North Carolina Sues Chemical Company for Polluting a Nearby Creek
DURHAM, N. C. —Acetone and ethanol, 1,4-dioxane and “mucilaginous goo.
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Trump targeting immigrants from countries hit most by climate shocks
A Guardian analysis reveals how most of 39 countries facing US entry restrictions are most vulnerable environmentally ‘Every day it’s more barriers’: how the US is shutting out climate refugees Donald Trump ’s immigration crackdown is largely targeting people from the countries most vulnerable to...
The rightwing campaign to control how US judges view the climate crisis
US energy secretary Chris Wright featured in seminars to judges when he was a fracking executive As cities and states sue big oil for billions in damages over allegations that it covered up the dangers of its products, rightwing organizations are attempting to discredit the wave of litigation. T...
They pay 30% less for electricity. Their secret? Solar panels
Residents in the town of Escourse, France, pay 30 percent less for their electricity bills than elsewhere in the country. Their secret? Renewable energy.
Why an Activist From Texas Crossed the World to Confront Asia’s Biggest Petrochemical Company
The Resistance, Part 2: Three Gulf Coast environmentalists confront Formosa Plastics Corp. at its shareholders meeting. YUNLIN COUNTY, Taiwan—In many ways, at nearly 80 years old, Diane Wilson would have rather stayed home.
America Is Policing Foreign Waters, but Gutting Domestic Protections
While the Trump administration systematically unravels marine protections at home, it appears to be enforcing far higher conservation standards abroad. The State Department imposed visa restrictions on 26 foreign nationals engaged in illegal fishing last month.
UN officials urge Russia to free Indigenous climate advocate
Ten U. N. officials are calling on Russia to immediately release Daria Egereva, an Indigenous international climate advocate, and her colleague Natalia Leongardt, both of whom have been jailed for six months on terrorism charges, ahead of a key court hearing this week.
Households could save £200 on energy bills in plan to break link between gas and electricity prices, says thinktank
Government plan to de-link gas and electricity prices aims to reduce bills for consumers after global surge in prices Households in England, Scotland and Wales could save nearly £200 a year on their energy bills if the government stepped into the market to act as the sole buyer of electricity, ac...
Birdwatch: Going to the Galápagos for the gulls
While most visitors prefer the finches, tropicbirds and blue-footed boobies, some are drawn to less glamorous species Most visitors don’t come to the Galápagos for the gulls. With more than a dozen kinds of Darwin’s finches on offer – along with fearsome frigatebirds, ethereal tropicbirds, and c...
Super-rich’s assets cause outsized amount of climate harm, study says
Greenpeace calculates that wealthiest contribute nearly $1tn of damage a year with ownership-based emissions Ultra-wealthy people zooming across the world on their private jets , lounging on yachts and conspicuous by their Instagrammable consumption are among the most easily identified individual...
For first time, Americans are getting more of their electricity from solar than coal
Solar energy just provided more electricity in the United States than coal for the first time on record — marking a milestone for the rise of renewables in America. While gas and nuclear plants still lead the country’s energy mix, solar contributed 12. 8 percent of the nation’s electrons in May,...
Rocks falling from melting icebergs host deep-sea oases of biodiversity
Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-01835-8 A ripple effect of climate change is providing habitat for corals, sponges and other Arctic animals.
Driven by Steel Production, China’s Belt and Road Construction Carries a Heavy Climate Cost
China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the world’s largest ongoing infrastructure program, has a substantial climate impact. More than half its emissions stem from steel, the majority of which was produced in China. Cutting the emissions will require stronger environmental policies and major investm...
Heat Is Killing Wildlife Across the Animal Kingdom. A New Forecasting Tool May Help.
At the end of May, eight endangered Asiatic lions died at a national park in India. Officials feared the animals had succumbed to a tick-borne parasitic disease that previously killed lions in the area. But over the weekend, the Gujarat government announced that the lions’ real killer was extr...
The fifth national climate assessment: Report shows change is here, but there is hope
The Fifth National Climate Assessment was released this morning, with dire messaging around the need for the immediate reduction of greenhouse gas emissions—but also hope, with advances in technology and increased adoption of renewable energy since the last report was issued in 2018.
This LA neighborhood is choked by smog. The solution: a network of sensors on offices, homes and bags
Pacoima is hemmed in by highways and heavy industry, and its residents are fighting pollution with hyperlocal air quality monitoring Jose Luis Salas looks up at the ladder. “Are you ready? ” he asks Shance Taylor, an environmental project manager who’s holding a white container, about the size o...
This US neighborhood is full of hazardous air pollution. Can a network of sensors make ‘the invisible visible’?
Pacoima is hemmed in by highways and heavy industry, and its residents are fighting pollution with hyperlocal air quality monitoring Jose Luis Salas looks up at the ladder. “Are you ready? ” he asks Shance Taylor, an environmental project manager who’s holding a white container, about the size o...
‘Woefully unprepared’: extreme heat will double US hospitalizations by 2040, study finds
Sharp rise in hospital visits will in turn drive up annual healthcare costs for heat-related conditions to over $1bn People in the US are poised to endure another summer of unusually ferocious heat and there will be little respite in the years ahead, with a new study finding that the coming 15 ye...
World's Top GreenTech Companies of 2026
As energy demand rises around the world, in part due to new data centers and widespread use of AI, greentech and climatetech are gaining investment, according to analysts at JP Morgan . Renewable energy has been increasing in capacity and decreasing in cost, helping meet the modern era’s energy ...
Wildfires Are Reversing Years of US Air Quality Gains, Study Finds
Wildfires have worsened ozone levels across the United States so much over the last decade that they have reversed around four years of progress, a new study has found. Surface ozone levels, or smog concentrations, steadily increased from 2015 to 2024, deteriorating air quality across the Midwe...
Louisiana lawmakers rush to support an industry they ‘do not know a lot about’
A bill aimed at increasing the number of wood pellet mills in Louisiana has sailed through the state’s Legislature — despite some lawmakers, including the bill’s sponsor, acknowledging they know little about the controversial industry . State Representative Chuck Owen, a Republican from Vernon P...