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In an exclusive interview following COP30, Brazil’s Environment Minister Marina Silva drew a stark comparison between humanity’s current climate crisis and the extinction of dinosaurs, emphasizing that unlike the ancient creatures, we have the knowledge and capability to prevent our…
The Trump administration renames Colorado's National Renewable Energy Laboratory while Los Angeles fire survivors choose all-electric homes over gas appliances. Plus: New study shows worker heat protections save lives as federal standards loom.
A new study exposes troubling gaps in Southeast Asia’s forest carbon offset programs, revealing how climate initiatives designed to protect forests are harming the Indigenous communities who have stewarded these lands for generations. The research, published in WIREs Climate Change,…
Peru's Interoceanic Highway devastates critical Amazon ecosystems while a new Chinese-backed mega-port threatens further destruction. Meanwhile, climate-driven wildfires reach unprecedented elevations in the American West, fundamentally altering snowpack melt patterns and threatening regional water supplies.
Utah becomes first state to legalize plug-in balcony solar panels for apartments as health groups petition EPA to stop crop antibiotic spraying over superbug fears. Plus: blood tests reveal widespread PFAS contamination and England's water companies raise billions through questionable green bonds.
Devastating floods and landslides claim nearly 200 lives in Sri Lanka as a powerful cyclone strikes. Meanwhile, activists successfully disrupted coal exports at Australia's Port of Newcastle, and the Trump administration withdrew billions in promised clean energy investments from Appalachian coal communities.
Climate activists participating in the Rising Tide protest have successfully prevented three coal ships from entering Australia’s Port of Newcastle over the weekend, marking a significant disruption at the world’s largest coal export facility. The ongoing demonstration, which began Thursday…
Three major climate disasters unfold simultaneously: Hurricane Melissa triggers humanitarian crisis in Jamaica prompting UK emergency aid calls, Cyclone Ditwah claims 123 lives in Sri Lanka with 130 missing, while catastrophic monsoon floods across Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia kill over 350 people.
In a devastating blow to global climate stability, Africa’s vast forests have crossed a critical tipping point, transforming from natural allies that absorbed carbon dioxide into sources that pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. This fundamental shift, documented by recent…
Chicago-area contamination accidentally blocks dangerous crustaceans from Lake Michigan, while archaeologists uncover prehistoric landscape modification near Stonehenge. Meanwhile, climate summit progress in Brazil still falls short of global warming targets.
