Environment

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Environment

ENVIRONMENT 25/09/2026 05:45

Fossil fuel subsidies are the ‘worst energy policy in the world,’ researchers say

In an editorial in Science, U.S.-based energy policy experts Paasha Mahdavi and Michael Ross argue that governments creating consumer fossil…

ENVIRONMENT 25/09/2026 05:34

Chocolate giant lobbied U.S. and EU officials over deforestation laws, says report

Food conglomerate Mondelēz International, the owner of chocolate brands Cadbury, Milka, Toblerone and Oreo, has allegedly engaged in an exte…

ENVIRONMENT 24/09/2026 21:28

Pakistan expands protected habitat for Indus River dolphin as recovery offers hope

Between 11 million and 16 million years ago, during the high sea levels of the middle Miocene period, the ancestors of the Indus River dolph…

ENVIRONMENT 24/09/2026 19:53

A new cat species was just discovered. Several more may follow

Editor’s note: Last week, the description of a “new” cat species from Bolivia made headlines around the world. The tilcayo (Leopardus tilcay…

ENVIRONMENT 24/09/2026 19:48

Anthrax suspected in 46 hippo deaths in Zambia amid potential spillover to humans

Zambia is investigating wildlife deaths and human exposure linked to an anthrax outbreak in the northern province of Muchinga, where several…

ENVIRONMENT 24/09/2026 18:10

Peru faces hearing over threats to uncontacted Indigenous groups in the Amazon

A public hearing this week by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights will assess claims that the Peruvian state violated the rights of the…

ENVIRONMENT 24/09/2026 17:44

Ugandans plant trees near national park to keep people out of gorillas’ habitat

BWINDI, Uganda (AP) — In the tangled greenery of a Ugandan national park, mountain gorillas sit among the leaves, calmly carrying on as tour…

ENVIRONMENT 24/09/2026 17:43

Brazil’s tropical forest fund races to raise $2.7 billion before deadline

A historic billion-dollar rainforest pledge can collapse if global donors fail to act by December.

ENVIRONMENT 24/09/2026 17:22

Ebola, twins and women-led conservation: Reporting on gorillas for World Gorilla Day

Gorillas are among humans’ closest relatives, with a common ancestor dating back around 8 to 10 million years. Both species of gorilla alive…

ENVIRONMENT 24/09/2026 16:50

In Nepal, women seek ownership rights to the lands they tend

POKHARA, Nepal — Before Binita Bishwokaarma understood Nepal’s property laws, she understood the work required to sustain a farm. Growing up…

ENVIRONMENT 24/09/2026 14:36

New report reveals the environmental cost of USAID’s destruction

Nearly two years after U.S. President Trump’s decision to dismantle international development agency USAID removed nearly $1 billion from gl…

ENVIRONMENT 24/09/2026 14:27

‘Lost’ bird reappears in West Africa’s forests after more than a decade

When Paulo Ditzel first laid eyes on the bird, he knew he’d seen something special: a vibrant orange body with yellow and black wings and ta…

ENVIRONMENT 24/09/2026 13:55

Earth life support systems are flashing red, warns 2026 Planetary Health Check

Human activities continue eroding the planet’s stability, resilience and life-support functions, the third edition of the Planetary Health C…

ENVIRONMENT 24/09/2026 13:25

Biodiversity credits shouldn’t copy the carbon market playbook (commentary)

Here is the argument I want to make plainly, before anything else: the biodiversity credit market should stop trying to copy carbon’s trick …

ENVIRONMENT 24/09/2026 13:00

Indonesia’s geothermal push runs into local fears at Mount Ungaran

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — Communities living near Mount Ungaran in Indonesia’s Central Java province have slammed plans to revive a geothermal…

ENVIRONMENT 23/09/2026 23:11

Floating weeds threaten farming and fishing at Malawi’s Chia Lagoon

A mass of floating weeds at Chia Lagoon, Malawi’s largest, is choking out waterways and livelihoods as farmers and fishers struggle to acces…

ENVIRONMENT 23/09/2026 22:04

Planned US tech hub in Philippines hit over environmental and Indigenous land concerns

MANILA — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. arrived at the Grand Hyatt Manila on Sept. 10 to address hundreds of foreign business rep…

ENVIRONMENT 23/09/2026 20:00

US contractors reportedly purchase tin from company accused of illegal Amazon mining

Brazilian tin-producing company, White Solder, has been accused of acquiring a mineral  illegally mined in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory…

ENVIRONMENT 23/09/2026 16:55

Agency says sea turtle eggs laid on California beaches are a first for the US West Coast

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A reptile believed to be struggling in sand at a Southern California beach was simply making history: a sea …

ENVIRONMENT 23/09/2026 16:52

Logging still threatens Bornean forest once envisioned as an Indigenous-led peace park

A conservation park that Indigenous communities from the Malaysian state of Sarawak believed they could co-manage and self-govern has been t…

ENVIRONMENT 23/09/2026 16:27

Two decades on, Nepal’s conservationists search for new ‘dream’ generation

KATHMANDU — In September 2006, Nepal’s then Minister of Forests and Soil Conservation Gopal Rai and a contingent of conservation leaders fle…

ENVIRONMENT 23/09/2026 13:36

A mega-dam made this community move

The green transition is crucial to tackling climate change. But around the world, the same question keeps cropping up: who pays the price? I…

ENVIRONMENT 23/09/2026 10:30

In Peru’s high Andes, restoring ancient ecosystems could help protect water security

In the highlands above Villa de Arma, community leaders once walked through ice and snow. They still remember the stories told by their gran…

ENVIRONMENT 23/09/2026 08:08

New Galápagos Atlas charts the islands’ biodiversity and the mysteries that remain

A new atlas of biodiversity of the Galápagos Islands highlights the unique evolutionary and ecological diversity of life in the famed archip…