Marathon Oil reaches a $241 million settlement with EPA for environmental...
The federal government announced a settlement with Marathon Oil for alleged air quality violations at the company’s oil and gas operations on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota....
View ArticleRural domestic abuse convictions still ‘woeful’
41 minutes ago By Malcolm Prior, @NewsMPrior, BBC News, rural affairs correspondent Kerry McClay Victims of domestic abuse in the countryside are still being let down by a “woeful” number of...
View ArticleJava farmers vow to live under own steam as geothermal project falters
PADARINCANG, Indonesia — On a white-hot afternoon in June, people from Padarincang subdistrict gathered near a mountain lake to recite an istighosah, an Islamic prayer blended with Indigenous context...
View ArticleTitanic mission to map wreck in greatest ever detail
33 minutes ago By Jonathan Amos and Alison Francis, BBC News Climate and Science BBC/Kevin Church A team of imaging experts, scientists and historians will set sail for the Titanic on Friday to gather...
View ArticleSumatra pulp & paper giants violate zero-deforestation pledge, activists allege
JAKARTA — Activists allege that two of the world’s biggest pulp and paper companies have violated their zero-deforestation pledge by clearing natural forests and peatlands in Indonesia. An...
View ArticleMore industrial minerals on Brazil’s borders with Ecuador, Venezuela and...
The mineral resources that characterize the High Andes of Peru are conspicuously absent north of the Huancabamba Gap, the altitudinal low point in the Andes linked to the deflection zone that created...
View ArticleHow to live without plastics for a month, according to the founder of a...
Plastic Free July is upon us! Rebecca Prince-Ruiz, founder of Plastic Free July, encourages people to take the challenge with friends, start small and keep a “plastic free kit” on hand. (Image credit:...
View ArticleAI brings soaring emissions for Google and Microsoft, a major contributor to...
The tech giants both report surges in greenhouse gas emissions as they double-down on adding artificial intelligence to all of their products. (Image credit: Josh Edelson)The post AI brings soaring...
View ArticleLet’s reduce poverty & deforestation via greater EUDR traceability...
The EU’s regulation on deforestation-free products (EUDR) was hailed as a watershed in the fight to protect the world’s forests when it came into force in 2023. The world’s first law its kind, the EUDR...
View ArticleClimate change is making Colorado mountain streams more acidic and polluted
New research says climate change has caused toxic metal pollution to double in some Colorado rivers and mountain streams. It’s complicating efforts to clean up abandoned mining sites. The post Climate...
View ArticleThese New Mexico fire victims are starting to give up on FEMA
As Ruidoso, N.M., starts recovering from a deadly wildfire, people who survived the state’s largest fire two years ago say FEMA still isn’t giving them what they need. (Image credit: Kirk Siegler)The...
View ArticleWhy the next president’s judicial appointments will impact climate action
The Supreme Court’s recent term illustrates the judiciary’s outsized role in government’s ability to address climate change. The coming election could shape the judicial landscape for decades to come....
View ArticleBiden faces criticism over his gas car ban. But he doesn’t have one.
Swing state voters are seeing ads warning them about a federal ban on their gas-powered vehicles. But there is no such ban, even as candidates campaign on it. (Image credit: Sean Gallup/Getty...
View ArticleCambodia’s Funan Techo Canal project: A catalog of worries (analysis)
Cambodia is pushing ahead with plans to link the nation’s capital, Phnom Penh, to its coast with a canal running 180 kilometers, or 110 miles. According to Cambodian leaders, 51% or more of the canal’s...
View ArticleTo protect mangroves, some Kenyans combat logging with hidden beehives
As part of a local conservation effort, beehives dot a section of coastline in Mombasa to try to deter people who chop mangroves for firewood or home construction. (Image credit: Gideon Maundu)The post...
View ArticleJokowi’s religious mining rule divides Indonesian’s largest Islamic organization
A widely criticized move by Indonesian President Joko Widodo to reform mining rules to bestow coal mining licenses on an allied religious organization is carving a rift between its executive leadership...
View ArticleConservation pays and everyone’s benefitting from it (commentary)
In just one generation, Costa Rica halted deforestation and reversed land degradation. Currently, Costa Rica boasts 57% forest cover, with 25% of its land territory protected. All of this has been...
View ArticleSundarbans fisherfolk are battered by cyclones amid fishing bans
On a muddy alluvial land by the intertidal rivers Shibsa and Sutarkhali, several unmechanized traditional river boats, known as country boats, are docked, despite it being a weekday in mid-June. This...
View ArticleFor ‘extinct’ Spix’s macaw, successful comeback is overshadowed by uncertainty
This is the first in a two-part report about the reintroduction of the Spix’s macaw, a bird declared extinct in the wild, and the uncertain future of its return. Read Part Two tomorrow. RIO DE JANEIRO...
View ArticleStudy to benchmark water quality finds key Amazon tributary in good shape
MANAUS, Brazil — It’s September, near the peak of 2023’s extreme drought in the Brazilian Amazon, and José Clodoaldo de Oliveira keeps an eye on the GPS as he pilots the voadeira, a small aluminum...
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