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Experts Slam Chesapeake Bay Draft Plan Over Lack of Pollution Targets and Accountability
The newest draft of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement lacks meaningful pollution reduction targets and allows states to evade legal accountability, according to concerned environmental advocates and experts who have reviewed the document. Released for public comment on July 1, the current draft is intended to chart the future course of bay restoration efforts beyond […]
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:
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Mission begins to save snails threatened by own beauty
Researchers in Cuba and the UK are working together to reveal the biological secrets of the beautiful but endangered Polymita snail.
Published on: August 04, 2025 | Source:Russian volcano erupts for first time in more than 500 years
The eruption of a volcano in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula may be linked to a massive earthquake last week, experts say.
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Sweden, an Early Climate Leader, Is Retreating From Its Environmental Commitments, Part of an EU Trend
Five years after the European Union vowed to lead the creation of the “first climate neutral continent” by 2050, and pledged at least a trillion euros to that effort, a long list of organizations, companies and agencies are accusing the EU of rolling back its European Green Deal with deregulation. Controversial proposals also include carbon […]
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Virginia’s Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Embraces Renewables, Natural Gas and Community Planning for Data Centers
Former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger is campaigning for Virginia’s governor’s race on an energy platform that supports robust renewable development and continued use, as needed, of natural gas. The former Democratic lawmaker also aims to make energy-reliant data centers pay for upgrades to the electrical grid. Spanberger represented the 7th Congressional District outside Washington, D.C., from […]
Published on: August 03, 2025 | Source:Melting glaciers threaten to wipe out European villages - is the steep cost to protect them worth it?
Switzerland spends almost $500m a year on protective structures. Is it worth it - or, as some suggest, should people move away from the mountain villages at risk?
Published on: August 02, 2025 | Source:Marine Tourism in Mexico Remains Damaging to Wildlife Despite Regulations, Research Finds
Every December, hundreds of humpback whales arrive at Bahía de Banderas, a warm and turquoise bay nestled along Mexico’s western coast, right where the states of Jalisco and Nayarit meet. Following a long voyage from the cold seas of Alaska, the whales mate, give birth and nurture their calves in the bay before heading back […]
Published on: August 02, 2025 | Source:The Tricky Problem of ‘Zombie’ Fires
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with Patrick Louchouarn, a professor of Earth sciences at The Ohio State University. Wildfire season in Canada is raging, with around 14 million acres in the country already scorched this year, degrading air quality as far downwind […]
Published on: August 02, 2025 | Source:Troubling Scenes From an Arctic in Full-Tilt Crisis
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The Arctic island of Svalbard is so reliably frigid that humanity bet its future on the place. Since 2008, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault—set deep in frozen soil known as permafrost—has accepted nearly 1.4 million samples of more than 6,000 species […]
Published on: August 02, 2025 | Source:BLM Calls New Oil and Gas Rules ‘Noncontroversial,’ Exempts Them From Public Comment
The Bureau of Land Management implemented four rules today that create more leeway for oil and gas companies wanting to drill on public lands, as required by the spending bill President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress passed in July. But voters will not have a chance to comment on two of the rules. Lands […]
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Amid logistics crunch, UN committee pressures Brazil for urgent COP30 solutions
Anger is mounting about sky-high hotel prices and a lack of rooms in Belém, sparking calls for the summit to be moved from the Amazon to a bigger Brazilian city The post Amid logistics crunch, UN committee pressures Brazil for urgent COP30 solutions appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:ICJ ruling expected to shape US climate lawsuits in defiance of Trump
The US administration's efforts to roll back policies on clean energy and emissions cuts go against the top court's opinion, which could be used by lawyers to fight back The post ICJ ruling expected to shape US climate lawsuits in defiance of Trump appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:Private Companies Step up to Gather Weather Data for NOAA as Staffing Cuts Hobble Agency Forecasting
When staffing shortages caused the National Weather Service (NWS) to suspend weather balloon launches at its Kotzebue, Alaska, station earlier this year, a startup deploying next-generation weather balloons, WindBorne Systems, stepped up to fill the void. The company began selling its western Alaskan atmospheric data to the NWS in February, plugging what could have been […]
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:In Rural Puerto Rico, Water Systems Depend on Volunteers—and Threatened Federal Grants
In Puerto Rico’s most rural municipalities, residents are often not connected to the main water system. The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) owns and operates 95 percent of the public water supply and wastewater systems in the archipelago, but rural residents must rely on smaller aqueduct systems for their potable water. Unpaid community […]
Published on: August 01, 2025 | Source:EPA Delays Compliance with Methane Rule, Fulfilling Oil and Gas Industry’s Request
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday published a rule extending deadlines for the oil and natural gas industry to limit emissions of methane and other harmful pollutants. In an emailed statement, a representative for the EPA said that the move—which was signed on Monday—represented “an important step in unleashing the Nation’s domestic energy supply by […]
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:Top UN court paves way to lawsuits over inadequate climate finance
The International Court of Justice has advised that the level of climate finance given to developing countries must be compatible with limiting global warming to 1.5C The post Top UN court paves way to lawsuits over inadequate climate finance appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:IEA: Renewables will be world’s top power source ‘by 2026’
Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity “by 2026... The post IEA: Renewables will be world’s top power source ‘by 2026’ appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:Solar and Batteries Lead US Power Plant Additions by a Lot. How Does This Square With the Trump Administration’s Agenda?
The United States added 22,332 megawatts of power plant capacity in the first half of this year, and the vast majority of it was utility-scale solar, batteries and onshore wind. Natural gas was next, and there was zero new coal or nuclear, according to the Energy Information Administration. Through 2030, the U.S. energy landscape looks […]
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:The Biggest US LNG Exporter Is Claiming a Massive Tax Credit for Using Its Cargo as an ‘Alternative’ Fuel
Liquefied natural gas vessels are fueled by their cargo—they’re built specifically to make use of the gas boiling off from their tanks. But Cheniere Energy, the largest U.S. exporter of LNG, is seeking “alternative fuel” tax credits for that. The claim has baffled shipping experts, because what Cheniere Energy is doing isn’t, in any real […]
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:New York Climate Activists Are a Key Part of Zohran Mamdani’s Mayoral Campaign
NEW YORK—For 16 hours on primary election day in June, Michael Magazine, a Sunrise Movement climate activist, stood outside George Washington Carver Elementary School in Brooklyn, urging anyone he could to rank Zohran Mamdani as a choice for mayor in the Democratic primary. Between conversations with City Council District 41 voters, he checked his heat-index […]
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:'Communities' of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean
A Chinese-led research team captures pictures of life at depths of more than 9km in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:Climate Scientists Look to Fight Back Against DOE’s ‘Antiscientific,’ ‘Deceptive’ Climate Report
Several top climate scientists are weighing how to respond to a new climate report issued by the Trump administration that they are calling “deceptive,” “cherry-picked,” and “antiscientific.” The U.S. Department of Energy released a 150-page report Tuesday titled “A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate,” which argues that human-caused […]
Published on: July 31, 2025 | Source:Hundreds of Old EV Batteries Have New Jobs in Texas: Stabilizing the Grid
East of San Antonio in Bexar County, 500 electric vehicle batteries at the end of their automotive lives will soon be repurposed to provide energy storage for Texas’ electric grid, a California company, B2U Storage Solutions, announced on Tuesday. The batteries, housed in 21 cabinets the size of shipping containers, create a second life for […]
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:Why did Russian mega earthquake not cause more tsunami damage?
The earthquake was one of the strongest ever recorded, but its tsunami was not as bad as feared.
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:Analysis: Trump’s tariffs could cut just 0.3% from global CO2 emissions in 2025
US president Donald Trump’s tariffs might only shave 0.3% off global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions... The post Analysis: Trump’s tariffs could cut just 0.3% from global CO2 emissions in 2025 appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:Climate change could make ‘droughts’ for wind power 15% longer, study says
Extreme “wind droughts” that reduce power output from turbines for extended periods could become 15%... The post Climate change could make ‘droughts’ for wind power 15% longer, study says appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:PR firm working for Shell wins COP30 media contract
As calls grow to keep fossil fuel influence out of UN climate talks, campaigners say Edelman’s partnership with the oil and gas major raises an alarming conflict of interest The post PR firm working for Shell wins COP30 media contract appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:UN Human Rights Experts and Scientists Urge Brazil’s President to Veto a Law That Would Cut Environmental Reviews
Independent experts with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday publicly called on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil to veto parts of a new law that would carve giant loopholes in the country’s environmental regulations. The expert group of independent human rights rapporteurs said the law would roll back environmental protections, […]
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:Illinois’ Governor Has Led on Climate Policy. Here’s How Experts Assess His Work So Far
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who announced last month that he’s running for a third term in 2026, has been outspoken in challenging the Democratic Party to do as he does: loudly criticize the Trump administration on its reversal of some long-held policies and values. His approach to climate is in keeping with this attitude—though critics […]
Published on: July 30, 2025 | Source:Why plane turbulence is becoming more frequent - and more severe
Flights are getting bumpier, thanks in part to climate change. But new studies are looking into innovative potential ways to turbulence-proof wings - using AI and owls
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Why plane turbulence is really becoming more frequent - and more severe
Flights are getting bumpier, thanks in part to climate change. But new studies are looking into innovative potential ways to turbulence-proof wings - using AI and owls
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Capped Alabama Coal Ash Pond Still Polluting Groundwater 7 Years After Closure, Lawsuit Claims
GADSDEN, Ala.—The coal ash lagoon at Alabama Power’s Plant Gadsden was supposed to be a model for how to close ash ponds by covering them in place, a process utilities insisted would protect human health and the environment from toxic contaminants in the ash. Now, groundwater monitoring data and a federal lawsuit are challenging that […]
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:EPA Rescinds Finding That Greenhouse Gas Emissions Harm Human Health, Hobbling U.S. Climate Action
At an automobile dealership in Indianapolis on Tuesday, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans to rescind the science-backed 2009 determination that greenhouse gas emissions harm human health and the environment. Scientists, environmental policy experts and climate groups warn that revoking that decision will lead to dirtier air across America, and conflicts with the […]
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:Will ‘The Power Bill Reduction Act’ Make Electric Bills Go Down or Up in N.C.?
Duke Energy can now backslide on its legally mandated carbon emissions reductions, offload a greater share of fuel costs to residential customers and charge ratepayers for financing costs of planned new power plants even if they’re never built. On Tuesday the North Carolina House and Senate overrode Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s veto of Senate Bill […]
Published on: July 29, 2025 | Source:New Brazil development law risks Amazon deforestation, UN expert warns
A new environmental licensing law has been criticised by environmentalists as Brazil prepares for COP30.
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