The Clean Energy Transition at the Salton Sea
California holds vast stores of lithium. But mining projects stir debate over environmental costs and economic benefits. For decades, a global transition has been underway:…
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Senior Alberta Officials Stalled Release of Coal Mine Pollution Science
This article was originally published by The Narwhal, an online magazine dedicated to covering the natural world in Canada. Sign up for their newsletter here. A government…
Water Companies Have Borrowed Over £10bn in ‘Green’ Bonds
England’s troubled water sector has borrowed billions for environmental improvements while leaks and pollution incidents soared. England’s water industry has borrowed billions of pounds in…
Sweden’s Mining Industry is Threatening the Indigenous Sami People’s Way of Life
Georgia de Leeuw, Resercher, Lund University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. “There is so…
‘Defeat for Justice’: Ecuador to Pay Amazon-Polluting Chevron $220 Million
“A debt is not owed to Chevron. A debt is owed to the Amazonian families still waiting for truth, justice, and full reparation.” A US…
Marine Heat Waves Slow the Ocean’s Carbon Flow
When plankton find themselves in hot water, organic matter stalls at the surface and disrupts transport of carbon to the deep ocean. Marine heat waves…
When the Dose Makes the Poison: Harmful Algal Blooms
Algae: you wouldn’t be here reading this article, and I sure wouldn’t be here writing it, if it weren’t for them. It might seem like a bit of a stretch to make that…
Turning Concrete Jungles Into Oases
A century ago, critics of cities called them concrete jungles. According to Dictionary.com, concrete jungles are “any large, crowded city or urban area with little…
Warming Due to Tropical Deforestation Linked to 28,000 ‘Excess’ Deaths per Year
Warming driven by deforestation caused an extra 28,000 heat-related deaths per year across Africa, South America and Asia over 2001-20, new research finds. The study,…
Fracking, Earthquakes and Impunity: The Recipe for a Sacrifice Zone in Argentina
Oil and gas frackers at the Vaca Muerta field must be held accountable for shaking the earth, argues seismologist Javier Grosso It has been more…
Offshore Wind in the Mediterranean: Renewables Can, and Must, Protect Biodiversity
The oceans – engines of life on Earth and our single greatest climate regulator – are caught in a catch 22. We urgently need to…
Highway to Hell
The BR-319 threatens the Amazon in the name of ‘progress’ and politics. Plans to reconstruct the controversial BR-319 highway have now been formally announced and…
Invasive Lake Weed Turned to Clean Energy in Ethiopia
By: Solomon Yimer For years, Fentie Wabi worked as a fisherman on Ethiopia’s Lake Tana, until an aggressive green invader changed everything. Water hyacinth, a…