Journalists who report on the harms caused by China’s overseas infrastructure buildout in Africa face intimidation, surveillance and police pressure. By Katie Surma Planet China: Tenth in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world.Continue Reading
Dozens of countries had called for a clear “roadmap” to transition away from the use of coal, oil and natural gas. The U.S. did not participate in the negotiations. (Image credit: Andre Penner)Continue Reading
Ideas about Vikings and Norse mythology come mostly from much later medieval sources, leaving plenty of room for reinterpretation. Over centuries, writers, politicians, and artists reshaped these stories to reflect their own worldviews, from romantic heroism to dangerous nationalist myths. Pop culture and neo-paganism continue to amplify selective versions ofContinue Reading
In a pivotal outcome at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, countries agreed on a sweeping package to scale up climate finance and accelerate implementation of the Paris Agreement – but without a clear commitment to move away from fossil fuels.Continue Reading
Offering no new plans to cut fossil fuels, the UN’s climate conference failed to produce a roadmap to stop global warming. By Bob Berwyn BELÉM, Brazil—After negotiators at COP30 retreated from meaningful climate action by failing to specifically mention the need to stop using fossil fuels in the final conferenceContinue Reading
Global climate talks in Brazil wrapped up with a deal to increase funding for countries hit by warming but no plan to phase out fossil fuels.Continue Reading
Nearly 40 years after an armed sheriff, anti-LGBTQ activists and a judge’s order shut down the Gay Rodeo Finals, this year the riders came home. The post Reno’s Gay Rodeo is back appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
The United Nations climate talks in Brazil are nearing their end and there’s no sign of major agreement.Continue Reading
Worker bees stage coordinated revolts when viral infections weaken their queen and lower her pheromone output. This disruption drives many of the queen failures that beekeepers struggle with today. Field trials show that synthetic pheromone blends can prevent untimely supersedure, opening a path to more stable hive management., Read MoreContinue Reading
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