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Without debt relief, climate action will fail
Many Global South countries spend five times more on repaying debt than tackling climate change - governments meeting in Seville next month can stop this downward spiral The post Without debt relief, climate action will fail appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:
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Trump Aims to Fast Track Alabama Coal Build-Out, Citing US Need. Nearly All the Coal Is Bound for Export
BROOKWOOD, Ala.—The Trump administration has announced it will aim to fast track the permitting and environmental review of a major coal mine expansion in central Alabama as part of a larger effort to accelerate the construction of what the government has labeled “critical mineral” infrastructure. While administration officials said the change is aimed at “significantly […]
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Scientists Are Reviving Climate and Nature Research Efforts in the Wake of Trump Cuts
The first few months of the Trump administration have been marked by deep cuts to funding and staffing for scientific research. Among them: two major government reports that would have offered a pulse check for nature and climate in the country, and how changes could impact people and the economy. Now, scientists are resurrecting these […]
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Attenborough at 99 delivers 'greatest message he's ever told'
Sir David says his new film Ocean is one of the most important of his career.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:World’s Researchers Say They Will Resist Attacks on Science and Support Beleaguered U.S. Colleagues
VIENNA, Austria—The global science community promised late last Friday that it would rally around American researchers and rise to meet a well-documented wave of anti-science propaganda and disinformation that’s swamping global media and misguiding decision-making around topics like global warming, plastic pollution, agriculture and pandemics. Leaders of the largest Earth science organizations in the U.S. […]
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Michigan Researcher’s Work on Air Pollution and Racial Inequities Caught in Funding Freeze at National Science Foundation
For two years, Ember McCoy has been researching air quality and the gaps in data collection in neighborhoods in Southwest Detroit where mostly Black and Latino residents live. The project, part of McCoy’s doctorate work at University of Michigan, is suddenly at risk. The National Science Foundation, a major funder across the world for basic […]
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Solar squeeze: US tariffs threaten panel production and jobs in Thailand
Chinese solar companies turned Thailand into a solar module assembly hub. Now thousands of Thai workers are caught in a trade war between Washington and Beijing The post Solar squeeze: US tariffs threaten panel production and jobs in Thailand appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Invisible Deaths: As Climate Disasters Kill in Pakistan, the True Scale Is Unknown
When torrential rain in 2022 flooded Abdul Latif’s village in Badin, Pakistan, his roof caved in and he and his six children were forced to live on a road for a month without shelter, clean water or other basic necessities. Soon, his 3-year-old son fell sick with vomiting, diarrhea and a swollen abdomen. A government […]
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Proposed Cuts to Energy and Environment Programs in Trump’s Budget Worry Advocates and Elected Officials
Environmental and renewable energy advocates are not surprised to see their priorities skewered in President Donald Trump’s budget request. Their question now is whether enough Congressional Republicans will be willing to defend against deep cuts to energy and infrastructure spending. The fiscal-year 2026 budget, issued on Friday, would cut non-defense discretionary spending by $163 billion, […]
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Inspired N.C. Republicans Target Environmental Justice, Clean Energy Jobs and Programs
Conservative North Carolina lawmakers appear to be taking a cue from the Trump administration, proposing to slash more than 25 jobs and to eliminate key programs for environmental justice, environmental education and clean energy, state budget documents show. Those cuts alone would total nearly $736,000. Meanwhile, the Republican-held Environmental Management Commission would get its own […]
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:From Blight to Bright: Michigan Explores Solar Power on Brownfield Sites
Michigan has 24,000 known contaminated sites, a legacy of heavy manufacturing where industries carelessly discarded hazardous materials with minimal regulatory oversight. Taxpayers are often left to clean up these abandoned locations, known as brownfields, while the sheer volume of toxic sites has overwhelmed state regulators. With a little effort, these spaces can be more than […]
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:Asia’s fossil-free future demands real transformation – not a false transition
As it meets this week, the Asian Development Bank should stop supporting fossil gas as a "bridge" fuel and back renewable energy The post Asia’s fossil-free future demands real transformation – not a false transition appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: May 05, 2025 | Source:The Malayan Tiger Is at a Tipping Point, With Increasing Deaths of Both Native Populations and Big Cats
Travel funding for this project was provided by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. On a late afternoon in early October 2023, Pisie Amud, 25, took his blowpipe and left his house in the Indigenous Temiar settlement of Pos Pasik, in Malaysia. Amud’s two brothers had declined his invitation to accompany him, so he struck […]
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Scientists Map Where Orphan Wells Pose Threats to Aquifers
For the first time, scientists have mapped groundwater variables nationally to understand which aquifers are most vulnerable to contamination from orphan wells. Oil and gas wells with no active owner that are no longer producing and have not been plugged are considered orphan wells. These unplugged wells can create pathways for contaminants like hydrocarbons and […]
Published on: May 04, 2025 | Source:Climate Disaster Survivors Organize Across America, Turning Common Bonds of Loss Into Action
The flames took Erica Solove by surprise. It was the middle of winter in Colorado. Blizzards were to be expected. A fire? Not so much. Yet on Dec. 30, 2021, the Marshall Fire tore through the towns of Louisville and Superior in Boulder County, killing two people and destroying more than a thousand homes. Solove’s […]
Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source:Five Patagonian Lakes Are Rapidly Drying, Study Shows
Hidden between volcanic cones in the Patagonian Steppe lies Laguna Blanca, an oasis-like lake in an otherwise arid region. Home to black-neck swans, red-eyed silvery grebes and dark-spotted endemic frogs, the serene body of water is the main attraction of the Laguna Blanca National Park, a natural reserve in the Argentine Province of Neuquén. Over […]
Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source:How Massive Cuts to NOAA Could Impact Everything From Weather Apps to Agriculture to National Security
From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with journalist Abrahm Lustgarten, an editor covering climate at ProPublica. It is not an easy time to be a climate scientist. The Trump administration is slashing research funds. And on April 28, hundreds of scientists were dismissed from […]
Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source:'Unparalleled' snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times
Scientists hope to make a universal antivenom from the extraordinary blood of a man exposed to snake venom for decades.
Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source:Science meets shape-throwing in 'Dance your PhD' contest
Could you explain "insights into oral chemesthetic perception" using dance moves?
Published on: May 03, 2025 | Source:Trump Is Harming National Parks for Future Generations, Former NPS Director Warns
In 1976, Jonathan Jarvis began his career in the National Park Service beside a statue of Thomas Jefferson, working as a seasonal interpreter in Washington, D.C., to help visitors understand the historical and natural significance of parks in the nation’s capital. Over the next three decades, his roles within the NPS brought him across the […]
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:House Committee Offers Fossil Fuel Industry a ‘Once in a Generation’ Opportunity to Develop on Public Lands
Sacred Native American sites, public lands and undeveloped landscapes on and off shore are once again under threat from President Trump and congressional Republicans after the House Natural Resources Committee released draft legislation Friday that would make substantial changes to how fossil fuel companies doing, or hoping to do, business on public lands are regulated. […]
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Hawaii Sues Big Oil for Alleged Climate Deception After Trump Administration Tried to Block the Litigation
The state of Hawaii has joined an intensifying legal battle by states and communities across the country to try to hold large fossil fuel firms accountable for the damaging climate impacts of their products. Hawaii is the 10th state so far to take the fossil fuel industry to court over alleged climate deception. The state’s […]
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Sandeel fishing ban to remain in place
Sandeels are a vital source of food for seabirds that live along the UK coastline.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:How the political consensus on climate change has shattered
In 2019, the UK committed in law to reducing its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Now the political climate has changed.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:DeBriefed 2 May 2025: Iberian blackout; Tony Blair’s ‘clumsy’ comments; Trump’s ‘cascading’ impact on European climate science
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed.An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate... The post DeBriefed 2 May 2025: Iberian blackout; Tony Blair’s ‘clumsy’ comments; Trump’s ‘cascading’ impact on European climate science appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Forests taking longer to recover from severe ‘megafires’ since 2010
Forests around the world are taking longer to recover from severe wildfires – potentially indicating... The post Forests taking longer to recover from severe ‘megafires’ since 2010 appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Vacancy: Three-week summer journalism internship at Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief is offering an exciting opportunity for students, or recent graduates, to work with... The post Vacancy: Three-week summer journalism internship at Carbon Brief appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Can this lynx born in a zoo learn to live in the wild?
It has been moved to Germany's Black Forest in preparation for its release
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:California Toxic Algal Bloom Blamed for Months-long Marine Life Poisoning
Inside the Marine Mammal Care Center in Los Angeles, more than 80 sea lions and seals lounge lethargically in outdoor fenced-in pens or paddle in small pools. Some bark and moan. Many of the sea lions noticeably stare into space or crane their necks so that their whiskers point to the sky. “Stargazing” is what […]
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Inside Climate News Series Is a Scripps Howard Finalist
An Inside Climate News investigation into the wide-ranging environmental and human rights consequences of a little-known international arbitration system is a finalist in the Scripps Howard Journalism Awards. “Cashing Out,” reported by Katie Surma and Nicholas Kusnetz, showed how investor-state dispute settlement lets companies doing business outside their own country stymie efforts to regulate them—and […]
Published on: May 02, 2025 | Source:Lynx could be first UK zoo-born cat freed into the wild
It has been moved to Germany's Black Forest in preparation for its release
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:An Insurance Crisis Compounded by Climate Change Threatens the Broader U.S. Economy
A trifecta of crises—accelerating climate change, a scarcity of affordable housing and escalating insurance rates—are threatening the one place where people usually feel secure: their homes. “The cost of property insurance was a topic most people ignored, but it’s now a kitchen table economic issue for many families, and a risk factor for the housing […]
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Ignoring Federal Law, House GOP Targets California’s Nation-Leading Vehicle Pollution Rules
On a warm July morning in 1943, in the middle of World War II, a thick cloud of acrid smoke blanketed downtown Los Angeles, turning its clear blue skies into an inscrutable brown haze that left Angelenos with burning eyes, noses and throats. The aerial assault was so intense it sparked rumors of chemical warfare […]
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:EPA Funding Cuts Target Disadvantaged Communities, Analysis Shows
As the nation marked the 55th anniversary of the environmental movement on Earth Day, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin declared a renewed commitment to “clean air, land and water for all Americans.” But as he spoke, the EPA was choking off the funds that had promised to bring clean drinking water to a rural […]
Published on: May 01, 2025 | Source:Guest post: How climate science is – and is not – shaping adaptation planning in southern Africa
Climate science is a key tool for governments tasked with preparing citizens and infrastructure for... The post Guest post: How climate science is – and is not – shaping adaptation planning in southern Africa appeared first on Carbon Brief.
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