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Judge orders Trump administration to reinstall slavery and climate change exhibits

A Biden-appointed judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstall scrapped exhibits about slavery and climate change that had been removed from parks and monuments across the c…

Abortion pills in America's water supply: Republican AGs call for the EPA to investigate possible contamination

In addition to killing unborn children in the womb and exposing their mothers to potentially fatal health risks, the abortion pill mifepristone might be contaminating America's wat…

Your home’s air might be making you sick — here’s what to do about it

Learn the signs of poor air quality and the easy fixes.…

It's one of the world's most isolated islands. Here come the bulldozers

The Indian government is spending $9 billion to create a megaport, airport and city on this remote island. Critics fear the impact on pristine forests and the lives of indigenous i…

Humans Are Raiding Whales’ Food Supply for Dietary Supplements and Animal Feed

This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Maxing out at around 200 tons, the blue whale is not o…

Fisher with a mission: first woman to chair Grayling Society wants to protect ‘lady of the stream’

Marnie Lovejoy hopes to inspire other women to fish, protect England’s rivers and lift up the ‘beautiful’ grayling With its iridescent pink scales and elegant dorsal fin, the grayl…

Gordon-Darby Prepares to Renew Effort to Commandeer New Hampshire in Order to Maintain Emissions Testing Contract

Since it lost its first case on technical procedural grounds, the company plans to try again.…

The Forest Service says it's closing offices to cut costs. But the math doesn't add up

The Forest Service is trying to shut down research hubs because it says it needs to live within its means. But the agency plans to close facilities that cost less than $1 to rent w…

Albania's 'Flamingo Revolution' rises up against the Trump family and Prime Minister Edi Rama

Several thousand people have been protesting since May 30 against large-scale projects that many Albanians consider a symbol of the prime minister's excesses ever since he came to …

Liberia: Stakeholders Sound Alarm On Pollution Crisis in Montserrado

[Liberian Observer] Environmental experts, civil society organizations, community leaders and government stakeholders have raised serious concerns over the growing threat of soil, …

No relief: Environment Canada predicts hot, humid summer across country

After a particularly cold and snowy winter across much of Canada, summer is bringing the heat.…

Ecologist worried damaged boat could pollute sensitive rock platform

Excavators have been used to salvage a vessel that ran aground at Flat Rock just north of Ballina, potentially disrupting the intertidal ecosystem in the area.…

Connecting the Pieces: AI, Data Centers, and the Environment

Five questions about how data centers run AI, what they consume, and where the realistic paths to sustainability lie.…

Trump tries to boost oil and gas drilling in remote Alaska, where locals see opportunity

The Interior Department is holding its first lease sale under President Donald Trump’s second term in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, selling off tracts of land for …

Fighting Fire With Fire

In fire-prone ecosystems in Australia’s Northern Territory, prescribed burns are lit to minimize the severity of fires later in the season.…

World Environment Day: PM Modi calls for renewed commitment to sustainable growth

PM Modi urges renewed commitment to sustainable growth on World Environment Day, highlighting India's environmental achievements and collective responsibility.…

Ghana: Poison or Poverty - the Impossible Economic Choices Facing Ghana's E-Waste Workers

Analysis - Agbogbloshie, in Ghana's capital city, Accra, is a sprawling, open-air scrapyard located next to a lagoon and a growing informal settlement. Roughly 6,000 people dismant…

Uganda: Are Uganda's Environmental Impact Reports Just a Box-Ticking Exercise? What a Study of 108 Projects Reveals

Analysis - Uganda's environmental impact assessment system is meant to protect the environment from harmful development projects. For nearly 30 years, the law has required develope…

New Zealand’s Wellington hit by ‘disgusting’ deluge of faeces, sanitary items after storm

The capital city’s utilities company said crews were working to remove debris and disinfect the homes.…

Drum plantation technique helps grow 3,200 trees in saline land at Dholera

Drum plantation technique successfully grows 3,200 trees in saline Dholera, enhancing green cover amid industrial development efforts.…

Mining turns India’s heat-shield hills to dust

A loss of the hills to mining is boosting already dangerously hot temperatures in New Delhi, raising the risk of desertification, and worsening health problems, experts warn.…

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Climate Change Superstition Still Rules California

At the end of May, the California Air Resources Board extended the “Cap-and-Invest” program through 2045, with changes that allegedly provide a “long-term signal for the market.” C…

New Zealand capital flooded with faeces after wastewater failure

WELLINGTON: Homes in New Zealand's capital were flooded with faeces and sanitary products on Friday (Jun 5) after an overnight storm blocked wastewater pipes, the city's utilities …

Trump Announces $700 Million in Funds Meant to Boost Coal Industry

The president announced a total of $700 million in federal money to reinvigorate the domestic coal industry, which has been in decline for decades.…

Ivanka And Jared’s Sketchy Albania Private Island Deal Sparking Mass Protests

'No chance that the investment will stop'…

Kevin O’Leary agrees to downsize massive Utah data center

Kevin O'Leary agreed to halve the size of his planned 40,000-acre data center in Utah amid mounting pressure from residents and activists, as reported earlier by local affiliate AB…

Google Aims to Debug California and Florida by Releasing 64 Million Mosquitoes

An earlier project already led to a 95 percent drop in biting females of one disease-carrying species in Fresno.…

The Myth of the ‘Doomsday Glacier’

The press is once again ramping up the scare factor, pushing the claim that Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, the so-called “doomsday glacier,” is on the brink of collapse and poised …

Major UK supermarket to stop selling brown eggs in net zero push

White eggs have a smaller carbon footprint than brown ones, research suggests…

Akwa Ibom communities threaten legal action against oil firms over pollution

Residents of oil communities in Akwa Ibom accused major oil companies of worsening environmental degradation and pledged coordinated legal action to hold polluters accountable.…

Plans for a Trump family-linked resort spark protests in Albania

A coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner is facing resistance in Albania. The government says the project will transform the nation, but environmental campaigners and …

Protests in Albania grow over Jared Kushner-backed luxury resort

Conservation groups say work has begun in protected coastal area, while prime minister insists project will bring jobs and investment Protests in Albania over a proposed luxury res…

State Workers Just Want to Stay Home

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — There’s no better example summarizing California’s enduring problems than the recent Sacramento Bee story explaining that a union representing some public empl…

Toronto Liberal MPs downplay provincial Billy Bishop expansion plan, acknowledge some worries

Ontario government is laying the groundwork for a massive overhaul of the city airport…

'Not enough' bees for crop pollination as parasite takes over

A new report warns of a massive pollination shortfall in Australia this year as varroa mite wipes out hives and forces beekeepers out.…

PFAS: Six months after France bans 'forever chemicals,' the law is still not enforced

The Directorate General for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF) is unable to carry out large-scale inspections to determine whether manufacturers are co…

Environmental Activist Group Files Suit on Saving Rare AZ Snail, Where It Is Should Raise Eyebrows

It seems like, without fail, the activist Left seeks out ways of using the legal system to get whatever radical policy they want retained via a judge's ruling, or stop some Conserv…

Japan sees shortage of plastic bags, trays and gloves, as Iran war-induced naphtha shortage worsens

The Middle East is Japan’s main source of crude oil, from which naphtha is extracted and used to make items including printing ink and plastics Takeaways, supermarkets, and bakerie…

POWER GUZZLERS: ‘Democratising’ the environmental impacts of the AI data beast

Amid the global scramble to build more AI data centres, scholars from the United Nations University are calling for greater public transparency and stricter government oversight to…

National weather forecast for Thursday June 4

National weather forecast for Thursday June 4.…

Arctic Rivers Are Bleeding Orange. Scientists Just Found the Toxic Origin

Not even the most remote, natural hotspots appear exempt from rising temperatures.…

Govt. to directly purchase land in Ayyankuzhi for waste management project

Government to directly acquire land in Ayyankuzhi for a solid waste management facility benefiting families affected by industrial pollution.…

In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters

While many US city councils have passed moratoriums, Monterey Park is first where residents have voted on a ban Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Residents in Monte…

A year since the varroa mite entered Qld, honey bee colonies have collapsed

Beekeepers in Queensland say they are 'barely hanging on' a year after the varroa mite was detected in the state for the first time.…

Google wants to release 64 million bacteria-riddled mosquitoes across California and Florida. Here’s why scientists are enthusiastic.

Google has applied for an experimental mosquito release permit to deploy millions of non-biting southern house mosquitoes that it has infected with the bacterium Wolbachia pipienti…

Japan’s bear crisis deepens with four more attacks

Last year a record 13 people were killed in more than 230 bear attacks.…

Daily on Energy: Oil up on hostilities, country-sized data center energy consumption, and Three Mile Island

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy Wednesday, readers! The NBA Finals kick off tonight, with the New York Knicks taking on the San Antonio Spurs in Texas. 🏀🏆 Who do…

Unregulated quarrying upsets upland residents in Kozhikode

Residents in Kozhikode raise alarm over unregulated quarrying, fearing ecological disaster amid heavy rainfall and lack of government action.…

Google Wants to Release 32 Million Mosquitoes in California and Florida. Here's Why

The company is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for permission to release millions of sterilized mosquitoes to fight their disease-spreading counterparts…

Tear it down or go to jail: Council escalates fight with owner of unlawful Sydney mansion

Two years after the Land and Environment Court ordered Sarah Malass to vacate and demolish her unlawfully built Strathfield home, it still stands, in pristine condition.…

Amazon Employees Show Up to City Council Meeting to Demand Limits on Data Centers

Activists say it’s the first time big tech employees have publicly called for regulations governing data center projects.…

High Court directs State to file status report on desilting Vaigai dam

High Court orders State to report on Vaigai dam desilting, crucial for water supply to five districts in Tamil Nadu.…

Sticky tires are dirtier than they look

California's proposed replacement-tire rules are aimed at reducing rolling resistance, which is exactly the boring technical phrase that matters here. A tire that takes more energy…

Flesh-Eating New World Screwworm Found 25 Miles From U.S. Border, USDA Says

'very, very serious threat to our livestock'…

Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of Youth Climate Case Against Trump

The lead attorney for the 22 plaintiffs said the court has “slammed the courthouse doors on children fighting for their lives.”…

JAAA: There Are Better Places To Deploy Capital In This Environment

JAAA CLO ETF rated Sell as widening credit spreads hurt risk/reward. Read the full analysis here.…

Federal Reserve supervision report signals friendlier banking environment for crypto

The Federal Reserve's December 2025 Supervision and Regulation Report reveals a well-capitalized banking system and a friendlier regulatory stance toward…

Dutch court agrees to hear Greenpeace lawsuit against US energy company

Judges in Amsterdam have given Greenpeace a preliminary win in an anti-intimidation court case…

If AI Data Centers Are So Great, Why Are They Being Built in Secret?

We Have A Transparency Problem When It Comes To Data Center Construction…