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In a Years-Long Fight, the Illinois Environmental Justice Movement Gets a Win
After years of fighting to curb toxic pollution in communities of color, Illinois activists are celebrating a step forward. A bill expanding the state’s regulatory obligations over industrial air polluters in environmen…
Why is Europe still not ready for extreme heat?
The first heatwaves of the season reveal how ill-prepared governments across the continent are to protect people from increasingly dangerous temperatures Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here…
Antibiotics use in livestock could rise by a third in next 15 years, UN report warns
Governments urged to act to prevent potentially disastrous impacts on human resistance to medicines The use of antibiotics on livestock will rise by nearly a third in the next 15 years without government intervention, …
PRINCETON, Iowa—From the beginning, the new well was a headache. Late in 2022, an overly powerful pump caused eight months of costly water main breaks in Princ…
RALEIGH, N.C.—The Ratepayer Protection Act, wending its way through the North Carolina legislature, conjoins two opposing ideas: rein in data centers and their…
The Labour government wants to cut UK greenhouse gas emissions to 87% below 1990 levels... The post Q&A: How UK’s seventh carbon budget will deliver ‘£865bn’ i…
Campaigners say builders’ demolition of nest site highlights weak protection of wildlife from development A building that was a noted nesting site for swifts,…
BoM and other agencies expect transition to the first El Niño since spring 2023 sometime during winter Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates …
Male satin bowerbirds now decorate nests with bright human-made items like plastic straws and candy wrappers to attract mates, showing how wildlife adapts to h…
Bank of England says updated imagery will celebrate native wildlife while bolstering anti-counterfeit features Puffins, dolphins and bumblebees are among the …
Ocean Observatories Initiative, $368m network that has provided crucial climate data, latest victim of Trump cuts The Trump administration plans to dismantle …
The destruction of wetlands in the United States has increased the amount of flood insurance claims by $10 billion over the past 40 years, a phenomenon expecte…
More than 1.7 million people participated last week in the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia—consistently one of the world’s largest mass gath…
Another warm, arid winter could leave Colorado River reservoirs nearly dry. That is one of the projections a group of Colorado River experts released Monday, b…
