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A Gallup survey finds that disaster victims are more likely to feel that the future is out of their hands.
Last summer brought Europe's most destructive wildfire season on record. This season is on track to break it.
Two executive orders signed Monday afternoon slashed the size of the Utah national monuments revered by tribes and public lands advocates. Grazing, mining, and drilling interests wanted them opened to extraction.
An InfoAmazonia investigation found patterns of illegal gold laundering in the Tapajós River basin in Pará state, where Indigenous communities like the Munduruku people face mercury contamination from mining activity.
The pilot will test parametric insurance, which pays out quickly after agreed-upon “triggers” – such as wind speeds or river heights – reach a certain level.
A new study finds that politicians tend to use shorter words in speeches on hot days.
The lawsuit says the companies knew the limitations of plastics recycling but promoted it anyway.
"What we are seeing is compelling evidence that the climate crisis is not just an environmental emergency, it is potentially a neurological one."
The country’s incoming president made water her “main concern” when she was mayor of Mexico City.
