Global river flows fell to record lows in 2023, WMO report says
For the past five years in a row, river flows all over the globe have recorded below-normal conditions, the press release said.
Trump’s EPA finalizes rollback of methane emissions rules
“This damaging new rule won't save fossil fuel corporations, it won't bring the U.S. closer to energy independence, and it won't protect people from dangerous air pollution.”
How Big Oil dodges Facebook’s new ad transparency rules
We’ve identified 12 ad campaigns in which energy, insurance and other industries masked their sponsorship of political messages on Facebook.
55 percent of Germany’s power in 2023 came from renewables
“Wind farms—especially those on land—made the largest contribution.”
Plastic bottle made from plants degrades in just one year
“This plastic has very attractive sustainability credentials because it uses no fossil fuels, and can be recycled – but would also degrade in nature much faster than normal plastics do.”
What happens to wildlife swimming in a sea of our drug residues?
Our rivers and streams have become a soup of hundreds of drugs—mostly pharmaceuticals—that come from the treated water released from wastewater facilities.
Study warns of ‘profound’ consequences as Amazon nears ‘tipping point’
New research reveals lost rainforest resiliency imperils biodiversity, carbon storage, and the climate "at a global scale."
Canada passes ‘Free Willy’ bill banning whale and dolphin captivity
"Today is a really good day for animals in Canada."
Solar, wind surge in 2021 ‘another testament of renewable energy’s resilience’
"Despite the encouraging global trend," said IRENA Director-General Francesco La Camera, a new publication "shows that the energy transition is far from being fast or widespread enough to avert the dire consequences of climate change."
California’s monarch butterfly population at near-record low
The count of 9,119 butterflies this winter is a sharp decline from 200,000 reported in the past three years, but slightly up from 2,000 monarch reported in 2020.