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The Birmingham darter, though only recently discovered by science, is a survivor. The roughly two-inch long fish, adorned with red spots and stripes along translucent fins, has survived 100 years of coal mining, steel-making, quarrying and suburban development along the rolling
Republican lawmakers in Ohio are circulating a plan to keep coal plants open, even if an owner has a contractual obligation to close a facility. A draft bill obtained by Canary Media would block coal-fired power plants from closing when the shutdown is required by a settlement
A cool, wet winter in the South is par for the course during El Niño, but a record-warm Gulf and Atlantic may boost the odds of extra-high tides and flooding rains (and could temper the hopes of East Coast snow lovers).
EL PASO, Texas—Border communities voted in overwhelming numbers for Democratic candidates in the midterm elections last Tuesday. Come January, every U.S. House member representing the U.S.-Mexico border—from San Diego to Brownsville—will be a Democrat. After a three-decade drough
For 20 years, Roberta Kellam, a retired lawyer and longtime birder, has watched ospreys return to their nests and raise chicks from her home on Nassawadox Creek, on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. She’s been monitoring around two dozen nests near her house. Kellam has also surveyed os
Charity’s AGM decided overwhelmingly to begin a tendering process amid criticism of current bank Barclays fossil fuel investmentsThe National Trust has voted overwhelmingly to seek a new banking partner in a significant victory for members who have long argued that its relationsh
Globally, glaciers are often lumped into one narrative of loss. These three stories show how they can still surprise us.
On a busy election day, the Alabama Public Service Commission requested that Alabama Power voluntarily stop billing customers, effective immediately, for television commercials and other ads it buys to promote various aspects of its business. Alabama Power is the largest electric
British Veterinary Association president tells MPs surge in cases putting farmers under severe pressure and stressThe worst bluetongue season on record has been a major animal welfare crisis in Great Britain, MPs have been told, putting farmers under “severe emotional stress”.Blu
At more than $52m, the race has become the most expensive in US history, but residents are fed up with floodingAida Havel mulled her fate over coffee after working the early voting polls all day in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. “We are trapped,” she concluded.The Dare county
Cop17, focused on protecting nature and restoring ecosystems, concludes on Saturday with critics saying system allows ‘one idiot’ to stall progressCalls are growing for major reforms to UN biodiversity summits as countries fail to deliver on their promises to halt the destruction
Las mujeres embarazadas de las colonias de Arizona viven cerca de campos fumigados con pesticidas y lejos de la atención médica. Los planes estatales de salud materna no tienen en cuenta ni la contaminación ni el calor extremo.
Atlantic fisheries managers this week agreed to lower the cap on industrial menhaden fishing in Chesapeake Bay but stopped well short of imposing deeper coastwide cuts. At its annual meeting, held from Nov. 9–12 in Newport, Rhode Island, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commi
Just before 5 p.m. on the last day of September, Jane Sellen and her colleagues at Californians for Pesticide Reform learned that regulators had to toss out nearly nine months’ worth of air-monitoring data for two deadly fumigants. California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation,
When U.S. Sen. Alan Armstrong of Oklahoma started work this year on legislation to speed approval for infrastructure projects, he hired the chief lawyer at one of the nation’s largest gas pipeline developers to lead his Senate office. Armstrong had previously led the Williams Co
The Birmingham darter, though only recently discovered by science, is a survivor. The roughly two-inch long fish, adorned with red spots and stripes along translucent fins, has survived 100 years of coal mining, steel-making, quarrying and suburban development along the rolling
This is California Wire , a weekly newsletter from Jeff St. John on the state’s clean energy transition. Subscribe to get it weekly via Substack. Welcome back, everyone! Well, we may have finally caught a break when it comes to making progress on climate and energy. The midte
New voluntary water conservation programs in the Upper Colorado River Basin appear on track after the 320th meeting of the Upper Colorado River Commission concluded this week. But Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and the federal government have yet to agree on how any conserve
As climate disasters mount, Indigenous advocates are pushing governments to follow through on commitments made at previous global climate summits.
ANTALYA, Turkey—Despite the lack of progress toward the goal of curbing global warming, outgoing U.N. Secretary General António Guterres urged climate activists and environmental justice advocates at the United Nations COP31 climate change conference here not to give up hope. “Yo
In 1935, a group of Hawaiian school boys embarked on a secret military operation to colonize remote Pacific islands for the United States. Inhabiting one of America’s most distant outposts in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they built the runway Amelia Earhart never arrived at,
The U.S. Department of the Interior could transfer swaths of public lands to state, local and tribal governments through sales or land swaps, according to the agency’s new strategic plan. Critics are concerned that many states, cities and counties can’t afford to maintain the la
The environmental and economic dilemmas he faces are formidable but, with a bold plan, he could set an example for leaders around the worldFor politicians of the centre-left especially, it’s the great dilemma of the age. How do you do what everyone can see is essential to save th
António Guterres says climate action central to every aspect of UN’s work, as leaders depart Cop31 and talks go onTackling the climate crisis is central to all of human life and must be at the forefront of global governance, the outgoing UN secretary general has said in an emotio
