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Java activists risk jail for exposing shrimp farm pollution crisis.

In 2023, environmental activist Daniel Frits Maurits Tangkilisan was sentenced to seven months in prison under Indonesia’s controversial online hate speech law. His crime? A Facebook post criticizing illegal shrimp [...]

25-fold surge in malaria at Indonesia gold frontier raises deforestation questions

POHUWATO, Indonesia — Lukman Ahmad managed in the end to drag himself down from the slopes of Mount Pani toward the southern coast of Indonesia’s Pohuwato district. When he staggered [...]

Brazilian officials say they have nearly rid Indigenous Yanomami territory in the northern Amazon of the thousands of miners who had been operating illegally in the region. Read more on [...]

How the Brazilian military sabotaged protection of Indigenous people in the Amazon

Reports show it failed (or sabotaged) airspace control and food deliveries to the Indigenous people, who suffer from malnutrition as a result of mercury contamination from illegal mining. [...]

Investors urge banks to cut commodity-driven deforestation

Investment managers with a combined $8 trillion in assets under management are urging the banks in their portfolios to eliminate deforestation from their lending and investment practices. The new guidelines [...]

Hooded vultures in Ghana and South Africa on the brink, study says

High rates of inbreeding among hooded vultures in Ghana and South Africa spell trouble for their future, according to a newly published study. The study found that despite wide differences [...]

In Chile, a copper mining project tainted by environmental damage sues 32 locals

During the second week of October 2023, in northern Chile’s Coquimbo, Yasna Silva used social media to ask for help. She and her entire family had been sued by the [...]

Low Boom, High Pollution? NASA Readies for Supersonic Test Flight

At the end of the last century, a wealthy few lived the dream of flying faster than the speed of sound, crossing the ocean in champagne-and-caviar style in a needle-nosed [...]

The Key to Fix California’s Inadequate Water Storage? Put Water Underground, Scientists Say

A new University of California Riverside study on California agriculture and climate proposes a plan for new water capture, storage and distribution systems throughout California that will sustain agriculture and [...]

Did you know climate change made the entire Earth wobble for nine days! What? | First Dog on the Moon

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How the west’s wellness industry is driving Ethiopia’s frankincense trees towards extinction

As rich westerners fuel demand for the ancient fragrance, a lucrative race for the resin is killing the trees but leaving little of the trade’s profit for those gathering itIn [...]

Data center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?

Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official tallyBig tech has made some big claims about greenhouse gas emissions in [...]

Astronauts reveal what life is like on ISS – and how they deal with 'space smell'

As Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spend months longer than planned on ISS, three astronauts tell us what life is like in orbit. [...]

In coal-rich Kentucky, a new green aluminum plant could bring jobs and clean energy

Labor and state leaders wants to land the first new U.S. smelter in 45 years. But the deal won’t happen unless Kentucky can furnish lots of clean energy. [...]

Louisiana town the canary in the coalmine as climate effects worsen

Lake Charles has been battered by storms over the past 20 years – and now its most famous landmark lies in ruinsLast week, one south-west Louisiana city in particular was [...]

How to Talk to Anxious Children About Climate Change

At 21, Olivia Vesovich has already put more on the line for the climate fight than most people, regardless of age. In 2020, Vesovich was just 16 and wrapping up [...]

SpaceX crew returns to Earth after historic mission

The Polaris Dawn crew is back following a mission featuring the world's first commercial spacewalk. [...]

In Honduras, Libertarians and Legal Claims Threaten to Bankrupt a Nation

ROATÁN, Honduras—Years later, Luisa Connor and Vanessa Cárdenas would look back ruefully on the day foreigners visited their beachfront village with plans for a development next door. They had no [...]

Key flood defences in disrepair across England as wet autumn looms, data reveals

Leaked government figures show proportion of assets in adequate condition has fallen ‘significantly below’ targetThousands of flood defences in England that are supposed to protect properties from serious damage are [...]

Race is on to produce a super-coral to survive world’s warming seas

Widespread bleaching of reefs is devastating delicate ecosystemsIt is one of the least understood processes in nature. How do two very different species learn to live with each other and [...]

Alice lives off-grid, but not by choice. ‘Hecs for households’ could radically improve her dilapidated home

For most of her life she’s lived without running water, electricity and a fridge. Her toilet is often clogged so she goes to the bathroom in the bushGet our breaking [...]

Magpie-swooping season is here. But you can avoid attack – if you play by their rules

From donning ‘pie-proof’ bike helmets to conversing with the songbirds, the key to avoiding avian conflict might be learning to speak their language, experts sayFollow our Australia news live blog [...]

Fury in Turkey as animal lovers and politicians attack ‘massacre law’ to deal with 4m stray dogs

A new bill forcing local authorities to remove homeless animals from city streets has led to a furious backlashNext to the network of the highways that crisscross Turkey, among the [...]

‘Weather whiplash’ helped drive this year’s California wildfires

Exceptionally wet winters drove a boom of grasses and shrubs that a record hot summer dried into the fuel now powering California's wildfires. [...]

I was addicted to a high-pressure job when a baby hare came into my life. How would raising it change me?

I loved the adrenaline rush of work as a political adviser - but a chance encounter with a tiny leveret make me rethink everythingThe path near the barn where I [...]

Departures From Climate Action 100+ Highlight U.S.-Europe Divide Over ESG Investing

Over the past few months, a string of large American asset managers have left Climate Action 100+, a global investor group created to ensure that the largest corporate emitters of [...]

The Promise and Challenges of Managed Retreat

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by managing producer Jenni Doering with reporter Daniel Shailer on managed retreat in coastal South Carolina.  [...]

Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian

Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their autumn encounters with natureOnce again, the Young Country Diary series is open for submissions! Every [...]

War, deforestation, flooding: in Afghanistan they are all linked

Always prone to natural disasters, the country’s plight has worsened, and not only because of the climate crisisOn 10 May 2024, Haroon Nafas was in his family’s guesthouse in Baghlan, [...]

Study highlights climate policies that actually work to reduce emissions

To meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and avoid the worst outcomes of climate change, the world needs to rapidly reduce carbon emissions. Identifying effective policies to reach [...]