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From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering with U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren. As Democrats prepare to take control of the House in January, they’re gearing up to advance a long list
Atlantic fisheries managers this week agreed to lower the cap on industrial menhaden fishing in Chesapeake Bay but stopped well short of imposing deeper coastwide cuts. At its annual meeting, held from Nov. 9–12 in Newport, Rhode Island, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commi
The year 2026 is expected to be Earth's 2nd-warmest year on record, with 2027 likely to be the warmest.
Third day of UN talks begin but leaders of many big polluting nations absentAfter a couple of hosts provide us a bit of background on Antalya (founded in 200BC, apparently) it is time to hear from António Guterres, the outgoing secretary-general of the UN, who will probably not b
This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter. After barely three years on the road, Tesla is planning to kick the Cybertruck to the curb after flagging sales. Elon Musk announced on Friday that the company would wind down production ne
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering with U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman. Congressional committees originate legislation and oversight investigations, and under the seniority s
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?
Los votantes latinos están preocupados por el cambio climático y se encuentran entre los más confiados en su capacidad para generar cambios políticos.
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
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering with U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren. As Democrats prepare to take control of the House in January, they’re gearing up to advance a long list
In this week’s newsletter: The climate summit has a new floor-filler to ‘bring down the heat’, but it may struggle to get countries to sing a different environmental tune• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe UN’s annual climate summit is known for bei
The year 2026 is expected to be Earth's 2nd-warmest year on record, with 2027 likely to be the warmest.
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Civil society campaigners form protective cordon around LGBTQ+ campaigners as they unfurl flags and placardsQueer and gay protesters defied a crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights in Turkey to lead a civil society climate march on Saturday in the city hosting this year’s UN climate summit.T
A wildfire exposure study in Hawaiʻi created a new blueprint for public health research and support after disasters — but funding was drying up. Could the organizers keep it afloat?
People around the world have contended with unprecedented weather events and their fatal effects caused by the climate catastropheAfter the world’s hottest summer since records began in 1850, the death toll from extreme weather in 2026 is already in the high tens of thousands. Th
For three decades, Montana voters had not elected a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives. That changed earlier this month when Sam Forstag, a former wildland firefighter and union leader, defeated Republican Aaron Flint in Montana’s 1st Congressional District. During hi
The growth of data centers and rapid electrification is driving Georgia Power toward another major expansion of its electric grid. The state’s largest utility is preparing to add between 2,000 and 6,000 megawatts of new capacity to its grid for 2032 and 2033. The utility is consi
Leticia Gutierrez’s upset victory in a Houston-area congressional district means an environmental-health advocate will represent part of the country’s oil capital, and environmental groups say that could help communities choked for years by petrochemical pollution. Gutierrez, who
Atlantic fisheries managers this week agreed to lower the cap on industrial menhaden fishing in Chesapeake Bay but stopped well short of imposing deeper coastwide cuts. At its annual meeting, held from Nov. 9–12 in Newport, Rhode Island, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commi
Just before 5 p.m. on the last day of September, Jane Sellen and her colleagues at Californians for Pesticide Reform learned that regulators had to toss out nearly nine months’ worth of air-monitoring data for two deadly fumigants. California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation,
