Climate
The Greek National Park Suffocated by Fish Farming
This story is part of an investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project. Read the other stories here. For two thousand years, th…
The Race for Lithium Is Becoming a Race for Water
This investigation was reported in a collaboration between Inside Climate News and Columbia Journalism Investigations. CALIPATRIA, Calif.—On a border-town road surrounded by alfal…
As Rival Resorts Battle in a Bahamas Court, a Threatened Conch’s Nursery Is Caught in the Middle
Queen conch larvae drift for two to three weeks before settling into seagrass, where their first food grows on the thin green blades. This is where they spend most of their first …
Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment
Newly established commission identifies 17 catastrophic threats to human health but says ‘realistic route to act’ on each existsHumans could become extinct by the year 2100 due to…
Dozens injured and buildings damaged as tornadoes hit Sicily
Marsala on island’s west coast badly affected after powerful storm approached from MediterraneanTwo tornadoes have struck the coastal town of Marsala in western Sicily, injuring d…
Greece’s Seafood Problem Starts Elsewhere
This story is part of an investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project. Read the other stories here. In May, the Hellenic Aquac…
In One Historically Black Florida Community, the Drinking Water Is Brown
WHITTED, Fla.—When Ann Jones runs her kitchen faucet, the water flows clear only some of the time. Sometimes the water is brown. Fill a pitcher, and the water is the color of iced…
Unpacking the Environmental Issues in Susan Collins’ Tough Race in Maine
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with veteran Maine journalist Kevin Miller. The cl…
Climate crisis is coming to crush many of world’s best surf breaks, study warns
Changing tide levels, shifting sands and hardened shorelines put waves at risk, affecting more than just surfersThe climate crisis is coming for some of the world’s greatest surf …
Northern California Community Wants Stronger Oversight of Dangerous Refineries Nearby
MARTINEZ, Calif.—Scores of people tired of living near accident-prone refineries packed an elementary school auditorium to hear what their government officials were doing to prote…
Looking for Oil in Alaska, No Environmental Strings Attached
Oil companies will no longer be required to conduct environmental reviews before exploring for fossil fuel reservoirs in the Western Arctic, the largest tract of federally managed…
Michigan Spill Prompts Federal Probe of Energy Transfer Pipelines’ Safety
A crude oil pipeline spill last month in the Detroit suburbs has prompted federal authorities to open an investigation into the safety of all 20,000 miles of hazardous liquids pip…
SEC Issues Warning to Investment Firms That Challenged ExxonMobil
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an unusual warning this week to the country’s largest asset managers and a climate-focused investor group over their roles in a …
China’s Blue Mirage
This story is part of an investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project. Read the other stories here. Xinjiang is a land of unfo…
AI and the climate crisis pose existential risks. The law offers a way to reduce them | Robert Reich
Liability lawsuits have held tobacco, oil and pharma companies to account in the past. AI investors won’t ignore this threatThe most basic function of government is to protect peo…
South Baltimore Residents Grapple With Contradictory Incinerator Decisions
Around 100 Baltimore residents packed a community hall in the Curtis Bay neighborhood on the evening of Oct. 1. One after another, they implored the Maryland Department of the Env…
Navajo environmentalists were offered money to drop opposition to energy project
On the Navajo Reservation, a would-be energy developer appears to have tried to bribe a local environmental group to drop opposition to his project.
Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ dataKemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document…
How California is bracing for a winter of floods, fires and extreme storms all at once
The strongest El Niño recorded is expected to bring a cascade of hazards to a state still facing wildfire and heat risks, while budget cuts have weakened disaster response agencie…
Wildlife Populations Have Plunged Globally, But Some Buck the Trend
A new report paints a dark picture of the state of global wildlife—but also highlights flickers of light where some populations are on the upswing. Over the past half-century, po…
Can hope save the planet? An endangered parrot that is beating the odds can help us find out | Helen Pilcher
A new global biodiversity report strikes an encouraging note. But we cannot rest on our laurels – and resilience is keyThe new Living Planet Report is out. Published every two yea…
To Block Solar Energy Projects, One Community Lumped Them in With Junkyards and Adult Bookstores
In Montgomery County, Indiana, utility-scale solar projects appear on an official list of undesirable land uses that also includes “adult-oriented businesses.” So it wasn’t surpri…
July 2026 was worst on record for wildfires in England, data shows
Devastating blaze near Sizewell B nuclear power station in Suffolk among a record 624 wildfires in July this yearThis July was the worst on record for wildfires in England, provis…
Maryland Demands Answers as Fuel Leak Persists From Joint Base Andrews
Maryland environmental regulators say jet fuel continues to seep into Piscataway Creek from Joint Base Andrews more than six months after the spill was reported, despite the base’…