OPINION: To protect vital ecosystems, turn to those living in them
As the U.N. biodiversity conference approaches, efforts to ensure effective nature protection must include indigenous peoples and local communities
As heat spikes, U.S. workers seen facing 'health or pay' dilemma
Extreme heat could cost Americans who work outdoors billions in lost annual earnings by mid-century, researchers say
We're still a way from equality, says Germany's first LGBTQ+ commissioner
Despite progress on sexual equality, Germany's new Commissioner for the Acceptance of Sexual and Gender Diversity says the country has not gone far enough
Australia records highest temperature in 62 years
The planet's hottest years on record have all been within the last decade, with 2021 being the sixth-hottest
Last year was the world's sixth-warmest on record -U.S. scientists
Last year's extreme heat wave in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, intense rains from Hurricane Ida and flooding in Germany and China were linked to global warming, U.S. agencies say
Polish lawmakers pass disputed bill increasing govt control of schools
Critics say the new bill could curb access to teaching on LGBT and reproductive rights.
U.S. Energy Dept opens recruitment for 1,000 jobs in clean energy
New workers, funded by 2021 infrastructure law, are expected to work on issues like improving efficiency of batteries to store energy from wind and solar farms and expanding capacity of transmission lines
Human Rights Watch says Bolsonaro a threat to democracy in Brazil
Ahead of elections in October, a new HRW report warns Brazil’s democratic institutions to prepare for Bolsonaro’s attempted affront to democracy
Activists behind Shell climate verdict target 30 multinationals
Dutch arm of Friends of the Earth sets its sights on big firms with legal bases in the Netherlands, after a court ruled in May that Shell must reduce its environmental footprint
Nepal's blossoming honey industry crushed by wild weather
Heavy rains and long droughts are robbing bees of food and killing the insects, drying up Nepal's supply of the sticky stuff