Conservationists won their legal challenge to BLM oil and gas lease sales in Wyoming, but industry is celebrating the court’s ruling that the agency isn’t capable of determining the impacts of emissions. By Jake Bolster Hundreds of parcels of land in a massive 2022 Wyoming oil and gas lease saleContinue Reading
Chimpanzees and bonobos are often thought to reflect two different sides of human nature — the conflict-ready chimpanzee versus the peaceful bonobo — but a new study shows that, within their own communities, male bonobos are more frequently aggressive than male chimpanzees. For both species, more aggressive males had moreContinue Reading
One of Reform UK’s senior officials publicly defended far-right figure Tommy Robinson, DeSmog can reveal. The party is standing by Noel Matthews, who is running as Reform’s parliamentary candidate for North West Leicestershire, despite other candidates having been dropped for similar offences. In 2018, Matthews posted an article on TwitterContinue Reading
And, how to prepare. Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine.Continue Reading
All six reactor units of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) are now in cold shutdown for the first time since late 2022 after unit 4 reached this operational state early today, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said., Read MoreContinue Reading
The typical job of the proteasome, the garbage disposal of the cell, is to grind down proteins into smaller bits and recycle some of those bits and parts. That’s still the case, for the most part, but researchers, studying nerve cells grown in the lab and mice, say that theContinue Reading
From airlines to pork sellers, corporate brands face legal and regulatory challenges for misleading the public with lofty climate claims.Continue Reading
For the first time since 1920, the government has raised the rates that companies pay. The fossil fuel industry says it will hurt the economy.Continue Reading
Following a home explosion that killed one and critically injured another, residents want to know more about the mine under their community. So far, their questions have largely gone unanswered. By Lee Hedgepeth ADGER, Ala.—Charlie Utterback and his family live on top of longwall mining panel number 53. Continue Reading
Half of the Great Salt Lake in Utah has now dried up but scientists say there’s still some time left to reverse its decline.Continue Reading
Will Westerners repair a fractured landscape for mule deer, pronghorn, and elk? The post For these mammals, migration is a means of survival appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
California environmental advocates are urging water regulators to require sewage treatment plants to clean up pollution that is contributing to ocean acidification.Continue Reading
The specter of water scarcity is inspiring bipartisan support in drought-stricken Missouri, where lawmakers want to prohibit exporting water outside the state without a permit., Read MoreContinue Reading