By Tom Phillips, The Guardian Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says Amazonia suffering its worst drought in more than 40 years. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has flown into the Amazon amid growing alarm over the droughts and wildfires sweeping the rainforest region and others parts of Brazil. Speaking during …
‘Queen of trash’ among 11 on trial in Sweden’s largest environmental crime case
By Miranda Bryant, The Guardian Bella Nilsson’s company Think Pink accused of dumping at least 200,000 tonnes of waste. Eleven people, including an entrepreneur who once called herself the “queen of trash”, have gone on trial in Sweden accused of illegally dumping toxic waste in the country’s biggest ever environmental crime case. …
Miccosukee Tribe signs co-stewardship agreements with Everglades and Biscayne National Parks
National Park Service MIAMI, Fla. – The National Park Service (NPS) and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida today entered into two historic co-stewardship agreements for Everglades and Biscayne national parks. A formal signing ceremony was held at the Miccosukee Reserved Area within Everglades National Park. The Tribe and the national parks will …
What to know about America’s first national strategy to reduce plastic pollution
Fast Company The new U.S. strategy covers five areas: plastic production, product design, waste generation, waste management, and plastic capture and removal. Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world. The World Bank estimates that every person on the planet generates an average of 1.6 pounds (0.74 …
The rangers turning the DRC’s ‘triangle of death’ back into a thriving wildlife reserve.
By Emmet Livingston, The Guardian Conflict nearly wiped out its large animals, but local determination is bringing Upemba park back from the brink. Ranger Sylvain Musimi had just risen from his morning coffee around the campfire when the rebels opened fire. It was a chilly early morning in mid-January, during …
Humans know very little about the deep sea. That may not stop us from mining it.
By Gautama Mehta, Grist With a newly elected leader, the International Seabed Authority must decide the future of more than half of the world’s ocean floor. Courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration In Kingston, Jamaica, by secret ballot, an election was …
US air force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing supreme court’s Chevron ruling
By Tom Perkins, The Guardian EPA says Tucson’s drinking water is contaminated but air force claims agency lacks authority to order cleanup. The US air force is refusing to comply with an order to clean drinking water it polluted in Tucson, Arizona, claiming federal regulators lack authority after the conservative-dominated US supreme …
High-tech textiles can protect workers from the heat — but not from their bosses
Ayurella Horn-Muller and Matt Simon, Grist Nick Lubecki has been an urban farmer in Pittsburgh for the last 15 years. The heat has noticeably intensified over that time, with back-to-back summers of sweltering temperatures affecting when he harvests produce at Braddock Farm, a small urban plot nestled next to an …
Warming oceans, feral animals, and microplastics are threatening the Galapagos Islands
By Fast Company Warming oceans affect the food sources of many of the seagoing animals in the Galapagos. A whale shark swims through the waters off of Wolf Island. [Photo: AP] Warm morning light reflects from the remains of a natural rock arch near Darwin Island, one of the most …
‘It made me cry’: photos taken 15 years apart show melting Swiss glaciers
By Arit Naranjan, The Guardian Married couple from Bristol attract awe and abuse on X with photos that show ‘staggering’ changes in the Alps. Duncan and Helen Porter took the first photo, right, in 2009 and revisited this year. Composite: Duncan Porter A tourist has posted “staggering” photos of himself and …