EU nations reach major breakthrough to stop shipping plastic waste to poor countries
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries and lawmakers have reached a breakthrough to stop sending their…
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Climate change is hastening the demise of Pacific Northwest forests
By NATHAN GILLES, Columbia Insight SHERWOOD, Ore. (AP) — Deep inside a forest in Oregon’s Willamette Valley stands a dead “Tree of Life.” Its…
Continue ReadingBeef is a way of life in Texas, but it’s hard on the planet. This rancher thinks she can change that
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press ROSSTON, Texas (AP) — The cattle part as Meredith Ellis edges her small four-wheeler through the herd,…
Continue ReadingDemand for seafood is soaring, but oceans are giving up all they can. Can we farm fish in new ways?
By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press If it still seems strange to think of fish growing on farms, it shouldn’t. Aquaculture has been the fastest…
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Meat made from cells, not livestock, is here. But will it ever replace traditional meat?
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer A familiar aroma wafted through the Believer Meats test kitchen earlier this year as Research and Development Chef…
Continue ReadingPoverty is killing the Amazon rainforest. Treating soil and farmers better can help save what’s left
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer TEKOHAW, Brazil (AP) — Saving the remaining Amazon rainforest in Brazil will require ensuring that the 28…
Continue ReadingPastoralists have raised livestock in harsh climates for millennia. What can they teach us today?
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL, KRISTA LARSON and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press SUKHBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — The half-crescent moon glowed in the predawn…
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China and the US pledge to step up climate efforts ahead of Biden-Xi summit and UN meeting
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China and the U.S. have pledged to accelerate their efforts to address climate change ahead of a…
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Millions of Indians set a world record celebrating Diwali as worries about air pollution rise
By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on Sunday with a Guinness World Record number of…
Continue ReadingTalks on a landmark treaty to end global plastic pollution are advancing in Kenya’s capital
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Efforts to create a landmark treaty to end global plastic…
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Cranberry growers are bringing wetlands back from the dead
Reasons to Be Cheerful turns its eye to Massachusetts, the onetime cranberry capital of the world, where former bogs are transforming into thriving,…
Continue ReadingNo place in the US is safe from the climate crisis, but a new report shows where it’s most severe
CNN By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The effects of a rapidly warming climate are being felt in every corner of the US and will worsen over the next…
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Native American tribes fight US over a proposed $10B renewable energy transmission line
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Work on a $10 billion project that will funnel renewable energy across the West has come to a halt in…
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Bison return to Texas Indigenous lands, reconnecting tribes to their roots
By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune Nov. 13, 2023 “Bison return to Texas Indigenous lands, reconnecting tribes to their roots” was first…
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Endangered sperm whales now have their first protected area in the Caribbean island of Dominica
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The tiny Caribbean island of Dominica is creating the world’s first marine…
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Fossil fuel interests have large, yet often murky, presence at climate talks, AP analysis finds
By SETH BORENSTEIN and MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN Associated Press The badges said they were there to participate in negotiations to curb climate…
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Coral spawning season brings hope for the Great Barrier Reef
CNN By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — For a few days in the southern hemisphere every spring, the world’s biggest and most famous coral reef…
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Texas could spend federal funds meant to cut carbon emissions on highway projects
By Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune Nov. 6, 2023 “Texas could spend federal funds meant to cut carbon emissions on highway projects” was first…
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Oil and gas companies spill millions of gallons of wastewater in Texas
By Martha Pskowski and Peter Aldhous, Inside Climate News Oct. 31, 2023 “Oil and gas companies spill millions of gallons of wastewater in Texas” was…
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Ozone hole is about average size, despite undersea volcano eruption that was expected to worsen it
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer With last year’s undersea volcano injecting massive amounts of water high into the atmosphere, scientists were…
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New Mexico attorney general accuses landowners of preventing public access to the Pecos River
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s top prosecutor is going after landowners who he says are illegally…
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Navajo sheep herding at risk from climate change. Some young people push to maintain the tradition
By MELINA WALLING and JOHN LOCHER Associated Press WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Whenever Amy Begaye’s extended family butchered a sheep, she was…
Continue Reading Birds nesting in agricultural lands more vulnerable to extreme heat, study finds
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press Birds nesting in agricultural settings were significantly less likely to successfully raise their young during…
Continue ReadingHurricanes are now twice as likely to zip from minor to whopper than decades ago, study says
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A study says Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy…
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How climate change is fueling alcohol-related hospitalizations
Grist dives into a new study from New York that found that hospital visits from alcohol-related disorders spike along with…
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US oil production hits all-time high, conflicting with efforts to cut heat-trapping pollution
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer United States domestic oil production has hit an all-time high last week, contrasting with efforts to slice…
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Warming and habitat loss shrink pollinator numbers. That may hit coffee, cocoa crops hard in future
BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study finds that changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of…
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In the Amazon, millions breathe hazardous air as drought and wildfires spread through the rainforest
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Smoke from forest fires covered large swaths of the Brazilian Amazon as the region…
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White House poised to announce winners of competition to produce hydrogen fuel
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The White House is poised to announce the winners of a $7 billion federal competition to…
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Hawaii’s ‘overtourism’ becomes growing debate as West Maui reopens for visitors
West Maui began reopening Sunday to visitors just two months after a wildfire devastated the town of Lahaina. The reopening did not…
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