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The Trump administration has filed lawsuits against two California cities—Petaluma and Morgan Hill in the San Francisco Bay Area—challenging local ordinances that limit natural gas infrastructure and appliances in new construction projects. The legal action represents the latest escalation in…
Following the dramatic capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, President Trump has promised to revive the country’s oil industry using major U.S. companies. Venezuela holds the world’s largest claimed oil reserves—nearly a fifth of known global crude—but production has collapsed…
Indonesia is examining whether decades of environmental destruction amplified the catastrophic damage from Cyclone Senyar, which devastated northern Sumatra in November 2025. The rare tropical cyclone killed at least 1,178 people and displaced around one million others across three provinces,…
A groundbreaking conservation initiative in the Brazilian Amazon is placing indigenous and traditional communities at the center of forest protection efforts. The Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) program, which safeguards an area roughly the size of New Zealand, has launched…
President-elect Donald Trump has announced an ambitious plan to encourage American oil companies to invest billions of dollars in Venezuela’s oil production sector, reviving discussions about US energy partnerships in the politically unstable South American nation. The proposal comes as…
Over the past three decades, a once-peaceful stretch of the San Jacinto River east of Houston has transformed into an industrial maze of hundreds of oil and chemical barges, raising serious questions about environmental oversight and public safety. The massive…
Congressional appropriators from both parties released a bipartisan spending package Monday that largely maintains the Environmental Protection Agency’s current funding levels, marking a significant victory for environmental advocates who had feared much deeper cuts. The agreement comes as lawmakers work…
As the holiday season winds down and millions of Christmas trees are discarded across the country, innovative businesses are stepping up to give these festive symbols a meaningful second act. Rather than allowing trees to pile up in landfills where…
Pacific Grove, a picturesque coastal community in California, has earned the nickname “Butterfly Town USA” for good reason. Each winter, this small seaside village transforms into a crucial sanctuary for monarch butterflies during their epic migration journey. But as monarch…
The Guardian’s popular Young Country Diary series has opened its doors once again to budding young naturalists, inviting children to share their winter wildlife encounters through written submissions. This quarterly initiative specifically seeks articles written by children aged 8-14 who…
