Enhanced thermochemical valorization of coconut husk through carbon dioxide integration: A sustainable approach to agricultural residue utilization
Kwon, D., Kim, Y., Choi, D., Jung, S., Tsang, Y. F., & Kwon, E. E. (2024). Enhanced thermochemical valorization of coconut husk through carbon dioxide integration: A sustainable approach to agricultural residue utilization. Applied Energy, 369, 123576....Shaping the next generation of Indigenous rangers: Interview with Manni Edwards
Manni Edwards credits his journey to preserving the wisdom of his elders to an encounter with goondoi 40 years ago. At the age of 8, Edwards says, he saw up to 14 colorful goondoi, or southern cassowaries (Casuarius casuarius) moving together in herds, socializing and...Nepal’s shifting biodiversity research landscape: Interview with Karan Bahadur Shah
KATHMANDU — Professor Karan Bahadur Shah is a distinguished researcher from Nepal, renowned for his extensive work in herpetology, the study of amphibians and reptiles. His career spans several decades and includes significant contributions to the understanding of...EPA completes drinking water, wastewater mission in Lahaina – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
EPA completes drinking water, wastewater mission in Lahaina Honolulu Star-AdvertiserEPA watchdog investigating delays in how the agency used sensor plane after East Palestine derailment – 10TV
EPA watchdog investigating delays in how the agency used sensor plane after East Palestine derailment 10TVCommentary: Chicago’s schools are in disrepair. Rehab to create green schools should be a priority.
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A new study on veterans highlights how the incidence of Long COVID has shifted through time and different variants, bringing a mix of hope and sighs. And yes, vaccination has played a crucial role in this evolving drama, reducing the burden of Long COVID.EPA watchdog investigating delays in how the agency used sensor plane after fiery Ohio derailment – The Hill
EPA watchdog investigating delays in how the agency used sensor plane after fiery Ohio derailment The HillThe people who feed America are going hungry
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In Arctic Norway, among the Indigenous Sámi people, there is a custom: When cutting down a tree, tap its trunk three times. On the one hand, it’s simply practical advice: Only old, dead trees will ring hollow. Test the trunk, and you’ll know which trees are young and...After 2-year wait, Sonoran wilderness protection law gets closer to reality
SAHUARIPA, Mexico — Where saguaro cacti give way to palm trees, some 130 miles south of the U.S. border, a small ranching town is quietly obsessed with jaguars (Panthera onca). Jaguar murals adorn walls, and local ranchers, usually demure and mustachioed, treasure...‘A harmonious human-primate society’: Interview with Whitley winner Kuenzang Dorji
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At the end of the 1980s, the Indigenous Cofán community of Zábalo, inside Ecuador’s Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, was alarmed by what was happening on the banks of the Aguarico River. Like in all the other tributaries of the Amazon, heavy hunting of yellow-spotted Amazon...A study found toxic metals in popular tampon brands. Here’s what experts advise
Read the full story at NPR. Researchers have found toxic metals — including arsenic and lead — in over a dozen popular brands of tampons, raising questions about a menstrual hygiene product used by millions of Americans. Their study, published last week in the...‘Fungibility’ could sink Convention on Biodiversity’s funding mechanism Decision 15/9 (commentary)
That common sense is anything but common is a truism. Professors of economics often invoke common sense to explain resource allocation. The fungibility problem is exemplary. This esoteric term comes from finance and is synonymous with “adverse selection”: an economic...Space mission that maps forests in 3D makes an early comeback
Call it the force’s doing, but it has been surprises galore for the GEDI mission. In early 2023, the lidar mission that maps the Earth’s forests in 3D was to be burned up in the atmosphere to make way for another unrelated mission on the International Space Station. A...AI supercharges data center energy use – straining the grid and slowing sustainability efforts
by Ayse Coskun, Boston University The artificial intelligence boom has had such a profound effect on big tech companies that their energy consumption, and with it their carbon emissions, have surged. The spectacular success of large language models such as ChatGPT has...Forever chemicals are poisoning your insurance
Read the full story at The Lever. As concerns about the dangers of forever chemicals rise nationwide and lawyers warn of a deluge of “astronomical” lawsuits, commercial insurers are quietly eliminating liability coverage for these chemicals’ health and ecological...Climate change is deadly. Exactly how deadly?
Read the full story from NPR. The definitive federal accounting of climate change’s impacts in the United States, the National Climate Assessment, estimates that upward of 1,300 people die in the U.S. each year due to heat alone and that extreme floods, hurricanes and...A review on plasma-based CO2 utilization: Process considerations in the development of sustainable chemical production
Li, S., Felice, G. D., Eichkorn, S., Shao, T., & Gallucci, F. (2024). A review on plasma-based CO2 utilization: Process considerations in the development of sustainable chemical production. Plasma Science and Technology, 26(9), 094001....Understanding the dynamics of microplastics transport in urban stormwater runoff: Implications for pollution control and management
Beheshtimaal, A., Alamdari, N., Wang, B., Kamali, M., & Salehi, M. (2024). Understanding the dynamics of microplastics transport in urban stormwater runoff: Implications for pollution control and management. Environmental Pollution, 356, 124302....Safe and sustainable chemicals and materials: A review of sustainability assessment frameworks
Caldeira, C., Abbate, E., Moretti, C., Mancini, L., & Sala, S. (2024). Safe and sustainable chemicals and materials: A review of sustainability assessment frameworks. Green Chemistry, 26(13), 7456–7477. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3GC04598F [open access] Abstract...A review on microbial bioremediation of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics
Kulkarni, R. M., Patwardhan, N. S., Iyer, P. B., & Bharadwaj, T. D. (2024). A review on microbial bioremediation of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics. Environmental Quality Management, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/tqem.22264 Abstract Microplastics...Report reveals widespread use of smuggled mercury in Amazon gold mining
The return in 2023 of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to Brazil’s presidency marked a significant setback for illegal gold mining in the Amazon. During Lula’s first year in office, the federal environmental agency, IBAMA, destroyed 600 dredgers used to churn up riverbeds in...Climate Homicide: Prosecuting Big Oil for Climate Deaths
Arkush, D., & Braman, D. (2024). Climate Homicide: Prosecuting Big Oil for Climate Deaths. Harvard Environmental Law Review, 48(1), 45–115. https://journals.law.harvard.edu/elr/wp-content/uploads/sites/79/2024/04/02_HLE_48_1_Arkush-Braman.pdf Abstract Prosecutors...States to drive mandatory climate reporting forward in U.S. in absence of SEC rules: Sustainable Fitch
Read the full story at ESG Today. New laws and regulations at the state and federal levels in the U.S. are anticipated to create mandatory requirements for thousands of companies to provide climate-related reporting, in areas including value chain emissions and...Still OK to Eat Fish on Friday?
EPA recently added five PFAS to the list of chemicals it suggests U.S. states analyze in locally-caught freshwater fish. A recent EPA news release says these are “science-based” recommendations to protect the public from PFAS exposure. But are these additions really...“What Trump 2.0 Could Mean for the Environment”
“If Donald Trump returns to the White House, he would likely face fewer legal and bureaucratic obstacles to dramatically remake the E.P.A.” BiodiversityClimate ChangeEnergy & FuelEnvironmental HealthEnvironmental JusticeEnvironmental PoliticsLaws &...Garifuna land rights abuses persist in Honduras, despite court ruling
Since the early 17th century, the Garifuna Afro-Indigenous peoples of Honduras have lived on the country’s northern Caribbean coast, where they collectively own large tracts of rich coastal land and sustain their livelihoods on subsistence agriculture and small-scale...LISTEN: Maria Jose Talayero Schettino on using her research to advocate for environmental justice in Mexico
Dr. Maria Jose Talayero Schettino joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss why she switched careers from physician to environmental health researcher, and how she’s using this new training to advocate for environmental justice in Mexico....To end turtle hunting, an African island state embraced the hunters
Five of the world’s seven species of marine turtles come to the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe, in Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, to breed or forage. The islanders patrol nesting sites, survey adult turtles at sea, educate students about the animals’ life cycle, work for...Thai tiger numbers swell as prey populations stabilize in western forests
The tiger population density in a series of protected areas in western Thailand has more than doubled over the past two decades, according to new survey data. Thailand is the final stronghold of the Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti), the subspecies having...What Trump 2.0 Could Mean for the Environment – The New York Times
What Trump 2.0 Could Mean for the Environment The New York TimesStates challenge EPA rule to protect tribal treaty rights – MPR News
States challenge EPA rule to protect tribal treaty rights MPR NewsHarnessing ‘invisible forests in plain view’ to reforest the world
Tony Rinaudo had been attempting to reforest degraded land in Niger in the 1980s at a rate of 6,000 trees a year, but most of them died. While driving to a village hosting one such project, what he caught sight of what he initially thought was a bush. Upon closer...Department of Labor obtains landmark federal court injunction protecting employees who report workplace injuries from employer retaliation
July 16, 202430 environmental advocacy groups ask PA governor to veto carbon capture bill
PITTSBURGH — A group of more than 30 environmental and health advocacy groups have asked Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro to veto a bill that would pave the way for carbon storage in the state. The bill, SB831, which was passed by the state legislature on Friday,...Environmental Protection Agency Oversight Hearing – C-SPAN
Environmental Protection Agency Oversight Hearing C-SPANQuickTakes 7/16/2024
Protecting Workers from Heat / Proteger a los trabajadores del calor Proposed Heat Rule Prevention is Key Warning Signs Can Save Lives Holding Employers Accountable Right to Report Beat the Heat Contest Ending The Word on the Street Check Out These Resources Norma...‘Extinct’ trees found in Tanzania sparks hope for ecosystem recovery
In July 2023, botanist Andrea Bianchi was driving in the Nguru Mountains of eastern Tanzania when the broad pods on a tree growing in a maize field near the road caught his eye. He pulled over and found not one but two Millettia sacleuxii trees, a species scientists...Loss of water means loss of culture for Mexico’s Indigenous Yaqui
YAQUI VALLEY, Mexico — Without the Yaqui River, survival is almost impossible for the Yaqui tribe in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. A lack of water affects the food production and cattle raising, the tribe’s main form of subsistence. But beyond basic...African markets tackle food insecurity and climate change — but lack investment
Zimbabwe’s Mbare agricultural market in Harare, the biggest local market in the country’s capital city, opens at 5 a.m. and bustles. Between morning and noon, traders arrive from different parts of the country with more than 100 varieties of vegetables and fruits that...EPA Changes Timing of Pesticide Drift Analyses – DTN The Progressive Farmer
EPA Changes Timing of Pesticide Drift Analyses DTN The Progressive FarmerA year after toxic tar sands spill, questions remain for affected First Nation
Living downstream from one of the world’s largest industrial projects isn’t easy — especially when things go wrong. When the community of Fort Chipewyan in Alberta, Canada, learned there had been a major spill of toxic wastewater from Imperial Oil’s Kearl tar sands...Inflammation: It’s Literally All in Your Head
A study in Nature reveals that our understanding of the balance of pro and anti-inflammatory forces extends beyond immune cells to a surprising player: the vagus nerve. This wandering nerve, connecting our body and brain, influences our immune response in ways...Great Women of Science: Barbara McClintock, the Nobel Winner Who Couldn’t Get a Teaching Job
‘Jumping genes’ are not a new type of leisure wear. They are integral components of the genetic-epigenetic continuum and the “genetic” expression of traits, biological or temperamental. The critical discovery that these chromosomal parts can move – impacting their...Gas Pipelines: Oversight of Operators’ Plans to Minimize Methane Emissions
Download the report. What GAO Found The Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (PIPES Act of 2020) included requirements for operators of pipeline systems to update their plans and procedures to address minimizing releases of...How is the fishing industry tackling sustainability?
Read the full story from Food Navigator Europe. The fishing industry has come under increasing criticism for its unsustainable practices. So how is the industry addressing this issue and is it enough?Marquette fungi biz trying to turn PFAS into rocket fuel—with mushrooms
Read the full story from WLNS. Two Marquette-area entrepreneurs who sell restaurant-quality, fresh mushrooms have also received a big grant to further their research into how fungi could be a solution to the nationwide PFAS problem—and maybe even blast projectile into...Flooding costs the U.S. between $179.8 and $496.0 billion each year
Download the report. Whether from an overflowing river, rising coastal waters, or a flash flood, flooding causes extensive harm to American households, infrastructure, and businesses across the country. In the last year alone, devastating floods have hit Vermont,...Impact of microplastics on soil (physical and chemical) properties, soil biological properties/soil biota, and response of plants to it: a review
Hanif, M.N., Aijaz, N., Azam, K. et al. Impact of microplastics on soil (physical and chemical) properties, soil biological properties/soil biota, and response of plants to it: a review. International Journal of Environmental Science & Technology (2024)....Permit-Required Confined Spaces Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
[Federal Register Volume 89, (Tuesday, July 16, 2024)] [Notice] [Pages 57944-57946] Permit-Required Confined Spaces Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) RequirementsMicroplastics in landfill leachate: Sources, abundance, characteristics, remediation approaches and future perspective
Acarer Arat, S. (2024). “Microplastics in landfill leachate: Sources, abundance, characteristics, remediation approaches and future perspective.” Desalination and Water Treatment, 319, 100445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dwt.2024.100445 Abstract There is a lack of...Voicing environmental justice: critical discourse analysis of a postcard survey to amplify marginalized voices surviving and coping with environmental threats
Evans-Agnew, R.A., Koontz, T.M. & Schell, C. “Voicing environmental justice: critical discourse analysis of a postcard survey to amplify marginalized voices surviving and coping with environmental threats.” Journal of Environmental Studies & Sciences (2024)....Institutional conflict puts successful Spix’s macaw reintroduction at risk
This is the second in a two-part report about the reintroduction of the Spix’s macaw, a bird declared extinct in the wild, and the uncertain future of its return. Read Part One here. RIO DE JANEIRO — In 2022, the Spix’s macaw, one of the world’s most threatened...Is molecular “pre-testing” to establish eligibility before CT lung cancer screening safe and cost-effective?
CT screening for lung cancer could save countless lives, but low participation rates have led to some eyebrow-raising proposals. Molecular methods, touted by those with a vested interest, promising to pre-screen for eligibility—because who wouldn’t want a test...The Hidden Health Crisis: Microplastics and Their Medical Consequences
Roman, J., Gondko, D., Dębiec, P., & Pietrzak, N. (2024). The Hidden Health Crisis: Microplastics and Their Medical Consequences. Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 72, 51690. https://doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2024.72.51690 [open access] Abstract Introduction and...Loopholes allow multilateral development banks to fund captive coal in Indonesia: Report
JAKARTA — Publicly funded multilateral development banks (MDBs) like the World Bank might finance a wave of “captive” coal expansion in climate-vulnerable countries vulnerable to climate change, which will speed up global warming. A new report reveals that the World...Traditional foods have the potential to help Kashmir communities adapt to climate change: study
In the western Himalayas of Kashmir, mountain communities are eating their way to preserving traditional knowledge. Local food advocates are trying to get more of the rich array of wild edible plant species, traditionally cultivated by communities from forests, like...Let’s Reset Universities’ Moral Compass By Withholding Philanthropy
Higher education has strayed from its mission of teaching critical reasoning and open discourse. Many universities now shelter students from uncomfortable ideas, leading to a suppression of individuality and non-conforming thought, and they practice discrimination in...“Nations Gather To Negotiate Deep Sea Mining Code As Opposition Mounts”
“The United Nations’ International Seabed Authority (ISA) will meet on Monday to consider new rules allowing firms to extract minerals from the ocean floor, despite mounting concerns about the economic and environmental risks.”...In a desertscape in Brazil, science brings farms to bountiful life
When José Rodrigues do Santos first saw the enormous canyons in Gilbués, in Brazil’s Piauí state, he didn’t imagine that he would spend the rest of his life there. He had walked some 20 kilometers (12 miles) across a red sea of desertified land from the place where he...In Mexico City’s precolonial canals, scientists aim to save ancient salamanders
The rickety rowboat has been traveling for about half an hour through Xochimilco, a precolonial borough in southern Mexico City, past canals, ditches and meadows when it docks at a small strip of land. Vegetables are grown on this chinampa, a strip of farmland...AIDS Therapies, Already Amazing, Become Even More So
More than 40 years of AIDS research has led to significant advancements in treatment and prevention. Drugs to treat the infection continued to improve, as did patient outcomes. But now there’s another major milestone. Gilead’s lenacapavir, a twice-yearly...Creating a Family of Educators Committed to Justice-Centered Climate Change Pedagogy
Fitzmaurice, H. L., & Barton, J. C. (2024). “Creating a Family of Educators Committed to Justice-Centered Climate Change Pedagogy.” Connected Science Learning, 6(3), 133–140. https://doi.org/10.1080/24758779.2024.2349940 [open access] Abstract Teaching the...Department of Labor finds one of the largest makers of reclaimed rubber flooring exposed Austin-area employees to willful, serious safety violations
July 15, 2024Press Release: Pistoia Alliance Launches Non-Animal Models Community
The post Press Release: Pistoia Alliance Launches Non-Animal Models Community appeared first on Pistoia Alliance.Women in Sierra Leone unite after devastating floods | Mongabay Sessions
In this episode of Mongabay Sessions, Romi Castagnino, Mongabay’s associate video producer, sits down with documentary director Ibrahim S. Miles Kamara. His film, Freetown Floodfighters: Women’s Resilience on the Frontline, shows the efforts of community groups led by...The Unseen Biological Baggage of Socioeconomic Status
So, you thought socioeconomic status (SES) only mattered for buying fancy coffee and organic food? A new study reveals that the health disparities associated with lower SES appear to be transferred through bone marrow transplants to the health outcomes of the...Nike pledged to shrink its carbon footprint. It just slashed the staff charged with making that happen.
Read the full story from ProPublica. Since December, Nike has lost about 30% of employees who worked primarily on sustainability initiatives, due to layoffs, voluntary departures or transfers to other duties. Already, the company was missing its targets for reducing...2 Chicago nonprofits get $16 million to expand clean energy job programs on South, West Sides
Read the full story at Block Club Chicago. Two Chicago nonprofits have been awarded about $16 million through the state’s Clean and Equitable Jobs Act to fund green jobs apprenticeship and training programs. Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday visited North...Staples, Batteries Plus to receive funding to collect consumer batteries
Read the full story at Recycling Today. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $14 million in funding available through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to increase consumer battery recycling and create a more sustainable domestic battery...FEMA tightens flood resilience rules for federally funded infrastructure
Read the full story at Smart Cities Dive. A policy will soon go into effect that aims to protect federally funded construction projects from heightened flooding caused by climate change, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Wednesday. Starting Sept. 9,...DOT Report to Congress: Decarbonizing U.S. Transportation
Download the report. This report responds to congressional direction to outline U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) strategy and actions for reducing GHG emissions in line with our international commitments. It draws on the U.S. National Blueprint for...Climate tech startup 44.01 raises $37 million to scale solution to turn CO2 into rock
Read the full story at ESG Today. Carbon sequestration technology startup 44.01 announced today that it has raised $37 million in a Series A funding round, with proceeds aimed at developing and commercializing its technology, and enabling its international expansion....Ugandan chimps are eating bat guano, raising concerns over human epidemics
“Finish your yogurt, sweetheart, it’s good for your bones. And take a few almonds, so you’ll stay healthy.” You may have heard this before, and rightly so. Minerals, such as calcium and magnesium, are vital to our functioning as they ensure that our bones, muscles,...Regions with highest risks to wildlife have fewest camera traps, study finds
Over the past three decades, camera traps have given us a rare, never-before-seen peek into animal lives. Used by conservation organizations, academic researchers and citizen science projects around the world, camera traps have become the gold standard in monitoring...Biden-Harris administration finalizes rule to increase resilience against flooding nationwide
Read the full story from FEMA. The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a Final Rule to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS). The standard is a flexible framework to increase resilience...Social perspectives of carbon capture, transportation, utilization, and storage in Switzerland
Dallo, I., Marti, M., Kuratle, L. D., Ly, C., Zeller, S., & Zaugg, S. (2024). Social perspectives of carbon capture, transportation, utilization, and storage in Switzerland. Energy Research & Social Science, 114, 103588....Tracing the footprints of contaminants in water environment through the application of stable isotopic systematics
Keesari, T. (2024). Tracing the footprints of contaminants in water environment through the application of stable isotopic systematics. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 40, 100559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2024.100559 Abstract...Gender, Activist Citizenship, and Climate Change
Siim, B. (2024). “Gender, Activist Citizenship, and Climate Change.” In: Siim, B., Stoltz, P. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57144-2_27 Abstract Critical and feminist scholars and...Post-January 6th deplatforming reduced the reach of misinformation on Twitter
McCabe, S.D., Ferrari, D., Green, J. et al. “Post-January 6th deplatforming reduced the reach of misinformation on Twitter.” Nature 630, 132–140 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07524-8 Abstract The social media platforms of the twenty-first century have an...Meth-addict fish, aggro starlings, caffeinated minnows: animals radically changed by human drugs – study
Read the full story in The Guardian. Michael Bertram, an assistant professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, said: “Active pharmaceutical ingredients are found in waterways all around the globe, including in organisms that we might eat.” He said...Integrating industrial sectors in the transition to more sustainable chemicals
Guillén-Gosálbez, G., Francisco dos Santos, L. Integrating industrial sectors in the transition to more sustainable chemicals. Nature Chemical Engineering 1, 336–337 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44286-024-00067-9 Abstract Transitioning to more sustainable...EIA: Electrolyzers are a small but growing source of US hydrogen production
Read the full story from Green Car Congress. Planned electrolyzer installations that use electricity to produce hydrogen from water, if built, would expand capacity in the United States from 116 megawatts (MW) of current capacity to 4,524 MW, according to information...It looked like a reliable news site. It Was an A.I. chop shop.
Read the full story in the New York Times. BNN Breaking had millions of readers, an international team of journalists and a publishing deal with Microsoft. But it was full of error-ridden content.The National Ocean Biodiversity Strategy
Download the document. Federal agencies mandated to support ocean biodiversity research, monitoring, and management face logistical challenges in effectively monitoring biodiversity across the vast U.S. ocean. The National Ocean Biodiversity Strategy (strategy)...The U.S. has a plan to protect workers from heat. Employers are fighting it.
Read the full story in the Washington Post. On any given day in the warmest months, millions of workers nationwide labor in heat that is increasingly hazardous to their health. Last week, the Biden administration proposed a rule that, for the first time, would protect...The world’s sharks face a gauntlet of threats from marine heatwaves—and ‘coldwaves,’ scientists say
Read the full story at Inside Climate News. Over the last 450 million years, sharks have survived five mass extinctions, making them some of the oldest—and sturdiest—creatures still in existence today. But a sixth mass extinction that many scientists fear is underway...Landfills belch toxic ‘forever chemicals’ into the air
Read the full story from Science News. What’s dumped into a landfill is supposed to stay there, but a new study finds that toxic “forever chemicals” are wafting from the waste into the air. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have been detected in the gas...Study to benchmark water quality finds key Amazon tributary in good shape
MANAUS, Brazil — It’s September, near the peak of 2023’s extreme drought in the Brazilian Amazon, and José Clodoaldo de Oliveira keeps an eye on the GPS as he pilots the voadeira, a small aluminum boat, in the Mariuá Archipelago along with two fellow researchers,...For ‘extinct’ Spix’s macaw, successful comeback is overshadowed by uncertainty
This is the first in a two-part report about the reintroduction of the Spix’s macaw, a bird declared extinct in the wild, and the uncertain future of its return. Read Part Two tomorrow. RIO DE JANEIRO — On May 24 this year, Ugo Vercillo woke up to a piece of amazing...“What Project 2025 Would Mean For The Fight Against Climate Change”
“Project 2025, a controversial conservative roadmap that aims to guide the next Republican administration, calls for the elimination of multiple energy- and environment-related offices and rules — moves that would restrict the government’s ability to combat...Sundarbans fisherfolk are battered by cyclones amid fishing bans
On a muddy alluvial land by the intertidal rivers Shibsa and Sutarkhali, several unmechanized traditional river boats, known as country boats, are docked, despite it being a weekday in mid-June. This is because the boat operators — the fishers of the Sundarbans — have...Op-ed: Farmers of color need climate action now. The farm bill is our best hope.
As summer heats up, we all find ourselves wondering, how hot will this one be? Several of the last summers have been the hottest summers on record. For farmers, who depend on clement weather for their livelihoods and to feed our communities, a sudden heatwave or an...Conservation pays and everyone’s benefitting from it (commentary)
In just one generation, Costa Rica halted deforestation and reversed land degradation. Currently, Costa Rica boasts 57% forest cover, with 25% of its land territory protected. All of this has been achieved while the country’s agricultural sector became the most robust...Jokowi’s religious mining rule divides Indonesian’s largest Islamic organization
A widely criticized move by Indonesian President Joko Widodo to reform mining rules to bestow coal mining licenses on an allied religious organization is carving a rift between its executive leadership and Islamic activists in the community, sources told Mongabay...Cambodia’s Funan Techo Canal project: A catalog of worries (analysis)
Cambodia is pushing ahead with plans to link the nation’s capital, Phnom Penh, to its coast with a canal running 180 kilometers, or 110 miles. According to Cambodian leaders, 51% or more of the canal’s cost will be covered by Cambodian companies and the remainder by a...Lithium ‘ubiquitous’ in El Paso drinking water, utility CEO says – El Paso Matters
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