Chesapeake Bay report cites environmental justice disparities

A report on the Chesapeake Bay has found strong disparities between communities in different parts of the bay’s watershed in terms of health, economics and social justice concerns

Urin gegen den Klimawandel

Dünger aus menschlichen Exkrementen sind in Deutschland nicht erlaubt – im Gegensatz zu einigen Nachbarländern. Eine Studie zeigt, dass vor allem Urin sehr geeignet wäre. Das könnte den Kunstdünger-Verbrauch deutlich senken und die Agrarwende...

Governments gather in Canada in bid to boost biodiversity

Environmental leaders are gathering on Montreal to hammer out a framework they hope will help provide much-needed protection for the world's biodiversity

Russia: Mass seal death likely due to oxygen deprivation

A top Russian environmental official said Monday that the thousands of dead seals that washed up on Russia’s Caspian Sea coast likely died from oxygen deprivation

Spain pledges 350M euros to save Doñana wetlands

Spain’s government has pledged to invest 350 million euros ($368 million) in the country's Doñana wetlands

Scientists try to bolster Great Barrier Reef in warmer world

Below the turquoise waters off the coast of Australia is one of the world’s natural wonders, an underwater rainbow jungle teeming with life that scientists say is showing some of the clearest signs yet of climate change

Climate talks host Egypt gets green energy, transport deals

Egypt, the host of this year’s U.N. climate talks, is racking up a number of deals to green its energy and transport systems still heavily reliant on heavily polluting fossil fuels

Millions of cookies: MacKenzie Scott gives Girl Scouts $85M

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $84.5 million to Girl Scouts of the USA and 29 of its local branches

International climate change bodies win humanity award

A prize worth 1 million euros ($970,000) is being awarded to two intergovernmental bodies for their work on climate change