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Nnimmo Bassey and the team at the spill site at Eteo community in Ogoni, Rivers State.

Stop playing politics with climate change: Q&A with Nigeria’s Nnimmo Bassey

Abdulkareem Mojeed 17 Oct 2023

Pope Francis condemns world leaders for deeply flawed UN climate process

Justin Catanoso 5 Oct 2023
“We sow our plants and when the time of flowering comes, the drought dries them up and they die,” says Mariano from rural Indigenous Guatemala.

Indigenous peoples undersupported on frontline of hotter, drier, fiery world

Jeremy Hance 13 Sep 2023
A coal mine in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.

U.N. ‘stocktake’ calls for fossil fuel phaseout to minimize temperature rise

John Cannon 12 Sep 2023
Aerial view of a road.

Study: Tricky balancing act between EV scale-up and mining battery metals

Liz Kimbrough 8 Sep 2023

In a world of climate risks, Sri Lanka is finding ways to adapt

Dennis Mombauer 31 Aug 2023

Captive to coal: Indonesia to burn even more fossil fuel for green tech

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Aug 2023
People walking through a forest.

Massive carbon offset deal with Dubai-based firm draws fire in Liberia

Ashoka Mukpo 4 Aug 2023
Evans, a ranger for the REDD+ project Wildlife Works in Kenya's Kasigau Corridor.

Forest campaign group renews charge that carbon credit verification schemes are flawed

Victoria Schneider 28 Jul 2023
Nautilus pompilius shell

Nuclear pioneers press ahead with plans for Indonesia island frontier

Nopri Ismi 24 Jul 2023
Logging operation in the Amazon.

Timber harvests to meet global wood demand will bring soaring emissions: Study

Justin Catanoso 10 Jul 2023
Aerial view of an area in the Amazon deforested for cattle ranching -- the biggest driver of deforestation in the Amazon -- in Lábrea, Amazonas state on Sep 15, 2021. Photo © Victor Moriyama / Amazônia em Chamas (Amazon in Flames Alliance)

New data show 10% increase in primary tropical forest loss in 2022

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Jun 2023

Seas of grass may be dark horse candidate to fuel the planet — or not

Carly Nairn 14 Jun 2023
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell briefing the press on the opening day of the conference.

U.N. climate chief calls for end to fossil fuels as talks head to Dubai

John Cannon 8 Jun 2023
Student activists at the Picture of Future Festival in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Latest environmentalist arrest shocks Vietnam’s battered civil society

Mongabay.com 2 Jun 2023
The endangered pig-nosed turtle, also known as the Fly River turtle, lives in northern Australian and southern New Guinea, including in the area Medco is operating in. Image by Jin Kemoole/Flickr.

Report: Forest-razing biomass plant in Indonesia got millions in green funds

Philip Jacobson 2 Jun 2023
A farmer plants rice in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Deforestation linked to less rainfall, study shows; El Niño could make it worse

Jewel S. Cabrera 26 May 2023
Wood pellets for biomass energy. Image courtesy of Dogwood Alliance.

Financial downturn at Enviva could mean trouble for biomass energy

Justin Catanoso 25 May 2023
David Antonioli at COP15 in 2009.

Head of Verra, top carbon credit certifier, to leave in June

John Cannon 25 May 2023
Nguy Thi Khanh.

Early release for imprisoned climate activist as Vietnam aims for net zero goals

Mongabay.com 24 May 2023

Climate change is no joke for Australians, says award-winning comedian Dan Ilic

Mike DiGirolamo 23 May 2023

World Bank: Brazil faces $317 billion in annual losses to Amazon deforestation

Sarah Brown 19 May 2023
Cleaning a beach in the Dominican Republic.

Sargassum surges in Mexico: From nuisance to new green industry?

Sandra Weiss 17 May 2023
Lagae and biofuel.

As Exxon bows out, industry takes step toward sustainable algae biofuels

Carly Nairn 9 May 2023
The Bungule Women's Group, where women engage in entrepreneurial activities like producing arts and crafts.

Indigenous groups voice support for REDD+, despite flaws

John Cannon 9 May 2023
The Amazon River flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

Mouth of the Amazon oil exploration clashes with Lula’s climate promises

Sarah Brown 28 Apr 2023
Nevada lithium battery

Scramble for clean energy metals confronted by activist calls to respect Indigenous rights

Sarah Sax 21 Apr 2023
Cyclone Gabrielle hit New Zealand, bringing devastating floods and powerful winds

After historic storm in New Zealand, Māori leaders call for disaster relief and rights

Joseph Lee 21 Apr 2023
Promotional image of the project. Courtesy of Nathalie Lum, Chair of CABEF 2023 CAPS

CAPS, new gas megaproject, aims to power Central Africa, but at what cost, critics ask

Elodie Toto 11 Apr 2023
Jatropha curcas trees in Hawai‘i.

Jatropha: The biofuel that bombed seeks a path to redemption

Sean Mowbray 6 Apr 2023
Coal on a barge near Tanjung Redeb, East Kalimantan.

U.S. firm quits Indonesian gasification project in major blow to coal ambitions

Nithin Coca 4 Apr 2023
Logged trees for biomass in Bischofsheim, Germany.

EU woody biomass final policy continues threatening forests and climate: Critics

Justin Catanoso 3 Apr 2023

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