OCTOBER 19. 2025

FEMA has denied or not advanced most Kerr County aid applications after deadly July 4 flood

Advocates are questioning why so many applicants from the flood-ravaged county have not received federal disaster help. Nonprofits are trying to fill in the gaps.

OCTOBER 18. 2025

America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in 6 months

Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.

OCTOBER 17. 2025

How EVs can fix the grid and lower your electric bill

A pilot project in Maryland is using EVs to create a cleaner, more resilient, and more affordable energy supply.

From genocide to ecocide: After years of war, Gaza faces an environmental crisis ‘above imagination’

A new report by scientists in Israel details the emerging environmental crisis in Palestine.

Global conservation body backs genetically modified wildlife over Indigenous opposition

Indigenous leaders say Free, Prior, and Informed Consent must guide decisions about synthetic conservation technologies on their lands.

Bottom trawling ban 'must be top of agenda'

MPs call for British Government to ban bottom trawling as Parliament passes oceans Bill.

OCTOBER 16. 2025

A primatologist inter pares

Jane Goodall, nature defender and primatologist, dies in California.

The strategy behind Trump’s climate catchphrase, the ‘Green New Scam’

The slogan may sound like a joke, but it’s part of a broader campaign to undermine public trust in climate action.

OCTOBER 15. 2025

Worst case scenario

Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere climb at record rate to new highs in 2024

As Jaguars Recover, Will the Border Wall Block Their U. S. Return?

Decades of conservation efforts in Central and South America are starting to pay off, with increased protections for jaguars and the corridors that connect them. But the construction of the border wall is creating a roadblock to the big cat’s return to the U. S. Southwest.

Droughtflation 'is eroding resilience'

Climate breakdown is driving drought, impacting farmers - and increasing the cost of food during a cost of living crisis.

How Vermont lost track of millions in FEMA flood recovery funds

As the federal government pushes more disaster recovery responsibilities onto states, they are "sitting ducks" for contractors.

OCTOBER 14. 2025

A Michigan town hopes to stop a data center with a 2026 ballot initiative

Local officials see millions of dollars in tax revenue, but more than 950 residents who signed ballot petitions fear endless noise, pollution and higher electric rates.

OCTOBER 12. 2025

Corals are disappearing, pushing Earth to its first major ‘tipping point’

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. It's not too late to save what remains.

New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule

Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.

OCTOBER 9. 2025

An E. U. Plan to Slash Micropollutants in Wastewater Is Under Attack

Earlier this year, a European Union directive mandated advanced treatment of micropollutants in wastewater, with the cost to be borne by polluters. But the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, which are responsible for most of those contaminants, are now pushing back.

OCTOBER 6. 2025

This Data Scientist Sees Progress in the Climate Change Fight

Countries are falling short on reducing emissions, but British data scientist Hannah Ritchie looks at the numbers and sees the world making real gains on climate change. In an interview, she talks about the unheralded progress she sees in the global shift to clean energy.

OCTOBER 1. 2025

West Bank: farming under occupation

Subscribers // by Léonore Aeschimann & Pierre Casagrande