EPA tightens rules on some air pollution for the first time in over a decade
The new regulations could save thousands of lives from deadly air pollution, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s calculations. (Image credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images) The post EPA...
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From fiction to reality: How resilience hubs could help people weather...
The vision Support: this recipe is really good by the way. you should share it with the center, i’m sure they’re always looking for new vegetarian meals with locally grown produce. Huaxin: the what...
View ArticleNew agrarian courts in Colombia raise hopes for end to land conflicts
Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s recent announcement of a new court system to resolve land ownership conflicts in rural areas of the country has drawn a mixed response from advocates of campesino...
View ArticleIn East Java, social media push against Indonesia shark & ray trade lacks bite
LAMONGAN, Indonesia — Wawan has traded in stingrays for years out of the port in Lamongan, a district in Indonesia’s East Java province. At dawn, fishers are often seen returning from the Java Sea to...
View ArticleWales farmer protests 'more or less inevitable'
Published5 hours ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Steffan MessengerBBC Wales environment correspondent Protests by farmers in Wales are now “more or...
View ArticleCalifornia sea otters nearly went extinct. Now they're rescuing their coastal...
California sea otter populations have rebounded in recent decades. New research finds that by feasting on shore crabs, these otters are helping to protect their coastal marsh habitat against erosion....
View ArticleClimbing Everest? You need to bring your poo back
Published40 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment correspondent, BBC World Service People climbing Mount Everest will...
View ArticleWorld record for energy from nuclear fusion set
Published20 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, UK Atomic Energy Authority / EUROfusion By Esme StallardClimate and science reporter, BBC News A new world record...
View ArticleNew guidebook supports U.S. tribal nations in adopting rights-of-nature laws
In 2023, a group of small communities in Ecuador ousted the world’s largest copper mining company from their community forest reserve, asserting that the company was violating the “rights of nature”...
View ArticleStudy: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
JAKARTA — The construction of Indonesia’s new capital city on the island of Borneo may destabilize the current stable population of endangered proboscis monkeys, a study has warned. President Joko...
View ArticleA particular agrarian reform process in Peru | Chapter 4 of “A Perfect Storm...
The agrarian reform process in Peru began in 1964. Originally a cautious effort targeting the more egregious examples of peasant exploitation, it was dramatically expanded by a left-wing military...
View ArticleAmazon catfish must be protected by the Convention on Migratory Species...
The Amazon is the largest, most biologically diverse basin in the world. Its rainforest, the planet’s greatest continuous tropical forest, plays a critical role in global climate regulation. The Amazon...
View ArticleEU parliament expresses disapproval of Norway’s deep-sea mining plans
The European Parliament has voted in favor of a resolution that raises concerns about Norway’s deep-sea mining intentions in Arctic waters. While the resolution itself doesn’t carry any legal power to...
View ArticleReport shows Peru failed to stop Amazon deforestation for palm oil and cacao
Several palm oil and cacao companies operating in the Peruvian Amazon have systematically contributed to clearing at least 13,000 hectares (32,000 acres) between 2012 and 2021 in the country’s most...
View ArticleCampus divestment activists eye fossil fuel profits on stolen land
Samantha Gonsalves-Wetherell, a senior at the University of Arizona, has spent years urging university officials to take climate change seriously. As a leader of UArizona Divest, she and her classmates...
View ArticleUtah is pushing back against ever-tightening EPA air pollution standards
The Biden administration is unveiling new, stricter pollution standards for American cities such as Salt Lake City, Utah, which have long struggled with chronically dirty air. (Image credit: Kirk...
View ArticleBrazil’s environmental David fights Congress’s agribusiness Goliath:...
The first year of the new presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was a tale of two Brazils: In the Amazon, federal agents were finally cracking back down on land grabbers and illegal gold miners...
View ArticleNew environmental rules for Chile’s protected areas rile the salmon industry
Chile’s salmon-farming industry, a major driver of the economy, has lashed out at new rules restricting its operation in protected areas, but environmental groups say the change is necessary, given the...
View ArticleCornell receives $35m gift for research at nexus of wildlife and health
If there’s one field of research that speaks to humanity’s relationship with the natural world, it’s the interface between wildlife and health. Human alteration of the planet through deforestation,...
View ArticleConcern for Mexico’s vaquita as totoaba swim bladder trafficking surges online
MEXICO CITY — The trafficking of valuable fish bladders found in Mexico appears to be on the rise online and on social media, and it’s having a ripple effect on other endangered species in the region....
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