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Canada's top candidates talk up fossil fuels as climate slips down agenda
Amid tariff threats from the US, energy and economic security are key issues in Canada's federal election.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:
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Climate Leaders Warn About Potential Trump Action Against Environmental Groups
Leading climate action advocates spoke out Monday against anticipated moves by President Donald Trump’s administration to strip the nonprofit status of groups who have been at the front line of the fight against its rollbacks of environmental protection. At a news conference, former Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat who led his state to pass […]
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:EPA Administrator Defends Sweeping Grant Terminations Amid Legal Blowback
WASHINGTON—EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Monday defended his agency’s abrupt cancellation of billions of dollars in federal clean energy and environmental justice grants, insisting the EPA retains discretion to terminate awards despite a federal court ruling that sharply questioned the legal basis for the move. Facing mounting scrutiny, Zeldin held a press conference ahead of […]
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:‘The Earth Loses a Defender’: Pope Francis Fought for the Poor and the Planet
Pope Francis’ care for the environment was telegraphed early in his papacy. His chosen name honored St. Francis, the Italian friar who proclaimed “Praise God for all his creatures.” As pope, Francis called for immediate action on climate change and exhorted the world’s Catholics to “better recognize the ecological commitments which stem from our convictions.” […]
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:What is Earth Day and what has it achieved?
The worldwide event aims to raise awareness about the need to protect the environment.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:National Park Units Dot America’s Most Endangered Rivers List
National Parks Traveler is a nonprofit news organization focused on dailyeditorial coverage of national parks and protected places. Stay atop their coverage by signing up for theirweekly newsletter. Creeks, streams, and rivers provide a sense of place, a grounding at times, an identity for surrounding communities. They provide a recreational outlet, and can provide food, […]
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Rights of Nature Defender Wins Goldman Prize for Precedent-Setting Work Protecting an Imperiled River
Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari, an Indigenous Kukama leader from the Peruvian Amazon, has been awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for her decades-long fight to protect the Marañón River, home to her peoples’ ancestors and a lifesource for rainforest ecosystems that keep the world livable. The award, announced Monday, recognizes her leadership in advancing the […]
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Could an almighty eruption destroy a dreamy Greek island?
Scientists are investigating for the first time how dangerous the island's next big one could be.
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:Listening for Whale Sounds 1,000 feet Deep in the Antarctic Ocean
GERLACHE STRAIT, Antarctica—The steel gray sea mirrored the overcast sky as Heidi Ahonen buckled her life jacket over her red waterproof coat. In just a few minutes she would jet out on a small inflatable zodiac boat in search of an underwater recording device she hoped to retrieve from more than 1,000 feet below the […]
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:Oldest serving US astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday
A capsule with Don Pettit and his two Russian crewmates lands in Kazakhstan after a space station mission.
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:Trump Administration Severs ‘Lifeline’ for Families Struggling to Pay Utility Bills
As a particularly cold winter sputters to an end, Pennsylvania’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps residents pay their heating bills, closed on Friday—several weeks earlier than expected. Funding for LIHEAP has dried up because federal workers who administer the program were recently laid off by the Trump administration, said Elizabeth Marx, the […]
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:Surviving the Thaw: Greenland’s Inuit Grapple with Their Melting World
This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org. The suicide and crisis helpline in Greenland can be reached at +299 80 11 80 or SMS: […]
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:What You Need to Know About Geothermal Heating and Cooling
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with Inside Climate News reporter Phil McKenna. One sign of hope for the climate crisis may be geothermal energy. You may have heard about deep geothermal, like the plants in Iceland that typically involve wells up to […]
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:National Park and Forest Service Staffing Levels Have Been Dramatically Reduced
America’s 34th annual National Parks Week will feature dramatically scaled back staffing and services at national parks and forests following weeks of slashing by the Trump Administration. Friday, the day before parks week begins, was the Trump administration’s deadline for federal employees to voluntarily resign in exchange for paid leave—an offer that was overturned and […]
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Trump May Target Environmental Nonprofits in Executive Orders Expected on Earth Day
Environmental groups across the country are battening down the hatches in preparation for what could be an Earth Day onslaught. Sources in Washington, including within the Department of Justice and on Capitol Hill, have told Inside Climate News that White House officials are preparing various executive orders on environmental issues, possibly to be announced on […]
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Trump May Target Environmental Nonprofits in Executive Orders
Environmental groups across the country are battening down the hatches in preparation for new executive orders from President Donald Trump. Sources in Washington, including within the Department of Justice and on Capitol Hill, have told Inside Climate News that White House officials are preparing executive orders on environmental issues. One order, they say, would target […]
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Oak Flat is Sacred to Western Apache. The Trump Administration Intends to Approve a Plan to Destroy It
The Trump administration on Wednesday signaled it intends to approve a land transfer that will allow a foreign company to mine a sacred Indigenous site in Arizona, where local tribes and environmentalists have fought the project for decades and before federal courts rule on lawsuits over the project. Western Apache have gathered at Oak Flat, […]
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Urban Parks Can Support People and Biodiversity—if They Are Designed With Both in Mind
Research shows that parks are crucial for supporting city dwellers—people or the surprising abundance of animals that inhabit urban wildlands. However, designing parks with both in mind can be a tall task. Bright lights are good for human safety, but can be disruptive to insect populations. Tall grass provides habitat for pollinators and mammals, though […]
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:As EPA Rolls Back Regulations for Large Industrial Polluters, It Finds a New Target: A Two-Person Geoengineering Startup
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is demanding information from a small geoengineering startup company it says is launching pollution into the air. The EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation submitted a demand for information to Make Sunsets, which launches balloons filled with sulfur dioxide (SO2) into the atmosphere in an attempt to lower the planet’s […]
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Shipping’s climate deal sets up battle over pollution calculations for gas and biofuels
The IMO will set emissions intensity levels for different fuels that decide how ship owners will be rewarded or penalised for using them in new green push The post Shipping’s climate deal sets up battle over pollution calculations for gas and biofuels appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Federal Judge Orders Florida to Address Pollution That Led to Manatee Deaths
The state of Florida is in violation of the Endangered Species Act and must develop a plan for addressing the pollution that led in recent years to an unprecedented die-off of manatees, a federal judge has ruled. The litigation is centered on state wastewater discharge regulations that have failed to control nutrient pollution in the […]
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Trump Administration Halts Construction on New York Offshore Wind Project
The buildout of renewable energy projects in downstate New York—the region that includes the Hudson Valley and below—is often complicated. The space for these projects is limited, particularly in New York City, and they’re often expensive. Though an approach of smaller battery storage and solar projects could inch the state closer to its ambitious renewable […]
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:Project to suck carbon out of sea begins in UK
A pilot project will test whether it is a useful way of fighting climate change.
Published on: April 18, 2025 | Source:A Father of Environmental Justice Rebukes Sierra Club, Ben Jealous Over Treatment of Black Alabamians
SHILOH COMMUNITY, Ala.—The promises, like the floodwaters, have come in waves. Over the years, Pastor Timothy Williams, a resident of the Shiloh Community in south Alabama, has led more politicians and environmental leaders on neighborhood tours than he can count. At every turn, he said Thursday, one man has been there for it all: Dr. […]
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:How the Trump Administration’s Interpretation of One Word—‘Harm’—Could Gut Habitat Protections for Endangered Species
The Trump administration proposed a new rule Wednesday that would rescind widespread habitat protections for species protected under the Endangered Species Act, a landmark law enacted in 1973 to conserve the country’s imperiled animals and plants. That would open the door for developments across the country to be approved even if they significantly disrupt critical […]
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Congo’s deadly rains predicted to occur every two years in a warming world
After floods devastate the DRC's capital, scientists say climate change is making heavier rains more likely and call for better data to help prepare The post Congo’s deadly rains predicted to occur every two years in a warming world appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:China Briefing 17 April 2025: US-China tariff war; AI and data centres; Coal construction ‘till 2027’
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate... The post China Briefing 17 April 2025: US-China tariff war; AI and data centres; Coal construction ‘till 2027’ appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:DeBriefed 17 April 2025: India and Pakistan heat ‘tests human limits’; UK steel crisis sparks net-zero attack; Why Nigerian households are turning to solar
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed.An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate... The post DeBriefed 17 April 2025: India and Pakistan heat ‘tests human limits’; UK steel crisis sparks net-zero attack; Why Nigerian households are turning to solar appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:EV Sales Are Up in the US, But Tariffs Are a Storm Cloud for an Industry That Craves Stability
It’s a rough time to be in the automobile industry. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are punching holes in plans that took years to develop regarding global supply chains and managing the long-term shift to electric vehicles. And then, on April 14, Trump suggested he might pause a 25 percent tariff on imported cars that took […]
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Scientists find 'strongest evidence yet' of life on distant planet
Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Sen. Bernie Sanders Brings His Fighting Oligarchy Tour to Conservative Rural California Districts
FOLSOM, Calif.—On a warm, sunny afternoon in a conservative rural California district, thousands of people lined up in the town of Folsom looking for inspiration, leadership and hope from an unconventional politician who has dedicated his career to fighting for working people. Some lived in Folsom, a suburb of Sacramento made famous by Johnny Cash’s […]
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Australia opposition leader clarifies he believes in climate change after debate
Peter Dutton is facing outrage after comments he made on climate change during an election debate.
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:The truth about life on other planets - and what it means for humans
Could discoveries of alien life ever change the human psyche in how we view ourselves and each other?
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:More Than 60 Power Plants Exempted From Federal Mercury Limits
Included in the Trump administration’s order last week to boost the coal industry was a two-year exemption to a rule that would have forced some of the nation’s most polluting power plants to reduce emissions of mercury and other air toxics. The ramifications of this exemption are beginning to sink in for people across the […]
Published on: April 17, 2025 | Source:Half the World’s People Depend on Rice. New Research Says Climate Change Will Make it Toxic
Rice, the world’s most consumed grain, will become increasingly toxic as the atmosphere heats and as carbon dioxide emissions rise, potentially putting billions of people at risk of cancers and other diseases, according to new research published Wednesday in The Lancet. Eaten every day by billions of people and grown across the globe, rice is […]
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source: