‘The ultimate underdog’: Chelsea named 2025 All-America city for sustainability projects

SUSTAINABILITY WAS THIS YEAR’S THEME for the All-America city awards, given annually by the National Civic League. But environmental awareness is nothing new for Chelsea, one of 10 US communities recognized by the organization on June 29 for their...

Ghana Minister calls for climate debt forgiveness mechanism to support vulnerable nations

Seidu Issifu (right) – Minister of State for Climate Change and Sustainability. Mr. Seidu Issifu, Minister of State for Climate Change and Sustainability, has called for the urgent establishment of a climate debt forgiveness mechanism to support...

Environmentalists celebrate rare win as Georgia swamp is saved from mining threat

Environmentalists are celebrating a rare win of keeping a mining operation from opening up next to a National Wildlife refuge in South Georgia. Sponsor Message JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Environmental groups in Georgia are celebrating a big win after...

Moldova and Ukraine Launch Joint Project to Protect Dniester River

A new cross-border project aimed at strengthening cooperation and integrated water resource management in the Dniester River Basin was launched today at Moldova’s Ministry of Environment. Titled “Strengthening Cross-Border Cooperation and...

Maha Accelerates Implementation Of Protection And Revitalisation Of Rivers

(MENAFN- IANS) Mumbai, July 15 (IANS) Environment and Climate Change Minister Pankaja Munde said in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday that various projects are being accelerated under the National River Conservation Scheme with the aim to...

Rhythmix ‘Rising Seas’ Delivers Both Warnings and Inspiration

On Saturday, July 12, Rhythmix Cultural Works presented the third of four installments of their Rising Seas series. These free public art performances included global music, immersive dance, and site-responsive theater centered on the theme of...

5 Indian artists driving the climate conversation

Based between London and Delhi, Himali Singh Soin works across poetry, performance, film, and installation. Her practice draws on science, myth, and personal memory to explore how climate collapse is entangled with histories of empire,...

Why I’ve changed my mind about climate change

Here we go again. Another blistering heatwave. Just a few days after the last one. Like many, and probably like a lot of Spectator readers, I was a moderate climate change sceptic a few years ago. The whole ‘climate emergency’ thing came across as...

Brazil’s Moment to Lead on Forest Conservation

This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) will be a defining moment for forest preservation, restoration, and management. Delegates will be immersed in the landscape they seek to protect, and their host will present them with a...

Singapore eyes first Article 6 carbon deal in Asean in coming months: official

The city-state is in “advanced discussions” with a number of countries in this region, including Thailand,” said Benedict Chia, director-general of climate change at the republic’s National Climate Change Secretariat at International Emissions...

Welsh Government unveils landmark farm subsidy scheme

Deputy First Minister with responsibility for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies – Image: Welsh Gov Emily Price The Welsh Government has unveiled the final version of its landmark subsidy scheme for farmers. The Sustainable...

Living for the Long Haul in Rural MN: Self-sufficient building practices use local, managed resources

PINE RIVER — As the north winds blow here in north central Minnesota, we are reminded that shelter is absolutely essential to our survival. Further, we need much more substantial shelters than folks in warmer climates. Self-sufficient building...

Climate Change Degrades Nutritional Value of Crops, Study Finds

A field of leafy green vegetables, including spinach and kale, growing on the Isle of Man in the UK. pastie / iStock / Getty Images Plus Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform...

No, Space.com, Cutoff of Satellite Sea-Ice Data Won’t Make Any Difference

The recent Space.com article, dated July 10, 2025, titled “US military cuts climate scientists off from vital satellite sea-ice data,” makes the false case for panic about the loss of data from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS)...

Bees Thrive on Houston Skyscraper Rooftops

In downtown Houston, there are more than 15 rooftop beehives set up on top of commercial buildings. Apparently, building owners are adding hives not just to help the environment, but also to connect with the people who live or work there. The...

The Science Behind Texas’s Catastrophic Floods

At least 130 people died in the flash floods. The disaster has the fingerprints of climate change all over it. Listen To This Story Rescue crews are scrambling to find survivors of catastrophic flooding that tore through Central Texas on the...

Europe's heatwave: the new front line of climate change

In Greece, beachgoers lie on the sand while wildfires rage in the forest behind them. In Italy, where the mercury soars to 40°C, hospital admissions in parts of the country jump by a fifth. In France, schools are closed and a nuclear plant is...

EPA seeks dismissal of EJ grant suit

EPA is urging a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit seeking renewed access to some $3 billion in environmental and climate justice grants, partly on the grounds that Congress has since taken back the money in a recently approved tax and spending...

Environmentalists celebrate rare win as Georgia swamp is saved from mining threat

Documentary about ecosystem ‘degradation’ in Monaro a finalist in Far South Film Festival

Travelling through the Monaro region, many pass the stands of silent, skeletal trees. They are the subject of a documentary, Manna. Photo: Supplied. The extent of tree dieback in the Monaro grassy woodlands and the fact no one was talking about it...