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A turtle at Shell Beach in Region 1 of Guyana. Photo courtesy of Guyana Marine Conservation Society.

Guyana seeks offshore oil wealth in a green economy

Carinya Sharples 21 Nov 2017

Pyrrhic victory for Keystone XL as Nebraska nixes preferred pipeline route

Saul Elbein 21 Nov 2017

From friends to strangers: The decline of the Irrawaddy dolphin (commentary)

Sabrina Gyorvary with Namthip Khudsavanh 20 Nov 2017

New research projects two percent increase in global emissions in 2017

Mike Gaworecki 17 Nov 2017

COP23: Alliance pledges an end to coal; other key summit goals unmet

Justin Catanoso 17 Nov 2017

Alliance of the Bear: Native groups stymie Trump, tar sands pipelines

Saul Elbein 16 Nov 2017

Government revokes 406 mining permits in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan

Yovanda 16 Nov 2017

Scientists give humanity ‘second notice’ to shape up or suffer the consequences

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 Nov 2017

COP23: Trump team leads ‘surreal’ coal-gas-nuke climate summit panel

Justin Catanoso 14 Nov 2017

Indonesia coal power push neglects rural households, chokes urban ones

Basten Gokkon 14 Nov 2017

COP23: Voices from America’s Pledge; in their own words

Justin Catanoso 13 Nov 2017

U.S. subnationals shoulder climate role in Bonn, Trump sidelined

Justin Catanoso 13 Nov 2017

From carbon sink to source: Brazil puts Amazon, Paris goals at risk

Claire Salisbury 9 Nov 2017

As negotiators meet in Bonn, Brazil’s carbon emissions rise

Jenny Gonzales 7 Nov 2017

Indigenous forests could be a key to averting climate catastrophe

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 6 Nov 2017

Indonesia races against time to save new orangutan species

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Nov 2017

Mining activity causing nearly 10 percent of Amazon deforestation

Zoe Sullivan 2 Nov 2017

The Eighth Great Ape: New orangutan species discovered in Sumatra

Morgan Erickson-Davis 2 Nov 2017
A boat travels in a tributary to the Irrawaddy River near Katha, northern Myanmar. Along this tributary, charcoal is produced by villages and sold to traders that eventually bring it to China, where it is used in factories that make silicon metal. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

The charcoal hunters

Emmanuel Freudenthal, Nathan Siegel 27 Oct 2017
A local cools charcoal at a kiln near Katha, Myanmar. This kiln takes seven days to produce 130 bags of charcoal. Myo Htun, who owns the charcoal, will sell each bag for $0.90 to traders in Bhamo, who will then transport it to China. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

Burning down the house: Myanmar’s destructive charcoal trade

Emmanuel Freudenthal 26 Oct 2017

Amazonian manatee migration at risk from disruption by proposed dams

Claire Salisbury 19 Oct 2017

‘If it’s going to kill us, OK, we’ll die’: Villagers stand firm as Cambodian dam begins to fill

Jenny Denton 18 Oct 2017

Munduruku standoff against Amazon dam builders potentially explosive

Sue Branford with Fernanda Moreira and Maurício Torres 17 Oct 2017

Indonesia to miss carbon emissions target under existing climate policies: study

Hans Nicholas Jong 16 Oct 2017

Is Bangladesh’s expanded sanctuary a brave step or a paper tiger?

Jack Elliot Marley 13 Oct 2017
Manolo Miranda, an indigenous leader recently acquitted of charges in a suit brought by the Barro Blanco dam's construction company, at a protest over the dam in August, 2016. Photo by Camilo Mejia Geraldo for Mongabay.

Indigenous group scores legal victory as dam floods their lands

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 12 Oct 2017

Trump’s global resorts put profit first, environment last, critics say

Giovanni Ortolani 11 Oct 2017

Activists spy silver lining as officials warn of financial clouds over coal-fueled grid

Basten Gokkon 4 Oct 2017

Even as Trump and Modi clash on energy, India and U.S. are partnering

Raksha Kumar 3 Oct 2017

Amazon community on Tapajós River invaded by wildcat miners

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres, with additional reporting by Ailen Vega 2 Oct 2017

Can community forestry deliver for Madagascar’s forests and people?

Rowan Moore Gerety 2 Oct 2017

Lawsuits test local governments’ ability to clean up Indonesia’s coal mining sector

Taufik Wijaya 27 Sep 2017

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