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Global offshore oil platforms are among top ocean polluters, report finds

Bobby Bascomb 29 Apr 2025
A fisher at sea.

Oil companies have downplayed extent of spills in Gulf of Mexico, investigation finds

Gibran Mena Aguilar, Michelle Carrere 28 Apr 2025
Banner image of a forest in Finland by kallerna via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How did Finland lead the pursuit of a circular economy? Mongabay podcast explores

Mongabay.com 28 Apr 2025
Banner image of marine pollution by Christian Yakubu via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

UN report recommends ‘deep change’ theory to address global crises

Kristine Sabillo 25 Apr 2025
Banner image of an electric vehicle charging by andreas160578 via Pixabay.

EV supply chain & transport need redesign, Mongabay podcast shows

Mongabay.com 24 Apr 2025

Indonesia defies global coal retreat with captive plant boom

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Apr 2025
Farmers in the fields around a geothermal power plant in Central Java.

Church pressure spurs scrutiny of Indonesian geothermal projects

Ebed de Rosary 23 Apr 2025
Plastic pellets found on a beach in New Zealand.

New EU plastic pellet rules greeted with caution

Alex Shaw 22 Apr 2025

15 years after the BP oil spill disaster, how is the Gulf of Mexico faring?

Liz Kimbrough 21 Apr 2025
A fish release conducted for a recent study on fish migrations in the Mekong River.

Vital Mekong fish corridors tracked for first time, but funding cuts threaten future research

Anton L. Delgado 18 Apr 2025
A flamingo in Salar de Uyuni, southwestern Bolivia.

Bolivian communities push back against foreign-backed lithium projects

Carla Ruas 17 Apr 2025
protests Mexico

Sheinbaum’s energy agenda under fire as Mexican activists slam LNG megaproject

Joshua Collins, Daniela Díaz 15 Apr 2025
Solar panels in Bali, Indonesia.

As big money wavers, Southeast Asia’s green startups fight to stay powered

Jeff Hutton 15 Apr 2025

Invasive water hyacinths are effective at removing microplastics, study finds

Bobby Bascomb 14 Apr 2025
Maroon leaf monkeys (Presbytis rubicunda), a vulnerable species found in Borneo's forests.

‘Heart of Borneo’ dams raze Indigenous forests for Indonesia green energy drive

Abdallah Naem 14 Apr 2025
Banner image of an adult wattled crane and its chick, courtesy of Daniel Dolpire/International Crane Foundation.

Outlook improves for wattled crane in South Africa

Kristine Sabillo 11 Apr 2025
Banner image of a mother and a child protecting themselves from the heat during the 2024 heatwave in New Delhi. Image by Sanshey Biswas/In Old News via Flickr (CCBY2.0)

Heat wave scorches parts of India with record temperatures

Kristine Sabillo 11 Apr 2025
Banner image of Pasir Timbul in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

122 companies responsible for a third of present day sea-level rise: Study

Kristine Sabillo 8 Apr 2025
Susana Muhamad interacts with an Indigenous representative.

Colombia’s green transition should be inclusive: Interview with Susana Muhamad, former environment minister

Mie Hoejris Dahl 8 Apr 2025

Lithium Triangle mining may strain water sources more than expected, study says

Maxwell Radwin 4 Apr 2025
Banana crop in Uganda.

Ground-level ozone pollution poses growing threat to planetary health

Sean Mowbray 2 Apr 2025
The families of fishers gather on Jan. 3 for a communal meal provided by the Talara Fishermen’s Guild.

Peruvian fishers sue for additional compensation after big December oil spill

Miguel Ángel Valero, Sandra Incio 2 Apr 2025
An Ecopetrol refinery near Barrancabermeja, Colombia. Image courtesy of EIA.

Leaked data reveals decades of unreported pollution by Colombia oil giant

Mongabay.com 31 Mar 2025
A farmer from Kirehe, eastern Rwanda, using a solar-powered irrigation system. Image by Aimable Twahirwa/Mongabay.

Smallholder agriculture blossoming with the use of renewables in Africa

Aimable Twahirwa 31 Mar 2025
Dutch forest advocates Maarten Visschers and Fenna Swart (right) protest the burning of forest biomass for energy outside Vattenfall's headquarters in Amsterdam in 2021.

Netherlands’ largest forest biomass plant canceled, forest advocates elated

Justin Catanoso 27 Mar 2025
Chilean flamingos (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in Lake Chinchaycocha in Junín, Peru.

Drowned lands and poisoned waters threaten Peru’s campesinos and their livestock

Aimee Gabay 25 Mar 2025
Repsol’s 2022 oil spill contaminated two protected areas.

5 takeaways from the 2022 Repsol oil spill in Peru

Mongabay Latam 24 Mar 2025

Chinese business in the Amazon generates controversy

Timothy J. Killeen 21 Mar 2025

US jury sides with pipeline company in lawsuit against Greenpeace

Bobby Bascomb 20 Mar 2025
Banner image of a housing estate in Australia by Calistemon via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Housing affordability through sustainability? Mongabay podcast explores

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2025
oil spill river

Colombia’s top oil company concealed environmental damages: Investigation

Mie Hoejris Dahl 20 Mar 2025

Ecuador must improve conditions for uncontacted Indigenous communities, human rights court rules

Maxwell Radwin 20 Mar 2025

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