Poverty and plantations: Nigerian reserve struggles against the odds

Situated in western Nigeria, some 70 kilometers (113 miles) east of Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos, Oluwa Forest Reserve is facing severe pressure from smallholder farmers and big plantations. On Highway A121, a major route between Lagos and the city of Ore that...

The man who made a pact with wild bees in Colombia’s Amazon

LA CEIBA, Colombia — Nine years ago, Delio de Jesús Suárez Gómez made a pact with wild bees. The arrangement didn’t come easy, given that neither party knew each other well. The relationship was tense. When they crossed paths on the unspoiled trails of the forest in...

DHS Recognizes World AIDS Day

DHS Recognizes World AIDS Day Tomorrow, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) will join countless other organizations around the state and across the country to observe the 35th annual World AIDS Day by honoring, celebrating, and advocating for those who...

New lawsuit against EPA cites Suncor’s toxic pollution releases

The Suncor Refinery keeps reporting accidental toxic air releases into the air above its Commerce City neighborhood, and a watchdog group focused on air pollution cites the most recent incidents in pursuing a new lawsuit against the EPA for greenlighting Suncor...

How Mexico muddies the waters on fighting climate change

Mexico has labeled hundreds of millions of dollars in spending on fossil fuel infrastructure at state energy company Pemex and state electricity utility CFE as expenditure to address climate change and promote energy transition over the past decade, documents...

Durable plastic pollution easily, cleanly degrades with new catalyst

Many people are familiar with the haunting images of wildlife — including sea turtles, dolphins and seals — tangled in abandoned fishing nets. The main issue behind Nylon-6, the plastic inside these nets, carpet and clothing, is that it’s too strong and durable to...

Webinar: Forensic Methods for PFAS Source Tracking and Allocation

Dec. 7, 2023, noon CTRegister here. This SERDP and ESTCP webinar focuses on DoD-funded research efforts to develop forensic methods for PFAS source tracking and allocation. Specifically, investigators will talk about the development of an open-source database...

What do public libraries have to do with climate justice?

Read the full story at Nonprofit Quarterly. Sometimes lost in the attacks on books and libraries is the backdrop of a global climate emergency. In the face of escalating disasters caused by climate change, public libraries don’t only provide access to urgently needed...

Ecologists help migratory birds adapt to climate change

A team of scientists drives across northern Europe under the cloak of darkness in a white van full of carefully caged songbirds. They’re on their way from the Netherlands to Sweden, where winter weather will linger for two weeks longer. The birds in the van are...

No animals harmed as wildlife specimen collection goes digital in 3D

Imagine you’re leading an expedition in the depths of a forest. You discover a species of frog that piques your interest. Conventional rules of taxonomy dictate that you capture the animal, euthanize it, and take it back to a lab or museum. But what if it’s a rare or...

Smallholders and loggers push deeper into Sumatra’s largest park

At almost 1.4 million hectares (3.4 million acres), a little smaller than the U.S. state of Connecticut, Kerinci Seblat National Park is the second-largest park in Indonesia, and a jewel of the island of Sumatra. It’s also home to the largest tiger population left in...

The future of the planet hinges on understanding these 5 key phrases

Read the full story at Vox. This story is part of a Vox series examining how the climate crisis is impacting communities around the world, as the 28th annual United Nations conference on climate change (COP28) unfolds. Even the most consummate climate experts get hung...

United Nations criticizes Chemours PFAS contamination in NC

United Nations-appointed experts have alleged that Chemours and other companies linked with the Fayetteville Works plant likely violated the human rights of hundreds of thousands of people in Southeastern North Carolina by contaminating drinking water with forever...

A current review of European regulatory activity

Read the full story in Coatings World. European regulations continue to play the leading role for the global coatings market in defining and setting standards for compliance. This article addresses several new initiatives that will have a significant impact on the...

High quality cacao in Amazonia

Cacao (Theobroma cacao) is native to the Amazon rainforest and has been cultivated and consumed throughout the Americas since before Columbus. Cacao can be broadly segregated into to contrasting types based on quality: bulk cacao is used for most candy and food...

2023 Chesapeake Bay dead zone was smallest on record

All summer, the states of Maryland and Virginia found very promising water conditions in the Bay. Now it’s official—in 2023 the Bay’s “dead zone” was the smallest it’s ever been since monitoring began.

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