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The Victorian grassland earless dragon, not seen in the wild since 1969, has been rediscovered, Australian officials said. Read more on E360 →

Federal officials have blocked lithium mining in the heart of Nevada’s Railroad Valley, a dry lakebed that NASA says is needed to calibrate satellites used for, among other things, forecasting weather and studying climate change. Read more on E360 →

Namibia has long been praised for its locally-based conservancies that have benefited both wildlife and rural communities. But the government is now allowing oil and gas and other companies onto previously protected lands, putting the nation’s conservation…

Canada is offering incentives to mining companies to dig in its northern regions for the critical minerals needed for EVs and solar panels. But based on past abuses, critics fear carbon-rich peatlands will be lost, wild rivers polluted, and enormous cleanup…

Europe is warming faster than any other inhabited continent, with rising temperatures fueling increasingly severe heat waves, floods, and wildfires, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization and the Copernicus Climate Change Service.…

New research using real-world data casts doubt on the energy efficiency of diesel alternatives that come from phytoplankton. Read more on E360 →

By pumping groundwater, humans have shifted the distribution of the water on Earth enough to alter the planet's tilt, a new study finds. Read more on E360 →

The U.N. body charged with regulating deep-ocean mining will soon consider whether to permit the first project to move forward. But ecologist Lisa Levin, who has long studied the deep sea, worries that in the rush for key minerals, a pristine and important…

Global rooftop solar capacity grew by 49 percent in 2022, an industry report finds. Read more on E360 →

The loss of forests across Africa has long been documented. But recent studies show that small farmers from Senegal to Ethiopia to Malawi are allowing trees to regenerate on their lands, resulting in improved crop yields, productive fruit harvests, and a boost…

Fossil fuels now account for less than half of China's power capacity, state media said Monday. Read more on E360 →

Satellite imagery shows the vast extent of wildfires in Canada and the lingering veil of smoke over the Eastern U.S. Read more on E360 →

As the world warms, extended spikes in ocean temperatures are triggering the collapse of key marine populations. In the Aleut community of St. Paul, Alaska, the loss of the snow crab fishery is having a profound economic impact and raising questions about the…

The destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine has decimated riparian wildlife, according to a Ukrainian conservation group. Read more on E360 →

San Francisco is at the forefront of a movement to recycle wastewater from commercial buildings, homes, and neighborhoods and use it for toilets and landscaping. This decentralized approach, proponents say, will drive down demand in an era of increasing water…

San Francisco is on the forefront of a movement to recycle wastewater from commercial buildings, homes, and neighborhoods and use it for toilets and landscaping. This decentralized approach, proponents say, will drive down demand in an era of increasing water…

While wealthy nations are reportedly on track to provide the billions in climate finance they promised to the developing world, official figures obscure the amount of donor money that is actually going to climate projects, a new report finds. Read more on E360…

A federal judge has ruled that a high-profile climate lawsuit, brought by group of Oregon youth against the U.S. government, can finally go to trial. Read more on E360 →

Proponents of a process called pyrolysis — including oil and gas companies — contend it will keep post-consumer plastics out of landfills and reduce pollution. But critics say that by converting waste to petroleum feedstock, it will only perpetuate a…

Researchers have identified soil bacteria able to break down some PFAS chemicals, known as "forever chemicals" because they take decades to degrade naturally. Read more on E360 →