Tuesday, September 29, 2026
A beef cattle herd grazing on pasture. Photo: inkknife_2000, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Organic Beef Has a Larger Carbon Footprint Than Feedlot Beef

But no matter the way it’s raised, beef comes with a steep climate cost.
Flooded street in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Wonderlane from Seattle, USA / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Flood-damaged Nepal wants help from the global climate Loss and Damage Fund – but...

Getting Loss and Damage Fund money would be worth a lot more than the $20 million Nepal is asking for. The foreign minister calls it a demand for justice and ‘legal and moral liability.
Flooded houses in Chertsey, England. Photo: Alan Hunt / CC BY-SA 2.0

Insurance firms help flooding victims mop up. They also make flooding worse

Major insurers are fuelling the climate crisis while benefiting from a scheme that helps cover their flood losses
A veterinarian and a farrier at a farm in Hardwood, Maryland, April 30, 2025. Photo: USDA (public domain)

Too Few Vets, Too Many Animals: Inside the Farm Veterinarian Shortage

Fewer than 15% of veterinary school graduates are opting to care for farm animals.
A coal-fired power plant on Lake Erie in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Ken Lund / CC BY-SA 2.0

EPA repeals climate pollution limits on power plants, drawing lawsuits and asthma warnings

The rule change could also block future administrations from ever regulating power plant emissions again, and one Arizona county already failing on air quality could be among the first to feel it.
Fish and Wildlife Service biologists release an endangered species back into the wild. Photo: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS, public domain

Trump administration moves to let accidental killing of endangered species go unpunished

A leaked memo would count only deliberate harm as a violation of the 1973 law, even though most protected species die by accident.
Illegal gold mining scars the Amazon rainforest in Madre de Dios, Peru. Photo: Coordenação-Geral de Observação da Terra / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Killing of Environmental Defenders Reflects Power Struggle Over World’s Resources

At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed around the world in 2025, according to a new report by Global Witness.
Solar panel installation in Ghana. Photo: SAgbley / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Earthshot and the science of positive tipping points: how environmental progress can become unstoppable

Change happens rapidly when we know where to look: these solutions could tip the world towards a better future.
A school of fish in warm ocean waters. Photo: Hein waschefort / CC BY-SA 3.0

Marine Heatwaves and El Niño Are Disrupting Fisheries

Warming waters alter where fish and shellfish live, push them beyond what they can tolerate and increase risk of disease.
A petroleum pipeline right-of-way. Photo: Analogue Kid / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Energy Transfer seeks to overturn Pennsylvania clean water law after jet fuel spill

The 89-year-old law's mens rea challenge could also unravel other state statutes, from traffic offenses to hunting rules, if the company's argument succeeds.