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Three Arctic seal species have moved closer to extinction, as rapid sea ice loss continues to erode their breeding and feeding grounds, according to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The update, released Oct. 10…

Environmental justice activists have spoken out against coal and iron mining in South Africa, telling a recent human rights hearing that the industry violently undermines the country’s promised energy transition. They also pointed to the continued threats, displacement and killings…

A new study of one of Canada’s most urbanized rivers suggests it dumps the equivalent of about 18 cars worth of microplastics into Lake Ontario every year, a finding that shocked the lead author and underscored efforts to cut down…

The European Commission is set to vote on new regulations targeting the loss of “nurdles”, tiny plastic pellets that are a major source of ocean microplastic pollution, requiring companies to adopt stricter safeguards in handling and transport.

A new report from the C.D. Howe Institute says Canada must strengthen job training and improve occupational data to help fossil fuel workers transition into renewable energy roles.

The sound of rain still triggers panic in Jose Manuel Gonzalez, a year after he spent six hours clinging to a traffic light as floods in the Valencia region of Spain swept away everything in their path, killing more than…

Typhoon Rai killed more than 400, displaced nearly 3.2 million, and destroyed more than a million homes in 2021.

A surge in data centers built to power artificial intelligence is straining the electric grid and pushing consumer power bills higher, with utilities investing in infrastructure that may never be needed.

JAKARTA — “Going to Dubai was an act of desperation,” says Muninggar, a 48-year-old former fish farmer from northern Java. “There were no jobs left in the village. If I wasn’t forced to, I wouldn’t have gone — my kids…

The Christmas Island shrew, a tiny mammal once found only on the Australian island of the same name, has been declared officially extinct. It’s at least the fourth small mammal species to be wiped out from the island since the…