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What are the risks of bombing Iran's nuclear sites?
Destroying Iran's stores of enriched uranium would bring danger for people nearby but not trigger another Chernobyl.
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:
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Searching for Hidden Fungi in the Sonoran Desert
SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.—As the sprawl of homes begins to dissipate on the outskirts of Tucson, forests of saguaro cacti rise in its place, their arms twisting and twirling as if waving a welcome to the Sonoran desert. Fields of prickly pears and cholla cactuses, blooming creosote bushes and green-limbed palo verde trees spread beneath […]
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:In California, a Push to Decommission Gas Lines in Low-Income Neighborhoods Moves Forward
In Richmond, California, Zenaida Gomez is ready to say goodbye to the gas stove in the apartment she has rented for over a decade. She has a hunch that the pollution it emits is exacerbating her 10-year-old son’s asthma attacks, and she has heard from public health experts and doctors who’ve said it probably is. […]
Published on: June 22, 2025 | Source:The Ecofeminist Movement Is Surging. Here’s What Its Advocates Want
It was an audacious moment. During a recent government hearing, allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro berated Brazil’s environment and climate minister, telling Marina Silva she was “hindering our country’s development,” didn’t deserve respect and should “know your place.” “You just want me to be a submissive woman,” Silva replied. “But I am not.” A […]
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Scientists’ Letter Urges Brazil’s President Lula to Reject New Amazon and Offshore Drilling
Citing the global increase of heatwaves, mega-fires, floods and mass climate-driven displacement, a group of 250 scientists this week asked Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to champion “a fast, fair, effective, and full phaseout of fossil fuels” in the lead-up to the COP30 climate talks later this year in Brazil. “As we rapidly […]
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Alabama Environmental Groups Secure Rare Win in Fight to Update Water Toxicity Standards
Alabama environmental regulators have agreed to update standards used to limit the amounts of 12 toxic and carcinogenic substances in the state’s waterways, a move that clean water advocates say will help protect those who fish and swim in Alabama’s rivers. Seven Alabama environmental groups petitioned the state’s Environmental Management Commission to update those standards […]
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:King's Midwinter message to Antarctic researchers
King Charles is the first monarch to take part in the annual BBC broadcast, which sends a morale-raising message to scientists on remote research bases.
Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source:Guest post: How solar panels and batteries can now run ‘close to 24/365’ in some cities
A few years ago, solar power became the “cheapest electricity in history”, but it still... The post Guest post: How solar panels and batteries can now run ‘close to 24/365’ in some cities appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Ground Source Heat Pump Manufacturers Urge Senators to Preserve Geothermal Tax Credits
Ground source heat pumps, a small but growing segment of the U.S. heating and cooling sector, could help slash energy demands, boost American manufacturing and stabilize the electric grid as AI-fueled power demands soar. That is the argument that executives whose companies manufacture the devices are making to their senators after the Senate’s draft of […]
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Why Is the U.S. Proposing Protections for an Animal That Doesn’t Live Here?
Earlier this week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing seven species of pangolins—scaly, armadillo-like creatures found in Asia and Africa—as endangered. But why would a species that doesn’t live in the country need protections under America’s Endangered Species Act? Pangolins are widely believed to be the most heavily trafficked mammal in the global […]
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:How ‘sophisticated’ climate misinformation gets to the heart of power
The fossil fuel industry and right-wing populists are increasingly targeting key policy-makers through backdoor channels, according to a new report The post How ‘sophisticated’ climate misinformation gets to the heart of power appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Can Solar and Geothermal Energy Help a Church and Its Neighbors Wean Off Fossil Fuels?
SALEM, Mass.—One of the most ambitious clean energy projects under consideration in this state started after a nasty surprise. In December 2022, utility provider National Grid informed Rev. Nathan Ives of the St. Peter’s-San Pedro Episcopal Church in Salem that they had the right to change the building’s gas meter. “The bill went from a […]
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Brazil: Let’s deliver on our old climate promises before making new ones
The COP30 Presidency wants to focus on implementing the agreed response to the 2023 Global Stocktake including transitioning away from fossil fuels The post Brazil: Let’s deliver on our old climate promises before making new ones appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source:Plastic bag bans and fees curb US shoreline litter, study suggests
Shoreline litter data research shows policies caused a relative decrease in the percentage of plastic bags.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:How a Data Center Company Uses Stranded Renewable Energy
John Belizaire says he has a secret hiding in plain sight. But before revealing it, the CEO of Soluna, a green data center development firm headquartered in Albany, New York, asks people to picture the last time they drove through a gusty stretch of countryside and saw wind turbines in the distance. But when they […]
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Guest post: How the world’s rivers are releasing billions of tonnes of ‘ancient’ carbon
The perception of how the land surface releases carbon dioxide (CO2) typically conjures up images... The post Guest post: How the world’s rivers are releasing billions of tonnes of ‘ancient’ carbon appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:As Wildfires Increase, NJ Considers the Impact on Public Health
The Jones Road fire in New Jersey scorched 15,300 acres for nearly three weeks this spring. Its sickly orange haze vanished hours after the blaze was doused, but a stench from the blackened landscape, including parts of the Pine Barrens, lingered for days. New Jersey public health experts now are trying to understand what, if […]
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Pollution, Not Drought, Prompts Lawn-Watering Ban in Des Moines
Right before a sweltering weekend in Iowa, the water authority for the Des Moines metro area banned its 600,000 customers from watering their lawns. Though that’s a water conservation practice familiar to residents of drought-stricken states, the Iowa ban isn’t about water scarcity. Instead, it’s due to near-record levels of pollution in the area’s waterways […]
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Juneteenth and Its Role in Environmental Justice—for All
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with the Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, pastor of New Roots African Methodist Episcopal Church in Dorchester, Massachusetts. White-Hammond is also the former chief of environment, energy and open spaces for the city of Boston. The federal holiday Juneteenth […]
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Huge Roman 'jigsaw' reveals 2,000-year-old wall paintings
Thousands of fragments of plaster are pieced together to reveal frescos from a Roman London villa.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:Three years left to limit warming to 1.5C, leading scientists warn
The Earth could be doomed to breach a key climate target in as little as three years, scientists warn.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:USGS Touts Potential Oil and Gas Resources Beneath Public Lands in Updated Survey
The United States Geological Survey released a report on Wednesday showing vast quantities of undiscovered oil and gas resources beneath public lands. The analysis comes as Republicans in Congress try to sell up to 3.2 million acres for development. According to the agency, there could be 29.4 billion barrels of oil, 391.6 trillion cubic feet […]
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:An Alabama City Recommends Changing Its Laws to Accommodate One of the Country’s Largest Proposed Data Centers
BESSEMER, Ala.—When a representative for a hotly contested development began to speak inside City Hall here Tuesday evening, the lights went out. A packed room of zoning commissioners and upset residents groaned, already on edge from the issue at hand: consideration of a proposal to construct a massive data center in a rural Birmingham suburb. […]
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Guest post: Why 2024’s global temperatures were unprecedented, but not surprising
Human-caused greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2024 continued to drive global warming to record levels.... The post Guest post: Why 2024’s global temperatures were unprecedented, but not surprising appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:At UN Ocean Conference, Nations and Funders Seek to Create and Expand Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas
NICE, France—Resolute about their efforts to protect 30 percent of the Earth’s global ocean by 2030, world leaders agreed to sweeping but nonbinding commitments at last week’s United Nations Ocean Conference to designate vast stretches of their territorial waters as marine protected areas. These areas would cover hundreds to millions of square ocean miles and […]
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:A National Quest for Uranium Comes to Remote Western Alaska, Raising Fears in a Nearby Village
This story was published in partnership with Northern Journal and is the second in a two-story series. ELIM, Alaska—Daylight was waning as Beverly Nakarak opened the throttle of her snowmachine and sped across a flat, white expanse dotted with stunted spruce trees. Her destination: the mouth of the Tubutulik River, a favorite ice-fishing spot about […]
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Cropped 18 June 2025: High Seas Treaty ratifications; Ocean warming woes; Brazilian deforestation ‘surges’
We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food... The post Cropped 18 June 2025: High Seas Treaty ratifications; Ocean warming woes; Brazilian deforestation ‘surges’ appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Staple crops yields face ‘substantial losses’ in warming world – even with adaptation
Average global yields of six staple crops could fall by more than 11% under a... The post Staple crops yields face ‘substantial losses’ in warming world – even with adaptation appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Is the world’s big idea for greener air travel a flight of fancy?
Suspicions of fraud, ‘ridiculous’ data and a dearth of supplies - our investigation exposes the flaws in the airline industry’s big green hope: sustainable aviation fuel The post Is the world’s big idea for greener air travel a flight of fancy? appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Air travel’s ‘holy grail’: Jet fuel made from CO2 and water prepares for take-off
Synthetic jet fuel companies think they have the answer to tackling aviation emissions despite concerns about the cost of producing energy-hungry e-SAF The post Air travel’s ‘holy grail’: Jet fuel made from CO2 and water prepares for take-off appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Brazilian firm behind SAF plan found growing oil palm on deforested Amazon land
Discovery of illegal palm crops comes as Grupo BBF grapples with financial problems sparked by warnings over its human rights record The post Brazilian firm behind SAF plan found growing oil palm on deforested Amazon land appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Workers and grassroots groups push Just Transition agenda at Bonn climate talks
Social movements want justice placed at the heart of national climate planning, and a new global mechanism to support worker and community-led transitions The post Workers and grassroots groups push Just Transition agenda at Bonn climate talks appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Sharks and oysters set to thrive in warmer UK waters
Climate change will benefit basking sharks in the UK but creatures like the longest living animal may struggle.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Air Pollution Is ‘Keeping Kids Out of School’ in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County, Study Shows
In 2020, Dr. Deborah Gentile helped lead a study that showed children living near major sources of industrial pollution in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County were diagnosed with asthma at triple the national rate—and quadruple for African American children. Among the students with asthma in the study, 59 percent suffered from uncontrolled symptoms. Now Gentile, a pediatric […]
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:US Labor Advocates Demand Heat Protections for Workers as Planet Warms
A father died last summer. His son sat on the porch with a baseball glove waiting for a game he never got to play. The man didn’t die in a fire or a fall from a scaffold. He collapsed under the sun on a job site with no shade, no breaks and no water. “This […]
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