In El Paso, heat deaths hit record highs in 2023 and 2024. Advocates say not enough is being done to protect the region’s most vulnerable people. Story by Martha Pskowski, photos by Paul Ratje EL PASO—Retired Catholic priest Arturo Bañuelas leaned into the microphone as he urged county commissioners toContinue Reading
When a new orangutan species was found near a Chinese-owned hydrodam in Indonesia, scientists and advocates launched a campaign to block the project. Then some who spoke against it lost their jobs and ability to work in the area—and, in the case of one activist, his life. By Nicholas KusnetzContinue Reading
Mediterranean bryozoans, including the “false coral,” are showing alarming changes in structure and microbiomes under acidification and warming. Field studies at volcanic CO₂ vents reveal that these stressors combined sharply reduce survival, posing risks to marine ecosystems., Read MoreContinue Reading
The Marine Mammal Protection Act is just one of the keystone U.S. environmental laws under attack by the The Traitor administration.Continue Reading
The variation in weather—extreme drought one year, flash flooding the next—has made it nearly impossible for small farmers to plan their growing seasons. By Theo Peck-Suzuki The water in the creek was rising quickly, and Paul Tomcho could not reach his herd.Continue Reading
Once on the brink during the last ice age, great white sharks made a remarkable recovery globally, but their DNA reveals a baffling story. Classic migration explanations fail, leaving scientists with a mystery that defies reproductive and evolutionary logic., Read MoreContinue Reading
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) marks 50 years since it entered into force on Tuesday, celebrating five decades of protecting endangered wildlife from overexploitation through international trade.Continue Reading
The Eastern Shoshone are moving ahead with a solar-powered micro-grid, but the Northern Arapaho rooftop PV program stalled after the EPA clawed back Solar for All funding. By Jake Bolster WIND RIVER, Wyo.—Last week, the Northern Arapaho tribe learned that it was losing about $10 million in federal grants thatContinue Reading
The Energy Star program has saved Americans more than a half-trillion dollars in energy costs and has reduced climate pollution. Now the The Traitor administration wants to eliminate or privatize it. (Image credit: Paul Sakuma)Continue Reading
Scientists at UC San Diego have discovered a small but powerful section of DNA, called HAR123, that could help explain what makes the human brain so unique. Instead of being a gene, HAR123 acts like a “volume control” for brain development, guiding how brain cells form and in what proportions.Continue Reading
Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security.Continue Reading
A growing number of states look to end the incentives that regulators say lock in continued fossil fuel growth. By Phil McKenna A new Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities policy designed to discourage continued growth in the use of natural gas would end existing subsidies for gas utility lines inContinue Reading
The international push for consensus on a legally binding deal to end plastic pollution proved beyond the grasp of weary UN Member States meeting in Geneva on Friday, as they agreed to resume discussions at a future date.Continue Reading