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Ocean damage unspeakably awful, Attenborough tells prince
Sir David Attenborough told Prince William he hopes the UN oceans conference will bring new protections.
Published on: June 07, 2025 | Source:
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Rockaway is a New York Coastal Community Trying to Fight Erosion–and Then EPA Cancelled Funding
Adriana Jovanovic clambered cheerfully over the metal railing next to the dunes along Rockaway Beach. She landed in a patch of sand where she and her team, nicknamed the “dune squad,” had sown roses and goldenrod among other native plants. “We’re hand watering those that need a little extra help,” she said as about a […]
Published on: June 07, 2025 | Source:In One of the Nation’s Most Polluted Communities, Trump Terminates Funding for Air Monitoring
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—When Jilisa Milton received the grant termination letter, she wasn’t surprised. She suspected this day would come. The language the Greater Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution (GASP) had used in its application to the Environmental Protection Agency had been clear. “We’re talking about helping a community,” Milton, GASP’s executive director, said last week, “where […]
Published on: June 07, 2025 | Source:Some Hopeful News About the Future of the World’s Corals
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley O’Neill with Steve Palumbi, Stanford University professor of biology and oceans. Record-breaking heat in the oceans is disrupting marine ecosystems around the world in a multitude of ways, including the most widespread coral bleaching event ever documented. The […]
Published on: June 07, 2025 | Source:Schwarzenegger: Hey, stop whining, do something on climate change
The actor and activist was speaking to the BBC at a summit organised by his Climate Initiative.
Published on: June 07, 2025 | Source:Canceled Climate Grants Would Have Cut Pollution While Boosting Production, Jobs at Two Alabama Ironworks
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Two iron pipe manufacturers in Alabama learned last week they lost a combined $150 million in promised federal funding that would have increased productivity and employment while slashing greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollution. The grants, $75 million each, were issued to the American Cast Iron Pipe Company in Birmingham and the U.S. […]
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:People Using Apps Like iNaturalist and Merlin Are Helping Fuel Scientific Discovery
In April, more than 100,000 people from nearly 700 cities around the world set out on a mission to document as many plants and animals as they could in their urban environments. The early results from this effort are in: Participants made more than 3.3 million observations of over 73,000 species, thousands of which are […]
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:UN Scientists Propose a Plan to Meet Global Demand for Critical Minerals
Minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel and copper are essential to building clean energy technology. Without them, there can be no solar panels, no electric vehicles, no wind turbines and no batteries. As more sectors and countries invest in renewable energy and electric vehicles, along with artificial intelligence and data centers, the global appetite for these […]
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:A credible UN carbon market needs rules that count – we’ve just set them
The broad standards for a more ambitious market are now in place. But without a steady flow of investment, this progress will remain largely on paper The post A credible UN carbon market needs rules that count – we’ve just set them appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:DeBriefed 6 June 2025: Nigeria’s deadly flash floods; UK’s record spring drives solar surge; Lessons from Japan’s ‘Cool Biz’
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed.An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate... The post DeBriefed 6 June 2025: Nigeria’s deadly flash floods; UK’s record spring drives solar surge; Lessons from Japan’s ‘Cool Biz’ appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:Nigeria’s deadly flood exposes urgent need for climate adaptation plan
Better drainage and early warning would help curb losses from future floods but, unlike many other nations, Nigeria has yet to publish an adaptation plan The post Nigeria’s deadly flood exposes urgent need for climate adaptation plan appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:Trump Hastens ‘Drumbeat’ of Deferred Coal Plant Retirements
The newest player on the U.S. coal scene, Core Natural Resources, had good news and bad news for investors when it announced its results for the start of the year. The company missed Wall Street expectations with its net loss of $69 million, which it attributed mostly to birth pains: the costs of the January […]
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:How Nantucket Is Preparing for Rising Seas
NANTUCKET—It’s no longer unusual to see a kayaker paddling along downtown Easy Street. The cobblestones along the town’s waterfront once were flooded a handful of times a year. That rose to an average of 37 days a year by 2020, according to tide gauge monitors by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The next year, […]
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:Lifeblood for Pacific Islands Threatened as Warming Ocean Drives Tuna East
This story was produced by Honolulu Civil Beat, a nonprofit news organization covering Hawaiʻi that specializes in accountability and in-depth enterprise coverage. For more stories like this, subscribe to their newsletters. Adrian Wickham is worried. He sits quietly in the back of a cavernous conference hall, fiddling with his fedora as he listens to Pacific […]
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:Most new build homes must have solar panels - Miliband
The energy secretary says the move will cut energy bills, but house builders caution against burdensome regulations.
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:The Estate of a Woman Who Died in the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Dome Sues Big Oil for Wrongful Death
The daughter of a woman who was killed by extreme heat during the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat dome has filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against major oil companies claiming they should be held responsible for her death. The civil lawsuit, filed on May 29 in King County Superior Court in Seattle, is the first wrongful death […]
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:Sinking Homes, Climate Damage, Explosion Risks: New Government Review Outlines the Costs of One Mine Expansion
BERRY, Ala.—The federal Bureau of Land Management, the agency charged with overseeing the nation’s coal reserves, has released a draft environmental impact statement outlining the potential effects of a proposed expansion of Warrior Met’s longwall coal mining projects in central Alabama. The draft review concludes that the coal mining expansion—slated to be one of the […]
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Global Scientific Community Urges World Leaders to Transform Research Into Policy Ahead of UN Ocean Conference
NICE, France—As world leaders prepare to attend the third U.N. Ocean Conference here next week, scientists are urging them to take action to combat a dual climate and biodiversity crisis plaguing marine ecosystems, and base their decisions on the best available science. To guide them, the International Scientific Committee of the One Ocean Science Congress […]
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Treaty to protect seas short on support ahead of UN ocean summit
Once the High Seas Treaty enters into force, experts say it will boost the health of oceans and their role in tackling climate change The post Treaty to protect seas short on support ahead of UN ocean summit appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Treaty to protect seas short on support ahead of UN ocean conference
Once the High Seas Treaty enters into force, experts say it will boost the health of oceans and their role in tackling climate change The post Treaty to protect seas short on support ahead of UN ocean conference appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Guest post: How ‘feedback loops’ and ‘non-linear thinking’ can inform climate policy
The global shift towards a clean-energy system is much more than just a technological switch... The post Guest post: How ‘feedback loops’ and ‘non-linear thinking’ can inform climate policy appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:What Does the ‘Big Beautiful’ Debate Tell Us About the Politics of the IRA?
One of the largest manufacturing investments in Ohio’s history has transformed cornfields in a rural county into a battery factory that could soon have thousands of employees. The plant, a joint venture of Honda and LG Energy Solution, is part of a wave of new factories developed across the country following the passage of the […]
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Brazil’s new funding initiative can help bring rainforests back from the brink – if done right
With the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, Global South countries are showing a path for a livable - and financially sustainable - future The post Brazil’s new funding initiative can help bring rainforests back from the brink – if done right appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Data Centers Are Building Their Own Gas Power Plants in Texas
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas—Abigail Lindsey worries the days of peace and quiet might be nearing an end at the rural, wooded property where she lives with her son. On the old ranch across the street, developers want to build an expansive complex of supercomputers for artificial intelligence, plus a large, private power plant to run it. […]
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Rich Countries’ Energy Transitions Threaten Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
Metals and minerals form the backbone of low-carbon energy technologies like solar panels, grid infrastructure and car batteries. Yet, in many cases, people live on or near the lands where copper, lithium, nickel and other materials are extracted to meet growing energy demand. What does the mining boom mean for them? More than half of […]
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Gas Leaks Can Have Significant Spillover Impacts on Neighboring States, Study Finds
A new study published this week in the journal Risk Analysis found that gas leaks are not only hazardous on a local level, but are also “a driver of broader regional pollution dynamics through spillover” to neighboring states. “Even if the incidents are concentrated in some states, which are characterized by an old infrastructure, the […]
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Aging Pennsylvania Power Plant to Keep Running After Trump Order on Eve of Shutdown
A half-century-old Pennsylvania power plant fueled by oil and natural gas will keep running beyond its scheduled shutdown date following an order from the Trump administration just one day before it was due to retire. The Eddystone Generating Station near Philadelphia was to close permanently last Saturday because its owner determined it no longer made […]
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Heat Waves Are Changing Disease Dynamics in Unpredictable Ways, New Research Finds
Scientists have long known that changes in temperature can affect the risks and spread of infectious diseases by altering the biology and behavior of pathogens and their hosts, from butterflies to people. And evidence that climate change can exacerbate more than half of known human pathogenic diseases has underscored the urgency of understanding how extreme […]
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Analysis: UK’s solar power surges 42% after sunniest spring on record
The UK’s solar farms and rooftops generated more electricity than ever before in the first... The post Analysis: UK’s solar power surges 42% after sunniest spring on record appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Cropped 4 June 2025: ‘Tricks’ and ‘cover-ups’; Wild weather; Former UN nature negotiator interviewed
We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food... The post Cropped 4 June 2025: ‘Tricks’ and ‘cover-ups’; Wild weather; Former UN nature negotiator interviewed appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:World might have set itself an unachievable nature target, says former UK negotiator
A landmark global goal to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 is close to... The post World might have set itself an unachievable nature target, says former UK negotiator appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:A Song for the Cahaba River
WEST BLOCTON, Ala.—“The lilies have bloomed this season if you know where to go.” It’s a line in Birmingham band I Declare’s newly released song “Cahaba,” and it’s the truth. At the recent Cahaba Lily festival, you could hear the sacred Southern knowledge passing from one person to another. “Where do you go? Have you […]
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:New Mexico Bans Release of Treated Oil and Gas Wastewater
After months of deliberation, the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission on May 14 voted to prohibit any discharge of treated “produced water” from oil and gas extraction to ground and surface waters. Produced water flows back to the surface during fracking and conventional oil and gas drilling and contains chemicals used in the extraction […]
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Top Ocean Experts Sound the Alarm Over Growing Marine Crisis Due To Climate Change
NICE, France—More than 2,000 scientists, advocates and policymakers from at least 100 countries convened this week at the One Ocean Science Congress, warning of a mounting marine crisis and promising recommendations to solve it—not only for the sake of life below the surface, but for the entire planet. “The ocean is suffering at the cause […]
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Sellafield could leak until 2050s, MPs warn
A report criticises the speed of decommissioning work at the UK's largest nuclear site, Sellafield.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source: