Biden visits East Palestine a year after a train derailment changed the Ohio...
Biden had promised to visit soon after the derailment. He has faced criticism from some residents and from former President Donald Trump, who made a trip to the community shortly after the disaster....
View ArticleBrazil’s BR-319 highway: The danger reaches a critical moment (commentary)
The reconstruction of Brazil’s BR-319 (Manaus-Porto Velho) highway (Figure 1) and its associated hidden projects are not yet a fait accompli, but the danger has reached a critical moment. In November...
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We break down all the air quality news from the last few weeks: a new soot rule, a landmark settlement with U.S. Steel over a 2018 fire, and the EPA’s rejection of the company’s air permit. We’ll also...
View ArticleFarmers in 'crisis' say PM needs to give more help
Published17 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Malcolm Prior/BBC By Malcolm Prior and Jonah FisherBBC News rural affairs team The prime minister will announce a...
View ArticleUS zoo extracts 70 coins from white alligator
Published58 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium By Chloe KimBBC News, New York An alligator at a US zoo had to undergo...
View ArticleIn Cambodia, an official’s cashew factory churns out timber from a protected...
PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia — Vegetation lurches over a concrete wall that runs alongside a quiet road in the northern Cambodian province of Preah Vihear. Behind the wall, and the rusty gate that serves as...
View ArticleBrightest and hungriest black hole ever detected
Published29 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, ESO By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent The most luminous object ever detected has been spied in the distant...
View ArticleFreeze on Russian collaboration disrupts urgently needed permafrost data flow
Warming temperatures in the Arctic are accelerating the thaw of carbon-rich permafrost and threatening to add massive amounts of carbon dioxide and methane to an atmosphere already overheating from the...
View ArticleWhat principles should define natural climate solutions? A new study has some...
Following a litany of conferences and calls that stress the urgency to address climate change, there’s growing interest and investments in nature to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Protecting and...
View ArticleCan ecotourism protect Raja Ampat, the ‘Crown Jewel’ of New Guinea?
Raja Ampat on the Bird’s Head Peninsula of far northwestern New Guinea is often called the “crown jewel” of the region. This equatorial archipelago contains probably the world’s greatest concentration...
View ArticleWhat this year's mild winter means for wildfire season in the western U.S.
A mild and dry El Nino winter in parts of the West is stirring anxieties about the looming wildfire season, just as federal agencies are struggling to fill firefighting jobs. The post What this year's...
View ArticleA new Indiana bill will weaken protections over wetlands
The Indiana legislature has passed a bill that will reduce wetland protections. Environmentalists warn the policy will lead to more development, harm habitats and undermine natural flood abatement. The...
View Article'Grandfather satellite' due to fall to Earth
Published48 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, ESA By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmos A pioneering European satellite is due to fall to Earth in the...
View ArticleMystery over persistent mercury levels in tuna
Published43 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent Levels of mercury persist in tuna, decades after pollution...
View ArticleTech to recover rainforest: Interview with Osa Conservation’s Carolina Pinto...
For Carolina Pinto and Paulina Rodriguez, the story of the Osa Peninsula embodies one of hope. The diverse rainforest ecosystem in Costa Rica, home to plants and animals seen nowhere else on the...
View ArticleScientists now know how the Brumadinho dam disaster happened, and the lessons...
In January 2019, a dam holding back mining sludge at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine in Brumadinho, southeastern Brazil, collapsed. Around 10 million cubic meters (2.6 billion gallons) of the...
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The growing popularity of degrowth
The vision It’s a five-minute bike ride to the train station. On brisk mornings like this, I wear gloves and pack a warm coffee for the commute. My work buddy Lucy gets on two stops down, always with...
View ArticleLandslide in Philippines mining town kills nearly 100, prompts calls for action
Activists demand corporate and government accountability after a massive landslide struck a mining town in the southern Philippines on Feb. 6, claiming nearly 100 lives and affecting more than 7,000...
View ArticleScientists in the Florida Keys haven't had great success revitalizing coral...
NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Katey Lesneski, research coordinator for coral restoration at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. She’s been checking on restored corals, which struggled in 2023....
View ArticleSupreme Court hears arguments in important case about ozone pollution rule
Supreme Court justices heard arguments in an important environmental case. Lawyers for a group of red states and businesses are trying to block a federal rule designed to limit ozone pollution. The...
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