Editorial: How California can protect the environment from Trump
Of the many ways Donald Trump’s return to the White House promises to upend federal policy, few are more predictable or damaging than the U-turn…
How controversial is Trump’s pick of RFK Jr as US health secretary? | Donald Trump News
On Thursday, US President-elect Donald Trump nominated vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr to head up the country’s top health agency, the Department of Health…
World’s largest coral discovered in Pacific near Solomon Islands | Climate Crisis News
Scientists have found the largest coral in the world near the remote Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, a gigantic organism that can be seen…
Climate action will continue despite Trump’s return, US envoy tells COP29 | Climate Crisis News
US climate envoy John Podesta has called on governments to believe in the United States’ clean energy economy, saying President-elect Donald Trump can slow but…
Wildfires spread in New York, New Jersey, prompting health advisories | Environment News
The blaze kills one parks employee and prompts air quality alerts. Meanwhile California wildfire semi-contained.Fire crews in the United States are working to contain large…
Hundreds hospitalised in Pakistan as smog reaches record levels | Environment
NewsFeedHundreds of people have been hospitalised following days of record-breaking smog in the Pakistani city of Lahore. The government has ordered the closure of all…
‘Children constantly coughing’: Pakistan’s record smog forces people home | Environment News
On the streets of Pakistan’s second biggest city, smog stings eyes and burns throats. Inside homes, few people can afford air purifiers to limit the…
What Trump’s election means for the California environment
As a candidate, President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly professed his love of clean air and water, but he also dismissed climate change as a hoax, railed…
Marine Debris as a Non-Traditional Threat: Challenging ASEAN Commitments
Southeast Asia, home to ASEAN, has a vast water area, according to MOCI (2023), more than 66% of its territory is ocean. The region’s oceans…
US election 2024: Could Jill Stein determine whether Trump or Harris wins? | US Election 2024 News
In an advertisement for the Democrats in the United States in October, an image of left-wing environmentalist politician Jill Stein morphs into the face of Republican…
Why are 10,000 giant spiders on the loose in the UK? | Wildlife News
This week, several newspapers and tabloids in the United Kingdom published claims that 10,000 mammoth spiders, which some said were as big as rats, had…
Why is an Ecuador forest petitioning for the rights to a song? | Explainer News
A petition has been submitted to Ecuador’s copyright office to recognise Los Cedros cloud, an Ecuadorian forest roughly 15,000 acres (6,070 hectares) in size, as…
Schools to close as air pollution hits record high in Pakistan’s Lahore | Environment News
Unprecedented air pollution levels prompt authorities to take emergency measures.Pakistan’s second-largest city of Lahore will close primary schools for a week after it saw “unprecedented”…
The world’s oldest termite colony holds secrets – to the past and future | Environment News
On a cloudless September morning in Buffelsrivier, a desolate corner of Namaqualand some 530km (329 miles) north of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University soil scientists Cathy…
Taiwan shuts down, braces for arrival of Super Typhoon Kong-rey | Weather News
Biggest typhoon in decades will hit Taiwan where schools and businesses have been suspended amid heavy rains, winds.Business and schools have shut across Taiwan and…
Sri Lanka to probe ‘corruption’ in handling of 2021 cargo ship disaster | Environment News
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka’s new government, led by left-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, will launch a fresh investigation into the handling of the…
More than one in three tree species at risk of extinction: Report | Environment News
The International Union for Conservation of Nature says tree species are at risk of extinction in 192 countries.More than one in three species of trees…
Current climate pledges by nations ‘miles short’ of 2030 goal, UN body says | Climate Crisis News
The world’s current climate pledges would only cut emissions by 2.6 percent by 2030, says the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.National pledges to cut…
Superfood ‘red espresso’ made from South African tea takes off globally | Food
On a sun-parched plateau, high in South Africa’s rugged Cederberg mountains, Boltwin Tamboer harvests rooibos tea in much the same way his forefathers would have…
Breathing space – smart parking policies improve city dwellers’ lives
EU-funded researchers have put in place smart parking set-ups that offer residents across Europe cleaner air, more greenery and space to play.By Helen Massy-BeresfordWhen the…