s comprehensive water industry review. Cunliffe, who previously helped reform banking…
A comprehensive new study reveals alarming gaps in climate disaster reporting across the Amazon basin, with researchers documenting over 12,500 extreme weather events between 2013 and 2023 while warning that the true number is likely far higher. The study, which…
A colossal winter storm is currently battering the United States, plunging more than 230 million Americans—two-thirds of the nation’s population—into a dangerous deep freeze that could last through early next week. The system is delivering heavy snowfall and catastrophic ice…
Virginia is moving closer to rejoining a major regional carbon trading program after its newly elected Democratic Attorney General Jay Jones took decisive action Thursday to reverse the state’s controversial exit from the initiative. Jones’ move creates a clear pathway…
A groundbreaking discussion between Living on Earth’s Steve Curwood and Dr. Vanessa Kerry from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health sheds new light on the devastating financial consequences of ignoring fossil fuel pollution’s impact on human health. The conversation…
Jarno Coone of Kyneton, Victoria, has claimed an unusual honor: winner of the international “world’s ugliest lawn” competition. But according to Coone, his wild, unkempt garden isn’t really ugly at all—it’s an environmental statement that challenges conventional landscaping norms. Rather…
The world remains dangerously off course to meet critical climate targets, according to a sobering new analysis from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The university’s “2025 Global Change Outlook” paints a troubling picture of where current climate policies are leading…
