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Trump’s New Executive Order Promotes Deep Sea Mining in US and International Waters While Bypassing International Law
In 2013, a deep sea mining company named UK Seabed Resources contracted marine biologist Diva Amon and other scientists from the University of Hawaii at Manoa to survey a section of the seafloor in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a vast swath of international waters located in the Pacific Ocean that spans around 2 million square miles […]
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:
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Many on Navajo Nation Blindsided by Hydrogen Pipeline Change
This story was originally published by Capital & Main. The company at the centerof a controversial green energy project connecting New Mexico and Arizona has changed plans for a key component: A much-debated pipeline that would have carried climate-friendly hydrogen will instead carry natural gas, and possibly a natural gas-hydrogen blend at a future date. […]
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:A 20 Percent Electric Bill Surge Tests New Jersey’s Climate Goals
On June 1, New Jersey residents will face something they’ve dreaded for months: A nearly 20 percent rate increase in their electricity bills. A leading state in climate policy, New Jersey is being squeezed by soaring energy demand from data centers and a sluggish connection of renewable sources by grid operator PJM Interconnection. “That’s a […]
Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source:How Green Is Pope Leo XIV?
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley O’Neill with Erin Lothes, an environmental theologian. The new pope could guide the Catholic Church into a new era of care for the environment. Pope Leo XIV, once known as Robert Prevost, previously served as a bishop in […]
Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source:Microplastics from Texas Bays Are Washed Out to Sea, New Study Says
A recent study found surprisingly low levels of harmful microplastics in the sediments of Texas bays that are notorious for plastic pollution. This led researchers from the University of Texas at Austin to conclude the microplastics were being swept out to sea. “They move around much easier than we thought,“ said study co-author Cornel Olariu, […]
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:An Atmospheric River Brought This Week’s Flooding Rains to the Southeast
After early signs of drought from Georgia through Virginia this spring, a slow-moving storm brought flooding rain to the Southeast this week. Between 5 and 10 inches of rain fell in parts of Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia. The Potomac River, from West Virginia to Washington, D.C., flooded, and like many of the rivers between […]
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:‘Beauty Bias’ for Wildlife Among the Public and Researchers Could Jeopardize Conservation
When it comes to wildlife and plant conservation, “pretty privilege” is pervasive. Data shows that people put the bulk of their donation dollars toward supporting the animal kingdom’s most charismatic species, like elephants and tigers. While protecting these animals is crucial, less visually appealing critters like dull-colored rodents or drab lizards often get just a […]
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Europe’s lithium rush leaves mineral-rich communities in the dark
Local residents are seeking more information and want stronger guarantees that mining won’t harm the nature on which their incomes depend The post Europe’s lithium rush leaves mineral-rich communities in the dark appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:‘Significant’ risk of Amazon forest dieback if global warming overshoots 1.5C
Even passing 1.5C of global warming temporarily would trigger a “significant” risk of Amazon forest... The post ‘Significant’ risk of Amazon forest dieback if global warming overshoots 1.5C appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Chubb No Longer Insuring Gulf Coast LNG Project That Faces Sustained Opposition Over Health Concerns
The global insurance giant Chubb is no longer providing property insurance for a contested liquefied natural gas export project in southwest Louisiana, according to documents obtained by the Rainforest Action Network and shared with Inside Climate News. The Calcasieu Pass project, owned by LNG company Venture Global, has faced heavy opposition from residents in Cameron […]
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Fifteen Years After Largest U.S. Offshore Oil Spill, Researchers Reveal Most-Polluting Rigs
April 20 marked 15 years since BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, releasing 134 million gallons of oil off the coast of Louisiana in the country’s largest oil spill. Oil gushed for nearly three months, covering an area on the surface of the water the size of Oklahoma. The spill devastated fisheries, seabirds, turtles, whales and […]
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Republicans Attack Rules Designed to Keep Workers Safe From Heat
A warming climate exposes more and more workers to increasingly hotter conditions every year, yet soon after taking office, Donald Trump indefinitely froze a heat illness prevention rule proposed under the previous administration and gutted the only agency that studies workplace health and safety. And on Thursday, a little more than a week after a […]
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Decades-long mystery of ginger cats revealed
Researchers in Japan and US have unlocked the 60-year mystery of what gives cats their orange colour.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:China Briefing 15 May 2025: CO2 emissions fall; Drought affects food production; Climate diplomacy at CELAC
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate... The post China Briefing 15 May 2025: CO2 emissions fall; Drought affects food production; Climate diplomacy at CELAC appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Researchers Wanted to Understand Concerns With Batteries in Moss Landing, California. Their Funding Just Got Yanked
The Trump administration has canceled outright or is trying to cancel billions of dollars in federal grants for research about energy and the environment. Dustin Mulvaney, an environmental studies professor at San Jose State University, has the unfortunate distinction of being part of two federal grants canceled in the last month that deal with the […]
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Indigenous land disputes cloud Kenya’s carbon market ambitions
Two of Kenya’s biggest carbon credit projects are mired in controversy, clouding the country's hopes of raising climate finance from the offset market The post Indigenous land disputes cloud Kenya’s carbon market ambitions appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Factcheck: How the UK is – and is not – studying solar geoengineering
The UK government’s “high-risk” research funding agency last week announced that it will invest 57m... The post Factcheck: How the UK is – and is not – studying solar geoengineering appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Interview: What the people of China’s coal-rich Shanxi think about climate change
Shanxi province in northern China is the country’s largest coal producer, leaving its coal-reliant economy... The post Interview: What the people of China’s coal-rich Shanxi think about climate change appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Locals Oppose ‘Insane’ Plan to Sell 500,000 Acres of Public Lands for Housing in Nevada and Utah
For years, Nevada’s congressional delegation and leading Las Vegas officials have been pushing Congress to pass the Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act, which would allow tens of thousands of acres of public lands currently managed by the federal government to be sold at auction to cities and developers looking for space to expand. […]
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Wyoming Begins Exploring Voluntary Water Conservation Programs
In Cheyenne, Wyoming, one of the northernmost cities receiving Colorado River water, the state engineer and attorney general’s offices met with legislators on the select water committee last week to discuss ongoing Colorado River negotiations. Their message was clear: Wyoming must adapt to a future in which the river has an inadequate supply of water […]
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Lawyers Spar Over Whether Pennsylvania Agency Has Authority to Issue Carbon Allowances to Power Plants
Pennsylvania’s highest court heard arguments over whether the state’s proposed membership of an interstate agreement to curb carbon emissions from power plants is invalidated by being a tax not authorized by the legislature. Lawyers for the Department of Environmental Protection told the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in oral arguments on Tuesday that the agency has the […]
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:Toxic Cleanups in San Francisco Take More Than Four Years Longer in Communities of Color
This reporting was supported by a USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism data fellowship. Toxic site cleanups take longer in parts of San Francisco where fewer residents are white, a new data analysis from the San Francisco Public Press shows. The analysis also shows that a higher proportion of residents who are Black, Indigenous and […]
Published on: May 15, 2025 | Source:The Trump Administration Plans to Undo Standards on Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in the U.S. Drinking Water Supply
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced plans to rescind and postpone rules limiting “forever chemicals” in drinking water that were enacted under the Biden administration and designed to prevent millions of people from exposure to these persistent and dangerous contaminants. Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said the agency plans to issue […]
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Mosquito-borne killer disease threatens blackbirds
The disease has spread great distances, with scientists racing to understand the risks.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time
For the first time, the growth in China’s clean power generation has caused the nation’s... The post Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Congress Begins Repeal of Clean Energy Tax Credits With ‘Sledgehammer Approach’
Congress began tearing down the most consequential climate policy it had ever passed as torrents from a 1,000-mile-long atmospheric river lashed Washington, D.C. The worst impacts of Tuesday’s storm were far up the Potomac River. Any concerns about how the United States would grapple with the increasingly intense weather of a warming world receded to […]
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Rising emissions from farm equipment could ‘hinder’ China’s net-zero goals
Rapidly rising emissions from China’s agricultural machinery could “hinder” the country’s push to net-zero, according... The post Rising emissions from farm equipment could ‘hinder’ China’s net-zero goals appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Exceptionally low river levels raise fears over water supplies
The warning comes after some parts of the UK had the driest Spring in nearly a century.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:How the World’s Most Powerful Corporations Have Fought Accountability for Climate Change
A new report draws on decades of internal documents and court records to lay out how some of the world’s most powerful corporations misled the public about the dangers of climate change—and how their efforts to avoid responsibility for the harms caused by their products have evolved in recent years. The documents and records cited […]
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Guest post: More than 70% of adaptation plans for European cities are ‘inconsistent’
More than 70% of European cities are not adapting to climate change in a consistent... The post Guest post: More than 70% of adaptation plans for European cities are ‘inconsistent’ appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:USDA Staffing and Funding Cuts Would Threaten Virginia’s Ability to Reach Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals
Lee Good grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania and raises cows, calfs, crops and hay on about 200 acres in the foothills of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Good, 55, previously farmed as a hobby but now makes his living in Rockingham County, the top contributor to the state’s top private industry—agriculture. He cares about clean […]
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Property Rights Take Center Stage as Montana Grapples With Wind Development
Colstrip, in Rosebud County, Montana, sitting next door to the strip mines that feed it, remains the second-largest coal power plant in the American West, even after part of it was retired in 2019. But not long after that, Rosebud County also became the home of the biggest wind energy project in Montana. “When you […]
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Climate experts criticise handling of Tata changes
Ministers should have been better at planning and making sure green jobs were available, report says.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Wild chimpanzees filmed using forest 'first aid'
The research builds on the discovery that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Pharmaceutical Pollution Is Widespread Across the World’s Waterways
Many of the world’s waterways are awash with varying levels of pharmaceuticals, according to a wide body of research. These medical byproducts come from all different sources, including industrial dumping and agriculture. They can even come from our own waste; peoples’ bodies don’t absorb all the medication they take, so much of it ends up […]
Published on: May 13, 2025 | Source: