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Altasea is a marine renewable energy and conservation technology hub on an old wharf in the port of Los Angeles. Image courtesy of Altasea.

Marine conservation technology hub rises from old L.A. wharf (analysis)

David Helvarg 20 Dec 2023
An aerial view over the Central Cardamoms National Park, one of several protected areas that constitute the Cardamom Mountains, an evergreen forest situated on the Thai-Cambodia border. In November 2023, the Cambodian government approved the construction of two new hydropower dams in the protected forest. Credit: Andy Ball/Mongabay.

New dams in Cambodia pit ‘green’ hydropower against REDD+ project

Gerald Flynn 20 Dec 2023
Attendees from Brazil pose during the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City Dubai on December 5, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Image by COP28 / Mahmoud Khaled via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Deed).

Little achieved for Indigenous groups at U.N. climate summit, delegates say

Dimitri Selibas 19 Dec 2023
Communal potato harvest in Covas do Barroso, Portugal

A lithium ‘gold mine’ is buried under one of Europe’s last heritage farming systems

Marta Vidal 11 Dec 2023
Mt Guiting-Guiting range, seen from Magdiwang.

Nickel mine threatens Philippines biodiversity hotspot on Sibuyan Island (analysis)

Jake Willis 6 Dec 2023

Indonesia pushes carbon-intensive ‘false solutions’ in its energy transition

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Dec 2023
Aerial view showing a massive ring of thousands of whole trees at Enviva’s Sampson County, North Carolina

Enviva, the world’s largest biomass energy company, is near collapse

Justin Catanoso 20 Nov 2023
Fossils fuels are emblematic of a “take-make-waste” economic model that is pushing humanity beyond safe limits, experts say.

Circular economy poised to go beyond outdated oil, gas and coal, experts say

Sean Mowbray 16 Nov 2023
wind farm

Colombian wind farm end-of-life raises circularity and Indigenous questions

Natalia Torres Garzón 9 Nov 2023
Rainbow over rainforest in Sumatra. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Indonesia opens carbon trading market to both skepticism and hope

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Oct 2023

Rechargeable battery industry needs better mining regulations, report says

Maxwell Radwin 29 Sep 2023

Delay of Indonesia’s energy transition plan a chance to get public input

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Sep 2023
Aerial view of a road.

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

Liz Kimbrough 8 Sep 2023

Pacific alliance adopts moratorium on deep-sea mining, halting resurgent PNG project

John Cannon 6 Sep 2023
Coal protest in Indonesia

Indonesian voters want a clean energy plan, but candidates haven’t delivered

Basten Gokkon 6 Sep 2023
José Martins and another fisher.

In Brazil, rural communities are caught in the eye of the wind farm storm

Giovanna Carneiro | Arnaldo Sete | Marco Zero 4 Sep 2023

Captive coal-fired power plants hinder Indonesia energy transition deal

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Aug 2023

Have coal, will use it: Indonesia’s climate stance raises questions

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Aug 2023
Traffic on road.

EVs offer climate hope, but total auto supply chain revamp is vital

Sean Mowbray 10 Aug 2023
Aerial view of traffic.

Internal combustion vs. EVs: Learning from the past to boost sustainability

Sean Mowbray 9 Aug 2023
A Brazil nut.

Mongabay’s What-to-Watch list for August 2023

Mongabay.com 7 Aug 2023
Aerial view of the mine and stockyard of Vale's S11D Complex in Pará State. Image by Ricardo Teles for Agência Vale.

Can Lula balance the transition to renewable energy with Amazon mining expansion? (commentary)

Gabriela Sarmet and Christian Poirier 2 Aug 2023

World’s top sovereign fund latest to cut ties with dam in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Jul 2023

Scores of parliamentarians renew opposition to deep-sea mining at international meeting (commentary)

Caroline Roose and Marie Toussaint 25 Jul 2023
Freshwater ecologist Kurt Pinter holds a fish collected during the 2023 biological survey of the Neretva River, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photo by Monica Pelliccia for Mongabay.

How biological surveys prevent destructive dams in the Balkans

Mongabay.com 24 Jul 2023
Nautilus pompilius shell

Nuclear pioneers press ahead with plans for Indonesia island frontier

Nopri Ismi 24 Jul 2023

Indonesian coal giant Adaro’s ‘sustainable’ smelter slammed as ‘greenwashing’

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 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
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
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
Lagae and biofuel.

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

Carly Nairn 9 May 2023

World’s newest great ape faces habitat loss, multiple threats: Will it survive?

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Apr 2023

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