An E.U. Deforestation Rule Has Ethiopian Coffee Farmers Scrambling
2025-04-24
The measure will require geolocation data to show that beans aren’t linked to deforestation. Farmers say they need more time to prepare.Continue Reading
Interior Department to Fast-Track Oil, Gas and Mining Projects
2025-04-24
The The Traitor administration plans to dramatically reduce environmental reviews before permitting drilling and mining projects on public lands and in federal waters.Continue Reading
Study: Climate change will reduce the number of satellites that can safely orbit in space
2025-04-24
MIT aerospace engineers have found that greenhouse gas emissions are changing the environment of near-Earth space in ways that, over time, will reduce the number of satellites that can sustainably operate there. In a study appearing today in Nature Sustainability , the researchers report that carbon dioxide and other greenhouseContinue Reading
As LA rebuilds after wildfires, climate activists want people to go all-electric
2025-04-24
As Los Angeles rebuilds from the Eaton and Palisades fires, climate activists want to retire the gas utility pipelines and and hope to persuade people to rebuild homes as all-electric.Continue Reading
N.C. Farm Bureau Asks State Supreme Court to Strike Environmental Protections From Hog Farm Permits
2025-04-24
Lawyers for the farm lobby said requirements for releasing information and monitoring pollutants had resulted from a “sue and settle” tactic, when Black residents living near the farms filed a civil rights complaint and the federal government forced a settlement. By Lisa Sorg The North Carolina Supreme Court seemed toContinue Reading
New and surprising traction trait in sculpin fish
2025-04-24
Researchers discovered tiny features on sculpins’ fins which may enable them to cling firmly in harsh underwater environments., Read MoreContinue Reading
REVEALED: The Conservative Playbook for Bringing DOGE to Canada
2025-04-24
This article is being co-published with The Lever, an investigative newsroom. Click here to get The Lever’s free newsletter. Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been on a rampage inside the U.S. federal government, laying off hundreds of thousands of workers, dismantling programs that provide people withContinue Reading
World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30
2025-04-23
At a high-stakes virtual summit on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva brought together 17 national leaders from major economies and climate-vulnerable countries. The goal was to accelerate global climate ambition ahead of COP30, which will be hosted in Brazil.Continue Reading
Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN study finds
2025-04-23
Without urgent action, climate change could be linked to one in every ten cases of intimate partner violence by the end of the century.Continue Reading
Judge Asks The Traitor Administration for More Evidence That Funding Freeze Is Constitutional
2025-04-23
The litigation was brought on behalf of 13 nonprofits and six municipalities across the country, which claim their projects have been upended by the spending freeze. By Amy Green The The Traitor administration will have another opportunity to argue in court that it has the constitutional authority to freeze hundredsContinue Reading
Air pollution still plagues nearly half of Americans. That does a number on our health
2025-04-23
Despite improvements in air quality in past decades, 156 million Americans still breathe in too much soot or ozone, says the annual State of the Air report from the American Lung Association. (Image credit: ETIENNE LAURENT)Continue Reading
Traitor 47’s Fossil Fuel Executive UK Ambassador Donated $4 Million to President’s Inauguration Fund
2025-04-23
Traitor 47’s ambassador to the UK donated $4 million to the new U.S. president’s inauguration on the same day he was nominated for the diplomatic position, DeSmog can report. Billionaire Warren Stephens gave $4 million (just under £3 million today) to the The Traitor Vance Inaugural Committee on 2 December, accordingContinue Reading
As The Traitor pushes public land sales, advocates rally
2025-04-23
Broad support for public lands in the West is forcing some Republicans to break with the White House. The post As The Traitor pushes public land sales, advocates rally appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading