In the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists try new approach against deforestation and poverty
CARAUARI – In a remote corner of the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists are trying to succeed where a lack of governance has proved disastrous. They're managing a…
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Will Biden’s hard-hat environmentalism bridge the divide on clean energy future?
WASHINGTON – When John Podesta left his job as an adviser to President Barack Obama nearly a decade ago, he was confident that hundreds of miles of new power…
The Mystery of Fish Deaths in a Foul Chartreuse Sea
This story originally appeared on Hakai and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Dead fish were everywhere, speckling the beach near town and extending…
The Far North Is Burning—and Turning Up the Heat on the Planet
The far north is both a massive carbon sink and a potent environmental time bomb. The region stores a huge amount of CO2 in boreal forests and underlying soils.…
Takeaways about heat deaths and vulnerable older people
SUN LAKES, Ariz. – Heat waves fueled by climate change are arriving earlier, growing more intense and lasting longer, creating higher risks of illness and death…
Deadly Heat Threatens the Well-Being of 1 Billion People in India
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.A year ago, extreme heat waves in India killed dozens of people, slashed…
US tax breaks lure European clean tech companies as EU lags
LONDON – Norwegian startup Freyr will first build batteries to power electric vehicles and store clean energy in a remote town near the Arctic Circle. Up next?…
Ferry runs aground near Seattle; no injuries reported
SEATTLE – A passenger ferry carrying hundreds of people ran aground near Bainbridge Island west of Seattle on Saturday but there were no immediate reports of…
Time Is Running Out for Uganda’s Vanishing Glaciers
Leaving the cultivated hillsides of the village, we crossed the park border and soon entered tropical forest, where jewel-like flowers peered out from under…
EPA acts, finding cancer risk from sterilization chemical
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Tuesday to limit the use of the chemical ethylene oxide after finding higher than expected cancer risk at…