US cuts legal foundation for federal climate regulation
Feb 12, 2026, 8:35 pm By
On Feb. 12, the United States repealed the so-called endangerment finding, a 2009 cornerstone rule…The business case for biodiversity
Feb 12, 2026, 5:42 pm By
In Manchester this week, governments endorsed a report that tries to do something business has long…Fishers denounce plummeting fish stocks following Amazon hydroelectric dam
Feb 12, 2026, 2:11 pm By
Hydroelectric dams in Brazil’s Amazonas state have slashed fished populations by as much as 90% in…A 410-pound manatee rescued from a Florida storm drain is recovering at SeaWorld Orlando
Feb 12, 2026, 12:55 pm By
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A manatee that got stuck in a Florida storm drain while seeking…Guanacos’ return to Gran Chaco restirs debate around wildlife translocations
Feb 12, 2026, 12:28 pm By
After a 3,200-kilometer (2,000-mile) journey from Patagonia National Park to El Impenetrable…Brazil gov’t builds map to help exporters comply with EU anti-deforestation rule
Feb 12, 2026, 11:39 am By
The Brazilian government has built a map to help commodity exporters comply with the European…Pilot projects aim to break Indonesia’s habit of burning household waste
Feb 12, 2026, 7:51 am By
JAKARTA — When old mattresses and broken chairs are dumped by the roadside in his neighborhood,…Farmers fear displacement, drought, flooding tied to Cambodia’s Funan Techo Canal
Feb 12, 2026, 1:33 am By
This is the second of two stories about the potential impact of Cambodia’s planned Funan Techo…Scrutiny grows over DRC-US minerals deal, even as other African nations sign up
Feb 12, 2026, 1:01 am By
On Feb 4, the U.S. hosted the Critical Minerals Ministerial, a summit bringing together delegations…Brazil mining boss sentenced for illegal gold operation on Indigenous land
Feb 11, 2026, 9:39 pm By
A Brazilian federal court has sentenced a key financier to more than 22 years in prison. He was…Banks decline to finance LNG project in Papua New Guinea
Feb 11, 2026, 5:09 pm By
A total of Twenty-nine international banks and export credit agencies have ruled out financing a…Sustainable fisheries can’t be built on exploited labor (commentary)
Feb 11, 2026, 4:56 pm By
For decades, the global fisheries conservation community has rightly focused on the health of fish…Snakes on a train: King cobras are hitching rides in India
Feb 11, 2026, 1:55 pm By
On India’s railways, stowaways are not limited to ticketless passengers. Some arrive without…In Kenya’s Jomvu Creek, women help restore a vanishing coast through crab farming
Feb 11, 2026, 1:13 pm By
MOMBASA COUNTY, Kenya — Five minutes’ walk up the hilly road from the mangroves lining the tidal…Another controversial land deal in Suriname threatens the Amazon Rainforest
Feb 11, 2026, 1:05 pm By
Officials in Suriname are trying to cancel a controversial agribusiness contract that could result…In Peru’s Andes, Quechua women turn human-wildcat conflict into coexistence
Feb 11, 2026, 12:52 pm By
AYACUCHO, Peru — High in the Peruvian Andes, a group of Indigenous Quechua women is transforming…Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Indigenous lands show strong restoration gains
Feb 11, 2026, 12:34 pm By
“The land is the greatest asset we have,” said Luzineth Pataxó, a Pataxó leader from the…Indigenous concerns surface as U.S. agency considers seabed mining in Alaskan waters
Feb 11, 2026, 11:27 am By
A U.S. federal agency is considering allowing companies to lease more than 45.7 million hectares…‘Free for all’ — Dominican Republic withdraws trade protections, the latest blow to American eels’ future
Feb 11, 2026, 9:50 am By
Slimy, snake-shaped and yellow-brown, freshwater eels swim the rivers, estuaries and the coastal…Citizen science rediscovers rare South African moth
Feb 11, 2026, 8:00 am By
A strikingly handsome emerald-green moth, lost to science for nearly one-and-a-half centuries, has…
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