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FAIRFAX, Iowa—Nearly 50 people gathered at the American Legion Post on a July evening to learn about a proposed natural gas plant less than three miles from town. Seated in folding chairs, they pulled out their phones and typed responses to a simple question: How are you feeling?
If you’ve ever looked for a homegrown replacement for the imported olive, canola and palm oils that typically fill grocery store aisles and home kitchens, there’s a small but growing alternative. A network of sustainability enthusiasts is now making oil from a resource native to
UN-backed report finds even temporary rises above Paris agreement target could cause harm to glaciers and polar ice sheetsEarth’s icy regions face such dangerous melting that global heating should be brought back below 1C after an inevitable period of overshooting global temperat
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by producer Aynsley O’Neill with Plastics have been widely adopted in all sorts of products from food packaging to toys to medical devices, in part because they were believ
When BaRupOn LLC, a California-based developer, bought land in East Texas for a 700-acre industrial campus in 2023, the company received a warm welcome from the state. The developer set out to build numerous data centers and rare-earth manufacturing facilities at the site, as wel
Peat fires are burning across the country, smothering one of the world's most populated countries in smoke.
The path to Trump's 'Arctic dominance' goes through this Alaskan island
Lula’s reelection kept an ally in the presidency, but a rightward shift in Congress leaves Indigenous leaders facing more battles.
New laws are treating cooling as a necessity rather than a luxury, though what landlords must provide varies widely.
Boeing has almost completed the demolition of five buildings at its infamous Santa Susana Field Laboratory in Southern California, even as concerns mount among nearby families about potential health harms. The buildings at the former Rocketdyne facility—where one of the worst nuc
As world leaders struggle to meet deadlines to halt nature loss set four years ago, a rare leopard in host country Armenia offers a symbol of what is at stakeDon’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe Armenian capital Yerevan is chock-a-block right now with
Students across Kalimantan and Sumatra took to the streets to demand government accountability for the wildfires and toxic haze blanketing the region. While Indonesia regularly battles wildfires in the dry season, these blazes are the most intense in more than a decade and exacer
The radical Stern report showed that a low-carbon future is also good economics. But it seems that capitalism needs a reminderSaving the only planet we have makes good economic sense. There is, after all, no money to be made on a dead Earth. There may be costs involved now, but t
Swept in on the blue wave, new commissioners plan to tackle power bills, clean energy, and data center accountability.
This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Americans aren’t happy about the data center boom, and they made their displeasure pretty clear this Election Day. Voters not only selected a slate of Democratic candid
YouGov survey finds support for tree planting and emissions taxes but opposition to air travel and fuel leviesEurope live – latest updatesEuropeans believe human-made climate change is real, a survey has shown, with most feeling action must be taken soon – as long as they do not
Latino voters are concerned about climate change – and among the most confident in their ability to create political change.
Ten years after the protest, Cody Two Bears reflects on how it led him to create energy alternatives for tribal communities.
Mild autumn temperatures causing premature flowering and raising concerns for pollinators, say expertsTrees are experiencing an “early spring” because of mild UK temperatures this autumn, with experts warning this could cause long-term harm to pollinators.Last month was warmer th
Democrats’ electoral sweep has shaken the ground beneath a permitting reform bill in Congress, raising doubts about whether the measure has enough support to advance in an initial Senate vote scheduled for Monday. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said on Thursday in
FAIRFAX, Iowa—Nearly 50 people gathered at the American Legion Post on a July evening to learn about a proposed natural gas plant less than three miles from town. Seated in folding chairs, they pulled out their phones and typed responses to a simple question: How are you feeling?
Globally, glaciers are often lumped into one narrative of loss. These three stories show how they can still surprise us.
Public nuisance lawsuits are testing whether companies can be held responsible for pollution after their products are sold.
The ongoing “super El Niño” is likely to peak at the end of 2026 and push average global temperatures to… The post ‘Simply staggering’: Rapidly developing ‘super El Niño’ on track to peak in December appeared first on Carbon Brief.
