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‘We’ve Treated it as a Global Waste Dump’: Costa Rica’s President Calls for Action on the Ocean
Costa Rica is helping to shape the global agenda on marine protection and ocean governance this week as co-host, with France, of the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice. Costa Rica accounts for 20,000 square miles of land in Central America, but its marine territory covers nearly 200,000 square miles of ocean. About 30 […]
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:
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Bills That Could Have Hurt Renewable Energy Die in Texas Legislature
Four bills aimed at limiting renewable energy projects in Texas failed during the last legislative session as lawmakers, facing increasing energy demands, found constituents and industry leaders alike turning up in Austin to describe wind and solar projects as now pivotal to the state’s economy and grid. While the proposals were backed by far-right advocacy […]
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:New species of dinosaur discovered that 'rewrites' T.rex family tree
The dinosaur skeletons, found hidden in a museum collection in Mongolia, is an ancestor of the mighty tyrannosaurs.
Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source:Phase-Out of FEMA On Course, Trump Says, Raising Worries About a Weakened National Disaster Response
The Trump administration will begin dismantling the Federal Emergency Management Agency later this year, the president announced on Tuesday, setting a tight timeframe for a breakup that many experts warned would likely harm the nation’s ability to respond to disasters. FEMA leads and funds long-term recovery efforts after natural disasters, which are growing in frequency, […]
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Over half of countries push for plastic production cuts in new UN pact
Ahead of hard-fought negotiations due to resume in August, 95 countries have issued a "wake up" call for an "ambitious" plastics treaty The post Over half of countries push for plastic production cuts in new UN pact appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Department of Justice Gives Trump Go-Ahead to Eliminate National Monuments
The Department of Justice, in an opinion issued Tuesday, argues President Donald Trump has the power to review and eliminate national monuments to make way for development and resource extraction on public lands—walking back a previous opinion from the department that found only Congress can dismantle a national monument. Since Trump took office, his administration […]
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:UK spending review 2025: Key climate and energy announcements
UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled the first spending review under the current Labour government,... The post UK spending review 2025: Key climate and energy announcements appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:First view of the Sun's south pole filmed by spacecraft
Never before seen pictures will help scientists learn how the Sun's activity changes from stormy to quiet periods
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming
A “collapse” of key Atlantic ocean currents would cause winter temperatures to plunge across northern... The post Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Developers Propose More Than 100 New Gas Power Plants in Texas
Companies plan to build more than 100 new gas-fired power plants in Texas in the next few years amid a race to meet enormous electrical demand from energy-hungry industries, according to a report released Wednesday by the Environmental Integrity Project, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit. The projects would amount to 58,000 megawatts of new generation capacity, […]
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Guest post: Why the global area for regrowing trees is 71% smaller than thought
Over the past decade, research has emerged suggesting that ramping up reforestation around the world... The post Guest post: Why the global area for regrowing trees is 71% smaller than thought appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Virginia Vulnerable to Trump’s Proposed Cuts in Emergency Management and Disaster Relief
CHESTERFIELD, Va.—Virginia was one of several states in the Appalachian region slammed by Hurricane Helene’s rainfall last September. The storm caused the New River to crest at 31 feet a day after it battered the region. In one area of Damascus, homes were lifted up and washed away. A separate storm besieged southwest Virginia in […]
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Tonga Poised to Be the First Country to Recognize Rights of Whales
Tonga, a Pacific Island nation with deep connections to the ocean and its non-human inhabitants, could become the first country in the world to recognize that whales have inherent rights. Speaking in Nice, France, where the United Nations Ocean Conference is taking place, Tongan Princess Angelika Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho called for the recognition of whales as […]
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Why a Fan Can’t Always Cool You Down, and Other Unexpected Challenges in Heat Waves
People across the United States are in for another scorcher of a summer, according to an outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The agency predicts “hotter-than-average” temperatures, a trend that is becoming increasingly common as climate change worsens. These high temperatures can be deadly; research shows that heat-related deaths have more than doubled […]
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Inside Climate News Selects 11 Summer Fellows to Report on Environmental Issues Around the Country
Eleven young journalists are joining Inside Climate News as reporting fellows this summer. ICN’s summer 2025 fellowship class draws from current college students and recent graduates in locations ranging from California to Illinois to Washington, D.C. The program is designed to hone participants’ writing and reporting skills and deepen their expertise in a variety of […]
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Explainer: How human-caused aerosols are ‘masking’ global warming
Human-caused emissions of aerosols –tiny, light‑scattering particles produced mainly by burning fossil fuels – have... The post Explainer: How human-caused aerosols are ‘masking’ global warming appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:‘Hectic’ in high heels? Women still face gender hurdles at UN climate talks
Barriers to women's equal participation at COPs include high travel costs, onerous schedules, entrenched gender norms and a lack of childcare The post ‘Hectic’ in high heels? Women still face gender hurdles at UN climate talks appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:What are small nuclear reactors and why does the UK want to build them?
The government is betting on a new generation of 'mini' nuclear power stations.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:As an Eastern Iowa Quarry Seeks to Quadruple Its Water Use, Residents Urge the State to Intervene
The Pattison Co. quarry in Garnavillo, Iowa, pumps nearly 1 billion gallons of groundwater each year, pulling it from the bedrock in order to mine limestone, sandstone and silica sand used in oil fracking. Now, the quarry is seeking permission from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to quadruple its water withdrawal. If the permit […]
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Across the Country, Locals Rally to Protect National Monuments Threatened by the Trump Administration
IRONWOOD FOREST NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz.—Standing in front of a crowd of 100 people Saturday, Mike Quigley pointed out into the distance to a nearby copper mine. “We can have that,” he said. Then he gestured to the mountain behind him. “Or we can have this.” For 25 years, this stretch of 129,000 acres of the […]
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:US District Court Ruling Keeps Fight Against Mining of Site Sacred to Western Apache Alive
PHOENIX—A federal judge ruled Monday that the U.S. Forest Service cannot transfer land containing Oak Flat, a site sacred to the Western Apache, to a copper mining company until two cases against the project are settled after the Forest Service publishes its final environmental review for the project. The ruling resurrects the legal efforts by […]
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Warning over 'dirty secret' of toxic chemicals on farmers' fields
Campaigners say that farmers' fields are being contaminated by chemicals and microplastics in sewage sludge.
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:The World’s Oceans Are a ‘Ticking Time Bomb,’ Reaching Dangerous Acidification Levels Earlier Than Scientists Thought
A critical measure of the ocean’s health suggests that the world’s marine systems are in greater peril than scientists had previously realized and that parts of the ocean have already reached dangerous tipping points. A study, published Monday in the journal Global Change Biology, found that ocean acidification—the process in which the world’s oceans absorb […]
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:UN Ocean Conference Opens With a Call to Defend the Deep Sea
NICE, France—The deep sea—Earth’s largest and least-explored biome—is taking center stage at the United Nations Ocean conference this week, where marine experts are demanding world leaders end bottom trawling for fish and impose a moratorium on deep sea mining. Bottom trawling has evolved into a largely unregulated commercial practice in which vast weighted nets are […]
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:Oceans cannot become 'wild west', warns UN chief
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres spoke at the start of the UN Oceans Conference in Nice, France.
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:UK proposes wider ban on destructive ocean bottom trawling
The government wants to prohibit bottom trawling from more protected areas of UK waters.
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:The Race to Engineer Coral Reef Solutions in the U.S. Virgin Islands
ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands—Thirty-five feet deep in clear turquoise waters, a three-foot-long yellow underwater robot maneuvers over a coral reef at a popular snorkeling site named Tektite. At the surface, computer scientist Yogesh Girdhar and a team of engineers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution hover over a computer on an inflatable research boat, […]
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:Engineering Coral Reefs of the Future
ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands—Thirty-five feet deep in clear turquoise waters, a three-foot-long yellow underwater robot maneuvers over a coral reef at a popular snorkeling site named Tektite. At the surface, computer scientist Yogesh Girdhar and a team of engineers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution hover over a computer on an inflatable research boat, […]
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:Shine On: Illinois Hopes to Continue Solar Boom Despite Federal Headwinds
Illinois saw unprecedented solar growth in 2024, adding 2.5 gigawatts of capacity to nearly double its total generation potential from the year before. But this year, the state faces some big speed bumps. A budget reconciliation bill passed by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives in late May, now under consideration in the Senate, […]
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:Pará’s Amazon forest carbon deal in doubt as prosecutors move to block it
The Brazilian state’s contract with foreign governments and companies has run into trouble over concerns it was premature and agreed without consulting Indigenous communities The post Pará’s Amazon forest carbon deal in doubt as prosecutors move to block it appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 08, 2025 | Source:William warns ocean life 'diminishing before our eyes'
The Prince of Wales gave a speech in Monaco hoping to drive investments to protect the world's oceans.
Published on: June 08, 2025 | Source:A Neighborhood Burned, a Home Saved, a Future in Question
After the Fires: Second in a series about health risks following the Los Angeles wildfires that destroyed Pacific Palisades and Altadena. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. LOS ANGELES—Gaylen Grody and her son, Shelby, pulled into 262 Quadro Vecchio Drive as flames leaped across the other side of Los Leones Canyon in Pacific […]
Published on: June 08, 2025 | Source:Funding Shortfalls Hamper North Carolina’s Program to Buy Out Hog Farms in or Near Floodplains
As soon as the skies clear after a hurricane hits eastern North Carolina, Larry Baldwin climbs in the passenger seat of a single-engine plane, usually with his friend and pilot Rick Dove, and surveys the industrialized swine farms inundated with flood water. “It’s almost indescribable. You look down and see that they’re either flooded or […]
Published on: June 08, 2025 | Source:Trump-Musk row fuels 'biggest crisis ever' at Nasa
The space agency has published its budget request to Congress which would see funding for science projects cut by nearly a half.
Published on: June 07, 2025 | Source:Trump-Musk row heightens fears over Nasa budget cuts
The space agency has published its budget request to Congress which would see funding for science projects cut by nearly a half.
Published on: June 07, 2025 | Source: