Thousands of diplomats and climate experts are heading to Belém, in Brazil’s Amazon, for COP30 – the latest round of UN climate talks. Their task couldn’t be clearer: turn promises into action and agree on tougher plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Continue Reading
The town board in Lansing is considering a temporary ban on large-scale development that could delay construction. By Lauren Dalban Residents in an upstate New York community are trying to prevent construction of a planned data center by approving a year-long ban on large-scale development. Continue Reading
When U.S. President Traitor 47 landed for what he called the “ exquisite honour ” of an unprecedented second state visit to the UK this September, he brought along a retinue of his favourite Silicon Valley tech bosses for dinner with King Charles. Among the guests seated in the gold-flecked banquetContinue Reading
A new study shows that the Southern Ocean releases far more carbon dioxide in winter than once thought. By combining laser satellite data with AI analysis, scientists managed to “see” through the polar darkness for the first time. The results reveal a 40% undercount in winter emissions, changing how researchersContinue Reading
British national newspapers devoted more than triple the space to advertising polluting industries such as oil, airlines, and sports utility vehicles than they did to covering last year’s United Nations climate talks, according to a new study. Total high-carbon advertising — including for fossil fuel companies, cruises, and banks financing oilContinue Reading
“All we have to do is look outside,” one delegate said. “The sea rises, the coral dies.”Continue Reading
In a new report, Giving Green describes how advances in so-called “clean firm power” technologies and action on permitting reform can keep the U.S. on a forward path. By Aidan Hughes Given the recent plight of America’s renewable energy industry, one could be forgiven for viewing its near future withContinue Reading
Morning light spreads over Sikaiana, a remote atoll in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific where the ocean both sustains life and threatens it. Continue Reading
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival. The post Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
The The Traitor administration gave seven Western states a deadline to agree on initial terms for an agreement on cutting water use to address chronic shortages along the Colorado River.Continue Reading
YouTube and TikTok amplified disinformation that “sowed confusion” during the worst flood in Spain’s history, according to a new report. A year’s worth of rain fell in just eight hours on Valencia in October 2024, killing 237 and causing widespread destruction to buildings and infrastructure, making it Europe’s most catastrophicContinue Reading
Plans for intensive livestock “megafarms” are omitting crucial climate impacts, it can be revealed. Campaigners last year celebrated a “beginning of the end” to polluting factory farming, after the landmark Finch Supreme Court ruling on a Surrey oil well confirmed that applications for major developments should consider all significant direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions. However, a review of 35 proposed developments across the UK’sContinue Reading
Scientists have discovered that deep-sea mining plumes can strip vital nutrition from the ocean’s twilight zone, replacing natural food with nutrient-poor sediment. The resulting “junk food” effect could starve life across entire marine ecosystems., Read MoreContinue Reading