Glenn Scherer

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Glenn is a journalist and editor whose writing about the environment has appeared on ScientificAmerican.com, Salon.com, Grist.org, DailyClimate.org, and in more than 150 U.S. newspapers. He has worked as a researcher and speechwriter for TV journalist Bill Moyers, and co-founded Blue Ridge Press in 2007, a nationally syndicated environmental commentary service published in 550 of the nation’s newspapers which has reached more than 90 million readers.

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Methane chasers: Hunting a climate-changing gas seeping from Earth’s seafloor

Marine heat waves and raw sewage combine to put human health at risk

Earth’s freshwater fish face harsh new climate challenges, researchers warn

Small cat conservationists hail Uganda’s new Echuya Forest National Park

Boom in burning waste for fuel could put human health and environment at risk

Can two Amazons survive? Invisible e-waste is poisoning the world

‘Silent epidemic of chemical pollution’ demands radical regulatory redo, say scientists

Botanists decode secret life of rare plants to ensure reintroduction success

Lethal dose of plastic for seabirds and marine animals ‘much smaller than expected’

AI data center revolution sucks up world’s energy, water, materials

Asian golden cat range expands, but declines continue amid rising threats

Witch Hunt: Virulent fungal disease attacks South America’s cassava crop

Report identifies 10 emerging tech solutions to enhance planetary health

Drax pellet mill wins appeal to raise pollution limits in small Mississippi town

Report urges full protection of world’s 196 uncontacted Indigenous peoples

Booming sea otters and fading shellfish spark values clash in Alaska

Feel the heat: New app maps heat stress anywhere on Earth, 1940 to now

‘Alarming’ levels of toxins found in free-range eggs near dumpsites globally

IUCN downgrades guiña threat status, prompting conservation warning

Climate change is messing with global wind speeds, impacting planetary health

There’s far less land available for reforestation than we think, study finds

Brazil leads push for novel forest finance mechanism ahead of COP30 summit

Ocean acidification threatens planetary health: Interview with Johan Rockström

No new record low for Arctic sea ice loss in 2025

Warming triggers unprecedented carbon loss from tropical soils, study finds

EUDR implementation comes laden with potential unintended consequences

Soil carbon: Crucial ally or potential threat to net-zero commitments?

As plastics treaty talks break down, are there paths to a breakthrough?

Sunscreens protect us but also pose real planetary health concerns

Sustainable biomass certification scheme is flawed, degrades forests, report finds

NGOs launch novel community projects to conserve Mexico’s ocelots

As climate change burdens grow, community mental health alarm bells ring

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