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Despite deals, plans and bans, the Mediterranean is awash in plastic

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 11 Nov 2021

COP26: E.U. is committed to forest biomass burning to cut fossil fuel use

Justin Catanoso 10 Nov 2021

COP26 cop-out? Indonesia’s clean energy pledge keeps coal front and center

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Nov 2021

COP26: Surging wood pellet industry threatens climate, say experts

Sharon Guynup 9 Nov 2021

Planned copper mine raises fears for biodiversity hotspot in Jordan

Marta Vidal 9 Nov 2021

Struggle endures for Philippine community pitted against gold miner

Karlston Lapniten 9 Nov 2021
Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco). Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

New restoration “Playbook” calls for political, economic, and social change

Liz Kimbrough 8 Nov 2021

COP26: As carbon emissions rise unabated, scientists eye a methane removal fix

Justin Catanoso 8 Nov 2021
New York, NY - January 7, 2020: Former Vice President & Democratic hopeful Joe Biden made foreign policy statement at Current on Pier 59, Lev Radin for Shutterstock

Scientists urge Biden to remove logging, fossil fuels, biomass from budget bills

Liz Kimbrough 8 Nov 2021
PORTO VELHO, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL. Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon rainforest, in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

COP26 deforestation-ending commitment must hold leaders accountable (commentary)

Steve Trent 3 Nov 2021

COP26 Glasgow Declaration: Salvation or threat to Earth’s forests?

Justin Catanoso 3 Nov 2021

Oil executives deny misinformation on climate change, despite evidence

Shanna Hanbury 2 Nov 2021

As fossil fuel use surges, will COP26 protect forests to slow climate change?

Justin Catanoso 1 Nov 2021

It’s time for Brazil to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (commentary)

Athayde Motta, Miles Litvinoff 29 Oct 2021

Indigenous guides warn of repercussions if we don’t fix our relationship with nature

Tracy L. Barnett, Hernán Vilchez 28 Oct 2021

Poisoned city: The story of Brazil’s forgotten environmental disaster

Pedro Grigori - Agência Pública / Repórter Brasil 26 Oct 2021

Bolsonaro evades genocide blame amid Indigenous deaths by invaders, COVID-19

Fernanda Wenzel 25 Oct 2021

Study chronicles dying of a lake in PNG with advent of oil & gas activities

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Oct 2021

Plastics set to overtake coal plants on U.S. carbon emissions, new study shows

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 22 Oct 2021

Deforestation from cattle ranching also hurts rivers in Nicaragua, study says

Maxwell Radwin 22 Oct 2021

‘Unequal exchange’ for Brazil community in shadow of Anglo American mine

Shanna Hanbury 22 Oct 2021

Paraguay failed to stop soy farms from poisoning Indigenous land, UN says

Maxwell Radwin 21 Oct 2021

‘The images are confronting’: Q&A with animal photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 20 Oct 2021

Project maps soundscape of human noise in northern Adriatic and impact on marine life

Francesco Martinelli 19 Oct 2021

Forest biomass-burning supply chain is producing major carbon emissions: Studies

Justin Catanoso 15 Oct 2021
Daroyen in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. Photo credit: NASA Landsat

30×30 is not a one-size-fits-all biodiversity target (commentary)

Karl Burkart 15 Oct 2021
Satellites provide a new data point for evaluating the impact of conservation programs. Image credit: Microsoft Zoom Earth

Donor agencies should ditch the club and embrace more locals (commentary)

Aida Greenbury 13 Oct 2021

Two threatened whale groups had a mini baby boom, but not because of lockdown

Laurel Neme 5 Oct 2021

Oil spills plague Venezuelan coast, but cleanup efforts are lacking: Report

Maxwell Radwin 4 Oct 2021

Look beyond carbon credits to put a price on nature’s services, experts say

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 4 Oct 2021

For companies eyeing net-zero carbon emissions, ‘no clue how to get there’

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 4 Oct 2021

Children born in 2020 will see spike in climate disasters, study says

Ashoka Mukpo 30 Sep 2021

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