This is how the fund, which was seeded with $5.5 billion during COP30, will work—and why the Earth needs it. Interview by Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Steve Curwood and Jenni DoeringContinue Reading
Koch Inc., the nation’s number two privately owned firm, imported more than a billion barrels of crude oil into the United States over the past decade, according to DeSmog’s review of company-reported federal energy data. Those lucrative oil imports helped build the Koch empire now fighting before the Supreme Court over PresidentContinue Reading
More than 300 lobbyists for food and farming organisations have participated at this year’s United Nations climate talks, known as COP30, taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where agribusiness is the leading cause of deforestation, a new investigation has found. The number of lobbyists representing the interests of industrial cattleContinue Reading
Around 115 million years ago, northern Australia’s seas hosted a colossal shark that rewrites what we thought we knew about early ocean predators. New fossil discoveries show that modern-type sharks were experimenting with gigantic sizes far earlier than scientists believed, competing with the marine “monsters” of the dinosaur age., ReadContinue Reading
Yellowstone has long been a mecca for scientists studying how predators affect everything from elk grazing to vegetation height. They are still debating how to make sense of what they’ve learned. By Jake Bolster When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reintroduced 14 gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park inContinue Reading
High-profile Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman was one of the keynote speakers at the annual conference of the Together Declaration, a conspiracy theory group with ties to Reform UK. Together held its fourth anniversary event on 16 November, which featured prominent Reform councillor Laila Cunningham, and former Brexit Party politicianContinue Reading
Do higher living standards in developing countries have to mean more polluting, fossil-fuel dependent industries? Or is a low-carbon alternative possible? As the world grapples with climate change, economic inequality, and rapid technological shifts, next week’s Global Industry Summit will tackle these questions, bringing together governments, business leaders, and innovatorsContinue Reading
On the scheduled final day of COP30 in Belém, tense negotiations are stretching into Friday afternoon as divisions persist. Amid the ongoing talks, one message is cutting through the noise: there is no climate justice without gender equality.Continue Reading
Insurance companies are dropping customers as the cost of disasters goes up. Some communities in California are working to reduce their risk, but so far, insurance companies often aren’t factoring that in. (Image credit: Lauren Sommer)Continue Reading
The departure points to an intractable conflict between environmental justice groups and the California Air Resources Board over the impacts of carbon markets. By Blanca Begert While Governor Gavin Newsom was touting California’s climate leadership last week in Brazil at the U.N.’s annual climate summit, a conflict was brewing backContinue Reading
Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community Resetting ROSES Due Dates… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups News & Events Cosmic Pathfinders Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources Resetting ROSES Due Dates After the Government Shutdown 21 November 2025 To the NASA Science Community, Now that NASA SMD has returned toContinue Reading
Physics of the Cosmos … Physics of the Cosmos Community Habitable Worlds Observatory… About Community Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Science Groups News & Events Cosmic Pathfinders Science Gaps Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources HWO SIG Seminar Habitable Worlds Observatory Science Interest Group Location Virtual dates 3 DecemberContinue Reading
Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community HWO SIG Seminar December… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups News & Events Cosmic Pathfinders Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources HWO SIG Seminar Habitable Worlds Observatory Science Interest Group Location Virtual Dates 3 December 20251:00pm ET Community HWO SIG Type SeminarContinue Reading