Bluetongue virus warning as midges blown into UK
Published1 hour ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, The Pirbright Institute By Malcolm Prior & Lucy VladevBBC News rural affairs team A new strain of an animal...
View ArticleIndonesia resumes lobster larvae exports despite sustainability, trade concerns
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government is resuming a controversial policy of exporting lobster larvae — the latest chapter in an eight-year saga that began over concerns for wild lobster stocks and led to...
View ArticlePlastic pollution talks end & Arctic people return home to a ‘sink’ of plastic
Global plastic pollution talks in Ottawa came to a close April 30, and with them a group of Indigenous leaders from the Arctic are on their way home. But the mood remains bittersweet for the delegation...
View ArticlePro-business parties accused of holding back Indonesia’s Indigenous rights bill
JAKARTA — Fear among Indonesia’s ruling class of losing control of natural resources to Indigenous people is why the country’s parliament continues to delay passing a long-awaited bill on Indigenous...
View ArticleThe Narwhal makes waves in Canada for environmental journalism
The Narwhal is an award-winning, non-profit, environmental news outlet based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It was co-founded in 2018 by podcast guest Emma Gilchrist, who joins the show to...
View ArticleOceans suffer from record-breaking year of heat
Published23 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Matt McGrath, Mark Poynting...
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The surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water.
Every email you send has a home. Every uploaded file, web search, and social media post does, too. In massive buildings erected from miles of concrete, stacked servers hum with the electricity required...
View ArticleAs plastic talks wrap up in Canada, fishers in Indonesia count the costs
PULAU SERIBU, Indonesia — Mustaghfirin unmoors his boat every day in the Thousand Islands archipelago, two hours’ sailing from the Jakarta coast, and sets off into a sea filled with garbage. “This...
View ArticleIn a Himalayan Eden, a road project promises opportunity, but also loss
TSUM VALLEY, Nepal — “In the future, when war, strife and difficult times come,” said Thrisong Deutsen, an eighth-century Tibetan king, “will there be a safe place where people can go to practice...
View ArticleSecrets from the rainforest’s past uncovered in Amazonian backyards
Small fragments of ancestral Amazonian culture are emerging from the ground in the backyards of homes in the rural and urban parts of Parintins, Amazonas: pieces of broken pots, chips with clear...
View ArticleScientists explore nature’s promise in combating plastic waste
Plastic is a remarkably versatile and durable material, which has made it indispensable in almost every area of modern life. But these same properties, amplified by our “take-make-waste” linear...
View ArticleIs the extractive sector really favorable for the Pan Amazon’s economy?
The Pan Amazon is a significant source of several key industrial commodities. Global markets are not overly dependent on the region; nonetheless, production from Amazonian mines is not insignificant....
View ArticleRights groups call for greater public input in ASEAN environmental rights...
Civil society groups in Southeast Asia are calling for greater public participation and transparency in the drafting process of a regional declaration on environmental rights, as well as stronger...
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How ‘15-minute cities’ could save time, reduce emissions, and build community
The spotlight There are few experiences more soul-sucking than sitting in traffic. According to NPR, the average American lost nearly an hour a week to traffic congestion in 2022. Drivers lose an...
View ArticleOil industry could help the Biden administration tap “invisible” green energy
The White House wants a twenty-fold increase in geothermal energy production to fight climate change and it’s counting on the oil and gas industry for help. (Image credit: Kirk Siegler)The post Oil...
View ArticleThe man on a mission to open up space to disability
Published1 hour ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, ESA By Rebecca Morelle and Alison Francis BBC News Science Former Paralympian John McFall is working with the European...
View ArticleWatchdog criticises England water clean-up plans
Published1 hour ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Jonah FisherEnvironment correspondent The government’s efforts to clean up England’s rivers, lakes and...
View ArticleIndonesian company defies order, still clearing peatlands in orangutan habitat
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s largest deforesting company has continued to clear peatland despite an order by the government for the firm to stop clearing rainforests. The company in question is pulpwood...
View ArticleFrom polling stations to weather stations, the heat is on in India (commentary)
“April is the cruelest month,” wrote T.S. Eliot in the poem The Waste Land. For the 30 million residents of India’s southern state of Kerala, this April was particularly cruel, with the India...
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Occidental Petroleum’s net-zero strategy is a ‘license to pollute,’ critics say
More so than any other fossil fuel company, Occidental Petroleum — known as Oxy — has built its climate strategy around innovations that capture carbon before it can be emitted or pull it directly out...
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