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5d

Texans sound off against Elon Musk's 'horrifying' plans for dumping The Boring Company wastewater into Colorado River

5.16k points 521 comments

6d

A radical climate strategy emerges: charge big oil firms with homicide | Authors of paper accepted for publication in Harvard Environmental Law Review argue firms are ‘killing members of the public at an accelerating rate’

4.69k points 194 comments

4d

Why I’m joining more than 100 lawyers in refusing to prosecute climate protesters

4.08k points 109 comments

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The rise in vape waste has been described as "beyond staggering" in a new report revealing that 129kg of disposable devices - roughly the weight of a baby elephant - were found in London's waste streams over just a two-day period last year.

3.75k points 157 comments

7d

Third of (British) young people ‘very worried’ about climate change

2.72k points 126 comments

1d

Demand grows to ban octopus farms in Canada

2.69k points 122 comments

2d

Deep-sea mining for rare metals will destroy ecosystems, say scientists

2.65k points 90 comments

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Scientists uncover startling concentrations of pure DDT along seafloor off L.A. coast

2.51k points 189 comments

4d

A Spanish firm wants to kill one million octopuses a year using 'ice slurry' baths at first-ever factory farm

2.17k points 412 comments

3d

‘Like you’re in a horror movie’: pollution leaves New Zealand wetlands irreversibly damaged

2.1k points 168 comments

5d

Billions of people lack access to clean drinking water, U.N. report finds

1.33k points 65 comments

2d

Climate paper calls for fossil fuel giants to be charged with homicide

1.02k points 13 comments

7d

Biden designates area sacred to tribes as largest national monument of his presidency

995 points 41 comments

3d

Yes, the climate crisis is behind more—and more deadly—tornadoes like those on Friday night

864 points 14 comments

1d

Report: Texas isn’t holding polluters accountable for unexpected emissions

813 points 38 comments

4d

Cruise Ship Invasion - Take a typical Alaska cruise and see the damage in its wake. The evidence is clear: the industry needs an overhaul.

653 points 60 comments

1d

Report: Texas fracking is exacerbating the PFAS crisis | A "staggering volume" of PFAS are being injected into fracked wells.

624 points 27 comments

7d

How switching to a plant-based diet one day a week can boost your health, help planet

515 points 53 comments

18h

In a first, renewables beat coal in the US power sector in 2022

550 points 10 comments

5d

Octopus Farming Is Deeply Disturbing. A Professor Explains Why.

494 points 166 comments

6d

Wall Street is thirsty for its next big investment opportunity: The West's vanishing water

425 points 35 comments

5d

Justice signs pro-coal industry bills into law, rejects "environmental whatever" as climate risks grow

397 points 25 comments

6d

Court Rules Greta Thunberg, Others Can Sue Sweden for 'Insufficient Climate Policy' | The country's climate action "constitutes a violation of human rights," argues one Swedish group.

374 points 16 comments

3d

Palm oil deforestation hits record high in Sumatra’s ‘orangutan capital’

345 points 15 comments

11h

Supreme Court won't review contempt conviction of anti-Chevron environmental lawyer

512 points 19 comments

23h

Solar Panels Floating on Reservoirs Could Provide a Third of the World's Electricity

332 points 11 comments

21h

Philadelphia residents clear shelves of bottled water after officials warn of chemical spill in the Delaware River

301 points 12 comments

7d

Young people consider fewer children as climate change concern mounts. “This new data shows that climate change is jeopardising more than just the environment, with people’s mental wellbeing and future life plans also affected"

Texans sound off against Elon Musk's 'horrifying' plans for dumping The Boring Company wastewater into Colorado River

A radical climate strategy emerges: charge big oil firms with homicide | Authors of paper accepted for publication in Harvard Environmental Law Review argue firms are ‘killing members of the public at an accelerating rate’

Why I’m joining more than 100 lawyers in refusing to prosecute climate protesters

The rise in vape waste has been described as "beyond staggering" in a new report revealing that 129kg of disposable devices - roughly the weight of a baby elephant - were found in London's waste streams over just a two-day period last year.

Third of (British) young people ‘very worried’ about climate change

Demand grows to ban octopus farms in Canada

Deep-sea mining for rare metals will destroy ecosystems, say scientists

Scientists uncover startling concentrations of pure DDT along seafloor off L.A. coast

A Spanish firm wants to kill one million octopuses a year using 'ice slurry' baths at first-ever factory farm

‘Like you’re in a horror movie’: pollution leaves New Zealand wetlands irreversibly damaged

Billions of people lack access to clean drinking water, U.N. report finds

Climate paper calls for fossil fuel giants to be charged with homicide

Biden designates area sacred to tribes as largest national monument of his presidency

Yes, the climate crisis is behind more—and more deadly—tornadoes like those on Friday night

Report: Texas isn’t holding polluters accountable for unexpected emissions

Cruise Ship Invasion - Take a typical Alaska cruise and see the damage in its wake. The evidence is clear: the industry needs an overhaul.

Report: Texas fracking is exacerbating the PFAS crisis | A "staggering volume" of PFAS are being injected into fracked wells.

How switching to a plant-based diet one day a week can boost your health, help planet

In a first, renewables beat coal in the US power sector in 2022

Octopus Farming Is Deeply Disturbing. A Professor Explains Why.

Wall Street is thirsty for its next big investment opportunity: The West's vanishing water

Justice signs pro-coal industry bills into law, rejects "environmental whatever" as climate risks grow

Court Rules Greta Thunberg, Others Can Sue Sweden for 'Insufficient Climate Policy' | The country's climate action "constitutes a violation of human rights," argues one Swedish group.

Palm oil deforestation hits record high in Sumatra’s ‘orangutan capital’

Supreme Court won't review contempt conviction of anti-Chevron environmental lawyer

Solar Panels Floating on Reservoirs Could Provide a Third of the World's Electricity

Philadelphia residents clear shelves of bottled water after officials warn of chemical spill in the Delaware River

Young people consider fewer children as climate change concern mounts. “This new data shows that climate change is jeopardising more than just the environment, with people’s mental wellbeing and future life plans also affected"

Crypto Is Mostly Over. Its Carbon Emissions Are Not.

Major incident declared after leak from large onshore oil field in Dorset