Environmental Defenders Remain Among World’s Most Targeted Activists
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The Extinction of Languages Is an Environmental Issue
This story was originally published by The Revelator. Subscribe to their newsletter. More than 2,000 Indigenous languages are at risk of disappearing this century —…
Environmental Defenders Labeled ‘Terrorists’ for Bringing Renewable Power to Philippine Communities
This article by Raymund B. Villanueva was co-published in English by Kodao Productions and Dialogue Earth. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as…
Surviving the Thaw: Greenland’s Inuit Grapple with Their Melting World
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The Spotlight That Bees Deserve
Bees keep carrying the weight of the world on their wings. They managed to survive a significant mass extinction event and multiple smaller ones; bees…
The Gaza War is an Environmental Catastrophe
Toxic waste, water-borne diseases, vast carbon emissions: Dr. Mariam Abd El Hay describes the myriad harms of Israel’s assault to the region’s ecosystems. “Ever-worsening shortages…
Fishing industry rides tech wave to go green
Professor Zigor Uriondo was so keen to make tuna fishing less polluting and more profitable that he refused to let the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020…
The 11,200 km plan for Germany’s new ‘hydrogen highways’
A group of gas grid operators presented plans on Wednesday (12 July) to complete the construction of Germany’s main hydrogen transport network by 2032, although…
Conditionality mechanisms and the green transition: the case of EU funding for Poland
The current EU budget for 2021 to 2027 is unique not only because it has been boosted by the NextGenerationEU facility, which aims to speed…
The road to low-carbon concrete
By M. Mitchell Waldrop For thousands of years, humanity has had a love affair with cement and concrete. But now, industry groups and researchers are…
EU countries reach tentative deal on landmark energy savings law
The EU’s 27 energy ministers will aim to formalise a tentative deal on the bloc’s energy efficiency directive at their meeting on Monday (27 June),…
Bangladesh power bill mounts amid plan to supersize already bloated capacity
Bangladesh is paying hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives to private electricity producers every year for electricity that’s going unused, a government report indicates….
Permit for Controversial $9 Billion Plastics Plant in “Chemical Alley” to Be Put on Hold
Proposed emissions from the plant would triple the levels of cancer-causing chemicals in one of the most toxic areas of the U.S., but the Army…