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Warning after millions of bees escape overturned truck in US

Master bee-keepers are called to the scene after a truck containing 70,000 pounds of active honey bee hives flipped over. [...]

After 15 years, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court blocks road upgrade in national park

COLOMBO — After a 15-year long legal battle, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has put a stop to a controversial road construction project extending from Puttalam in the North West to Northern [...]

Valmik Thapar, India’s tiger man, died on May 31st, aged 73

For Valmik Thapar, the tiger was never just a symbol of wild India. It was a living, breathing force—majestic, imperiled, and, to him, essential. His death on May 31, 2025 [...]

Derek Pomeroy, a leading figure in Ugandan ornithology died on May 30th, aged 90

If Derek Pomeroy said to meet him at 7am, you were expected to be there by exactly 7am—not a minute later. Punctuality was not just a preference; it was a [...]

Hawaiʻi makes history as first state to charge tourists to save environment

A Hawaiʻi vacation will cost you more in the near future thanks to a new “green fee” that the governor signed into law this week. [...]

What is ecocide and could it become a crime under international law?

Classing grievous acts of environmental harm as crimes against peace may hold states and corporations to accountFrom the legend of the Romans’ salting of the fields of Carthage, to Iraq’s [...]

As Chicagoans Brace for Higher Water Bills, Groups Push for Affordability Reforms

On Sunday Chicagoans will face another spike in their water bills after seeing rates more than double over the past 15 years. The latest increase—4 percent—comes as environmental justice groups [...]

How Pittsburgh’s Alcoa Is Undermining a Rare Forest To Fuel Its Global Aluminum Empire

This story was originally published by PublicSource, a nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region, and supported by the Pulitzer Center. For more of its journalism, visit publicsource.org. It took four Noongar [...]

Country diary: A paradise inside four walls

Tiverton, Devon: On days like this, there’s no finer place to be than in a walled garden, and this one is bursting with gooseberries, beans and buttercupsAny garden is a [...]

‘Like touching climate change’: glaciers reveal records of the way the world was

Scientists drill for ice cores containing information on preindustrial pollutants, but they are in a race against timeHowling wind relentlessly shakes the white tent, pitched among mounds of snow at [...]

Astronauts in space for nine months didn't know if they would 'be able to make it back'

Nasa pair Butch and Suni tell the BBC they feared being unable to get home when they failed to dock on the ISS. [...]

U.S. Steel Is a Major Source of Pollution in Pennsylvania. Will Its Sale Lock in Emissions for Another Generation?

President Donald Trump returned to western Pennsylvania Friday to announce an ending to the months-long saga to decide who would own the Pittsburgh-based steelmaking company U.S. Steel.  But even as [...]

Trump Executive Orders Violate Young People’s Rights to a Stable Climate, a Lawsuit Alleges

A group of 22 young people from across the country accuse the Trump administration in a new federal lawsuit of violating their constitutional rights with a coordinated set of executive [...]

From local planting to national plan, Belize bets on mangrove recovery

GALES POINT, Belize — On a narrow stretch of shoreline across from the Gales Point cemetery, Jamal Galves and the rest of the team from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research [...]

What’s likely to survive from Biden’s climate law? The controversial stuff.

Most of the incentives left off the chopping block are those favored by oil and gas companies. [...]

The Economic Consequences of Ignoring Climate Change

The price of climate change is high—and the bill is only getting steeper as temperatures continue to rise, economists say.  A recent report compiled by risk management experts with the [...]

Study identifies US regions that benefit birds, people & climate the most

A new study identifies key regions across the U.S. where investments can deliver triple benefits for people, the climate and birds. These conservation sweet spots support significant numbers of more [...]

‘Nothing left’: Irish whale-watching company closes amid ‘overfishing’

Sprat fishing has disrupted the food chain and diverted humpback, minke and fin whales as well as dolphins A whale-watching company has abandoned tours off Ireland’s southern Atlantic coast and [...]

Dom Phillips’ posthumous book centers on collaborative work for saving the Amazon

“You can’t stop important, high-quality journalistic work.” Alessandra Sampaio, widow of British journalist Dom Phillips, says it was the main driver that led her to unite forces with his friends [...]

US pioneers restoration of deep water corals damaged by country’s worst oil spill

In the twilight depths of the Gulf of Mexico, about as deep down as a football field is long, U.S. Navy divers carefully snip small branches of corals with gloved [...]

Only a tiny % of the deep seafloor has ever been visually observed: Study

For national and international policymakers, decisions on how to regulate — and whether to allow — exploitative human activities such as deep-sea mining require good information. A new study suggests [...]

UK signs deal handing over Chagos to Mauritius, but tensions remain

The U.K. recognized the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius’ claim to the Chagos Archipelago in an agreement signed May 22. While Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam praised the deal, it elicited [...]

Australia’s best photos of the month – May 2025

Floods, elections and frocks: here is Guardian Australia’s pick of the month’s most striking images Continue reading [...]

‘It’s just maths’: uninsurable, disaster-hit pockets of Australia pose existential questions requiring radical answers

As Taree and NSW’s mid-north coast reel from flooding, questions are moving beyond immediate recovery to how crises could be handled in the futureGet our breaking news email, free app [...]

Sussan Ley wants to keep the Coalition together – but caving on net zero won’t help her win back seats | Tom McIlroy

High-profile Nationals and powerful forces in business and media are pushing back against climate action, posing a test of credibility for the new Liberal leaderSign up for climate and environment [...]

With areca leaves and rice bran, Bangladesh replaces single-use plastic tableware

Bangladeshi people love to throw a party, as the disposable tableware industry has increasingly seen. They get together or organize social gatherings often, be it to celebrate festivals or go [...]

Can you live without a car in the mountains? Yes, with planning and a few different bikes

Even in the foothills of the Italian Alps, cycling can be a practical alternative to driving, and more enjoyable, tooLiving car-free in a big city is fairly common these days. [...]

How the US became the biggest military emitter and stopped everyone finding out

Academic Neta Crawford warns that if Donald Trump follows through on his threats of war, emissions will soar and the planet will pay the priceCarbon footprint of Israel’s war on [...]

USAID cut curbs hopes at Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area

ADDIS ABABA — Alawara Kolbala, 39, from the Mursi tribe, said he remembers the sense of pride and hope his community felt when they officially gained legal right to manage [...]

As China Touts Green Financing and Climate Goals, Its Banks Are Pouring Billions Into Commodities From the World’s Rainforests

Chinese banks have become the biggest international funders of companies that trade in goods linked to deforestation, a trend that could further imperil the world’s most climate-critical forests, environmental advocates [...]