China's plastic trash ban is spur to recycle: U.N. Environment
China’s crackdown on imports of plastic trash should be a signal for rich nations to increase recycling and cut down on non-essential...
Chile creates five national parks over 10m acres in historic act of conservation
Chile has created five sprawling national parks to preserve vast tracts of Patagonia – the culmination of more than two decades of land...
Away from the public gaze, serious threats to the environment keep rising
Threats to the Australian environment get reported in bursts – a contested development decision or a particular conservation campaign can...
Macron at Davos: I will shut all coal-fired power stations by 2021
France will shut down all coal-fired power stations by 2021, President Emmanuel Macron said in an energetic speech to participants at...
'Tesla of the canals': Netherlands and Belgium to launch world’s first zero-emissions self-p
The Netherlands and Belgium are launching the world’s first zero-emissions, autonomous container barges dubbed the “Tesla of the canals”....
A Recipe for Protecting the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Tropical Forests
A year ago, 51-year old grandmother Janine Nyota-Nguburu traded in her traditional cookstove, about the size of a large metal lantern,...
Billions of pieces of plastic on coral reefs send disease soaring, research reveals
Billions of pieces of plastic pollution are snagged on coral reefs, sending disease rates soaring, new research has revealed. The...
A 'Climate Skeptic' Just Took Charge Of EU Environment Policy
Neno Dimov, the man who took over as the president of the EU's Environment Council on Jan. 1, got an earful yesterday when he appeared...
Melting Glaciers Could Reveal How Our Ancestors Dealt With Changing Climates
When Lars Pilø, co-director of the Glacier Archaeology Program at Oppland County Council, noticed Norway was experiencing a particularly...
Bigger, Faster Avalanches, Triggered by Climate Change
When 247 million cubic feet of snow and ice collapsed off a glacier in the dry, mountainous region of western Tibet in 2016, the roiling...