Indonesia plans to clear forests about the size of Belgium to produce sugarcane-derived bioethanol, rice and other food crops, potentially displacing Indigenous groups who rely on the land to survive
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Apr 7, 2025
North Carolina enacted a rare energy law in the South in 2021 that directed power plant emissions be sharply reduced
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Apr 3, 2025
A Jesuit priest says he will rather go to prison than pay a fine of 500 euros or $541 for participating in a climate activists’ street blockade in the southern German city of Nuremberg
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Apr 1, 2025
When a 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar sent shockwaves into Thailand, Naruemon Thonglek and Chanpen Kaewnoi didn’t immediately hear it also had collapsed a high-rise building under construction in Bangkok, where their friends and families had been working
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Apr 1, 2025
The death toll in last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000
Apr 1, 2025
States with aggressive climate goals like Oregon are facing a conundrum
Mar 19, 2025
Three people were killed in Mississippi and buildings in a small Oklahoma town were ripped apart
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Mar 6, 2025
A swarm of small submersibles will be used to monitor and provide data on offshore artificial reefs that are intended to attract marine life in otherwise barren sections of sea
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Feb 25, 2025
The illegal trade of lion and leopard parts is growing in Senegal and threatening the lion's survival across West Africa
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Feb 19, 2025
President Donald Trump says he is banning federal use of paper straws, saying they “don’t work” and don’t last very long
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Feb 11, 2025
Hawaii’s Supreme Court has ruled that insurance companies can’t bring their own legal actions against those blamed for Maui’s catastrophic 2023 wildfire, the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century
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Feb 11, 2025
A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into gasoline, diesel and other fuels
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Feb 1, 2025
More ships than ever are being abandoned around the world by their owners, according to the United Nations’ labor and maritime organizations, leaving thousands of workers stuck on board without pay or the means to travel home to their families
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Jan 29, 2025
Climate change and recent troubles with counterfeit seeds have challenged Kenya's agriculture efforts to improve food security
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Jan 29, 2025
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order temporarily halting offshore wind lease sales in federal waters and pausing the issuance of approvals, permits and loans for both onshore and offshore wind projects
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Jan 21, 2025