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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

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

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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When U.S. Sen. Alan Armstrong of Oklahoma started work this year on legislation to speed approval for infrastructure projects, he hired the chief lawyer at one of the nation’s largest gas pipeline developers to lead his Senate office.  Armstrong had previously led the Williams Co

The Birmingham darter, though only recently discovered by science, is a survivor.  The roughly two-inch long fish, adorned with red spots and stripes along translucent fins, has survived 100 years of coal mining, steel-making, quarrying and suburban development along the rolling

This is California Wire , a weekly newsletter from Jeff St. John on the state’s clean energy transition. Subscribe to get it weekly via Substack. Welcome back, everyone! Well, we may have finally caught a break when it comes to making progress on climate and energy. The midte

New voluntary water conservation programs in the Upper Colorado River Basin appear on track after the 320th meeting of the Upper Colorado River Commission concluded this week. But Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and the federal government have yet to agree on how any conserve

As climate disasters mount, Indigenous advocates are pushing governments to follow through on commitments made at previous global climate summits.

ANTALYA, Turkey—Despite the lack of progress toward the goal of curbing global warming, outgoing U.N. Secretary General António Guterres urged climate activists and environmental justice advocates at the United Nations COP31 climate change conference here not to give up hope. “Yo

In 1935, a group of Hawaiian school boys embarked on a secret military operation to colonize remote Pacific islands for the United States.  Inhabiting one of America’s most distant outposts in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they built the runway Amelia Earhart never arrived at,

The U.S. Department of the Interior could transfer swaths of public lands to state, local and tribal governments through sales or land swaps, according to the agency’s new strategic plan.  Critics are concerned that many states, cities and counties can’t afford to maintain the la

The environmental and economic dilemmas he faces are formidable but, with a bold plan, he could set an example for leaders around the worldFor politicians of the centre-left especially, it’s the great dilemma of the age. How do you do what everyone can see is essential to save th