By Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios Share of adults worried about global warming compared to the national average, 2024. Data: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication; Map: Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios Climate anxiety is concentrated in big U.S. metros and some coastal communities, recent estimates find. Why it matters: The findings paint a stark picture of how …
Developers See Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal as an Alluring New Waterfront. But for Years, It Stunk
By Jordan Gass-Pooré, Inside Climate News The EPA has been working for 12 years on two huge underground tanks to keep sewage overflows from polluting the canal. The city’s DEP, which for years has done little to speed the process, announced late last month that it’s now ahead of schedule. …
Proceed with caution: Emerging marine-climate projects outpacing effective governance
Phys.Org Global distribution and development of marine-climate interventions. Credit: Nature Climate Change (2025). DOI:10.1038/s41558-025-02291-4 Oceans are at the forefront of many new climate-related projects, but the speed that these projects are being developed and expanded is outpacing the ability to govern them effectively—and manage their potential impacts on marine ecosystems and communities. …
Bloom or bust? Superbloom spectacle eludes California after dry winter
By Katherine Gammon, The Guardian Riot of native wildflowers that enthralled visitors in the past several years have failed to sprout due to too little rain. Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve this year and in 2023. Composite: California Dept of Parks and Recreation/Getty Images It’s one of the best known rites …
‘Road rage’ in paradise: Traffic noise is changing how birds in the Galápagos behave
By Craig Saueurs, EuroNews Copyright Matthew Roth/Flickr The study flags new challenges for conservation as population growth brings humans and animals closer together. If traffic makes you feel irritated or aggressive, you aren’t alone. New research has revealed that birds in the Galápagos are suffering from human-induced ‘road rage’. A study …
Alaska Natives want the US military to clean up its toxic waste
By Anita Hofschneider, Grist Now they’re turning to the UN for help. Michael Donhauser / Picture Alliance via Getty Images In June 1942, Japan’s invasion of the Aleutian islands in Alaska prompted the U.S. military to activate the Alaska territorial guard, an Army reserve made up of volunteers who wanted …
Inside the underwater turbine farm set to generate clean energy from France’s tides
By Lottie Limb, Euronews Copyright Normandie Hydroliennes One of France’s first commercial-scale tidal energy pilot projects, NH1 is due to supply thousands of locals with clean electricity. A tidal farm featuring the world’s most powerful underwater turbines is being built off the coast of Normandy after winning EU funding. The …
‘They turned our home into a cemetery’: the high price of El Salvador’s Bitcoin City dream
By Camilo Freedman, The Guardian Mangroves are being destroyed and residents displaced to make way for an airport to serve president Nayib Bukele’s vision of a tax-free economic hub. When Nayib Bukele launched his presidential campaign in the eastern department of La Unión in 2018, the new outsider politician stood …
In Florida, State Rules Concentrate Toxic Smoke in Underserved Communities
By Amy Green, Inside Climate News Growing research suggests that “black snow,” a byproduct of the sugarcane harvest, is harming residents’ health. The politically powerful sugar growers say the air quality meets standards. When sugarcane fields are burned, the fires emit large plumes of smoke and rain ash across three …
The Rights of Nature Become a Rallying Point Against an Ascendant Mining Industry
By Katie Surma, Inside Climate News Communities and ecosystems across the globe face heavy environmental damage from intensifying mining operations. A people’s tribunal probed the Canadian mining industry’s impact on the natural world and the people defending it. Judge Tom Goldtooth addresses the 6th International Rights of Nature Tribunal on …