Monday, September 28, 2026

California-sized area of forest lost in just 14 years

These include nine forest areas in Latin America, eight in Africa, and seven in Asia and Oceania.
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.

Federal court orders EPA to enforce stronger soot pollution limits, rejecting delay

Judge sets a February 2027 deadline for the agency to name communities breathing unhealthy fine-particle pollution, a step advocates say opens the path to cleaner air for tens of millions.
A firefighter works at a home destroyed by the Eaton Fire in January 2025. Photo: CAL FIRE_Official (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Nine senators ask federal regulator whether it will ban betting on wildfires

Polymarket took more than $1.2 million in bets on the Palisades and Eaton fires, and the US Forest Service says systems tying money to fire outcomes risk encouraging arson.

Tell House Democrats to address climate crisis: Support the Green New Deal

Tell Democratic lawmakers to stand up for a sustainable future and convince Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to authorize the select committee.
Rows of equipment at a data center

The data center fight is going global

Communities around the world are converging on a shared target, the AI data center, and giving the climate movement a local fight it can win.

Thirsty fields: How agriculture drains the Colorado River’s lifeline

As water becomes increasingly scarce, what choices lie ahead for the river's sustainability?
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.

New infographic shows how only 10 companies control every brand we know

Regardless of what the companies claim, the Big 10 do have the power and resources to address hunger and poverty within their supply chains.
A wildfire smoke plume rises over the Cascades in Chelan County, Washington, during the 2015 Wolverine Fire. Photo: U.S. Forest Service (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Why the Spokane wildfires became so catastrophic

Extreme fire conditions converged in suburban neighborhoods built into the forests, shrubland and grasslands and quickly spread.