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Rainbow over the Amazon rainforest. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

Britain’s Prince William reveals finalists for Earthshot environmental prize

Associated Press 18 Sep 2026
This infant Sumatran orangutan was separated from its mother when it was forcibly taken by hunters in the forest in Indonesia.

Five orangutans found in India face long road back home to Indonesia

Junaidi Hanafiah 18 Sep 2026

Heavy rain and floods in northern Vietnam submerge homes and disrupt economy

Associated Press 17 Sep 2026

EU plans new firefighting fleet after deadly summer heat wave

Associated Press 16 Sep 2026

Indigenous leader Raoni receives palliative care in Brazil after cancer diagnosis

Associated Press 15 Sep 2026
A forest and land fire burning in the Bukit Soeharto protected forest area in Sepaku, North Penajam Paser regency, Sept. 1, 2026.

Wildfires on doorstep of Indonesia’s new capital as environmental and health crisis flares

Niken D. Sitoningrum 15 Sep 2026

EPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants

Associated Press 14 Sep 2026

Federal court rejects Trump order keeping Michigan coal plant open

Associated Press 11 Sep 2026

Lack of data hinders fight against environmental crimes in Angola, says environmentalist

David Tjyakala 11 Sep 2026

Japan deploys equipment to Indonesia’s Borneo to help fight wildfires causing toxic haze

Associated Press 10 Sep 2026
Raina accompanies her only son, Muhammad Raihan (5), who is undergoing treatment at the Banjarmasin Islamic Hospital after experiencing respiratory complaints amid the haze from forest and land fires

Children’s health at risk in south Borneo as El Niño intensifies Indonesia wildfires

Riyad Dafhi Rizki 10 Sep 2026

In North Carolina, a race is on to restore critical peatland before it dries up or is destroyed

Associated Press 9 Sep 2026
This orangutan, named Sampurna, was rescued after being exposed to smoke from forest and land fires in Ketapang Regency, West Kalimantan.

Rescuers scramble to save orangutans as El Niño-boosted fires spread across Borneo

Rendy Tisna 9 Sep 2026

Carbon credit financing emerges as Africa’s biggest bet for expanding clean cooking

Associated Press 8 Sep 2026

Brazil’s Senate passes rare earth minerals regulation, paving the way for boosted exploration

Associated Press 4 Sep 2026
An illegal gold mine in Nagan Raya, Aceh.

Illegal gold mining continues in Indonesia’s Aceh despite government crackdown pledge

Junaidi Hanafiah 4 Sep 2026

Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone

Associated Press 2 Sep 2026

Drones helped find people after Nepal floods but the search inside hydropower tunnels is a challenge

Associated Press 1 Sep 2026

Coastal Texas and Louisiana warned of tropical storm as a potential hurricane moves toward Hawaii

Associated Press 31 Aug 2026
A Sumatran orangutan.

Gold miners breach a crucial refuge for rescued Sumatran orangutans

Junaidi Hanafiah 31 Aug 2026

Why a newly formed lake is sparking fears of more flooding along the Nepal-China border

Associated Press 28 Aug 2026

Nepal floods highlight growing glacier risks in warming Himalayas

Associated Press 27 Aug 2026
The colorful Javan blue flycatcher (Cyornis banyumas)

In Java’s hills, former bird hunters are rebuilding a songbird haven

Triyo Handoko 27 Aug 2026

Congo’s Ebola outbreak records one of its highest weekly death tolls yet

Associated Press 25 Aug 2026

Move over bears. Fat Marmot Week puts a spotlight on the alpine rodents

Associated Press 21 Aug 2026

A looming rock collapse threatens a Swiss village as thawing permafrost destabilizes the Alps

Associated Press 18 Aug 2026

Lake Powell hits record low, threatening key water and electricity supply for millions

Associated Press 17 Aug 2026
Fishers haul a seine net onto the shore of Gampong Jawa.

Aceh’s community fishers struggle to preserve tradition amid blooms of plastic pollution

Nurul Hasanah 17 Aug 2026
Olga Muthambe, Mozambican social activist and Executive Director of the NGO Hikone Moçambique. Image courtesy of Olga Muthambe.

‘To speak of agroecology is to speak of farmers’ autonomy’: Interview with Olga Muthambe

Far Vubil 14 Aug 2026
Bulan and Badar.

Rescued from traffickers, reintroduced orangutan becomes mother in the wild

Ayat S. Karokaro 14 Aug 2026

UK firefighters out in force to tackle fires on hottest day of the year

Associated Press 13 Aug 2026
Patchwork of legal forest reserves, pasture, and soy farms in the Brazilian Amazon in Mato Grosso.

Brazil Supreme Court upholds laws that led to downfall of Amazon soy moratorium

Associated Press 12 Aug 2026

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