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High altitude grasslands on Castle Mountain.

Proposed mine expansion raising pollution concerns in Canada and US

Ruth Kamnitzer 29 Jul 2026
Overhead view of the Rio Huaypetue gold mine in the Peruvian Amazon. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Mining, drilling, and fire are fragmenting the world’s largest forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Jul 2026
View over a wind farm operated by Vattenfall, an energy company based in Sweden. Circular economy designs have focused largely on creating recyclable turbine blades. Experts say extending these principles across the supply chain could cut costs by increasing wind farms’ longevity and reducing material usage. Image courtesy of Vattenfall.

Scaling up offshore wind requires overcoming global and local challenges

Sean Mowbray 27 Jul 2026
A pair of orphaned orangutans in Sabah.

Major orangutan study finds Sumatran population fell nearly 20% despite slower forest loss

Hans Nicholas Jong, Junaidi Hanafiah 27 Jul 2026
A data center under construction in Chonburi province, Thailand, that local residents said is being built to host Google and TikTok servers, in December 2025. Photo by Andy Ball/Mongabay.

Thai MP calls for new committee to scrutinize AI data centers’ environmental impact

Gerald Flynn 27 Jul 2026
A desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) in Joshua Tree National Park. Image courtesy of Mojave Land Trust.

California solar project threatens Mojave wildlife corridor, scientists say

Hyeyoon Cho 24 Jul 2026

As Australia expands seismic testing, experts warn of profound effects on sealife

Theoné van der Merwe 22 Jul 2026
A man fishes in the Niger Delta near the village of Diebu, Nigeria, Saturday, May 18, 2013. Image by Jon Gambrell / AP Photo.

Oil has harmed the nature and people of the Niger Delta; human rights may save it

Mike DiGirolamo 21 Jul 2026
Mobilization of residents of Kitombe village in the DRC during demonstrations on May 6 and 7 against the oil company Perenco. Image courtesy of Alphonse Khonde.

‘We couldn’t breathe’: DRC villagers revive protest against Perenco over pollution

Elodie Toto 21 Jul 2026
Women and youth entrepreneurs in Kenya receiving training in clean cooking techniques. Image courtesy of UNDP Kenya.

Clean cooking expands at record pace in Africa, but lags behind population growth

Ini Ekott 20 Jul 2026

India launches first hydrogen-powered train built in the country to expand clean energy on railways

Associated Press 17 Jul 2026
A man displays a photo he says shows toxic chemicals spilled due to oil drilling, in Moanda, western Democratic Republic of Congo, 2023.

Fighting new oil blocks in the Congo Basin: Interview with activist Pascal Mirindi

Dan Yessa 17 Jul 2026
Grist / Getty Images / Dionne Phillips.

Indigenous advocates push for rights protections around AI data centers

Aimee Gabay 16 Jul 2026

Trump reduces size of 2 national monuments in Utah as Republicans reshape land management

Associated Press 14 Jul 2026
The Matarbari coal power plant and deep seaport.

Fossil fuel-based mega projects displace locals in Bangladesh, pushing youth out

Eyamin Sajid 13 Jul 2026

In Honduras, solar power has done more harm than good, communities say

Maxwell Radwin 9 Jul 2026
Rothschild's giraffes at Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda. The Tilenga and Kingfisher fields lie close to the park. Image by Daryona via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Ugandan farmers sue TotalEnergies’ oil pipeline project in UK court

Elodie Toto 8 Jul 2026

Brazil’s expanding offshore oil frontier puts biodiversity at risk: study

Daniel Shailer 6 Jul 2026
Left to right, the Netherlands' Minister for Climate Policy and Green Growth, Stientje van Veldhoven; along with Colombia's Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Irene Vélez Torres; and Ana Toni, COP30 CEO, during the launch of the outcome report from the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels at the London Climate Action Week. Image courtesy of Wilder García/ Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia.

Santa Marta report by 57 nations defines rapid fossil fuel transition path

Julian Reingold 2 Jul 2026
Vehicles on a road in Nepal.

Nepal’s new government bets on tax revenue over clean energy push

Rudra Pangeni 1 Jul 2026

Indonesia’s blackouts reignite debate over coal-dependent energy transition

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Jul 2026

Cypriot natural gas could start flowing from ExxonMobil’s discoveries by 2033

Associated Press 30 Jun 2026

Human rights abuse allegations continue to rise in the mining sector, report finds

Maxwell Radwin 29 Jun 2026

As Amazon oil drilling begins, scientists warn of risks to a little-known reef

Suzana Camargo 29 Jun 2026
A fisher offloads gear in front of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal operated by state-owned energy company PTT Public Company Limited at the Map Ta Phut Industrial Port in Rayong province, Thailand, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Once completed, the Burapa power plant will receive natural gas via pipeline from a terminal at the port. Image by Andy Ball for Mongabay.

Thai farmers fear water woes from planned LNG plant

Gerald Flynn 29 Jun 2026
Dang Dinh Bach speaking.

Vietnamese environmental lawyer Dang Dinh Bach released after 5 years in prison

Naina Rao 26 Jun 2026

Trump admin persists in quixotic quest against wind power despite legal defeat

Bobby Bascomb 25 Jun 2026
Kusile Power Station, South Africa's largest plant at 4,800 MW, on the outskirts of eMalahleni. Image by Joe Walsh for Mongabay.

Failed promises to clean air in South Africa’s coal belt take toll on public health

Joe Walsh 24 Jun 2026
Rain over the Amazon. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

South America’s farms depend, in part, on a healthy Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jun 2026

Power lines threaten Sri Lanka’s iconic migrant flamingos

Mongabay.com 22 Jun 2026
Kathy Ramos, 17, carries her son Edson near the Patarcocha lagoon, which is used as a dump for sewage and human waste, in the mining town of Cerro de Pasco, Peru. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Lawsuit demands accountability for Cerro de Pasco mining pollution in Peru

Maxwell Radwin 16 Jun 2026
Shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex), Murchison Falls NP, Uganda. Image by Kyla Marino via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

East African Crude Oil Pipeline threatens wetlands, wildlife corridors: Report

Victoria Schneider 12 Jun 2026

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