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Climate Magic: Bonita Eloise Ford

Climate Magic: Bonita Eloise Ford

What if helping address climate change were akin to trying to start a fire without matches? In this beautiful conversation, Bonita draws a parallel between her attempts to start fire with a bow drill and the way she hopes we can all keep showing...

Climate experts: Tucson's monsoon storms could intensify, get harder to forecast

Climate experts: Tucson's monsoon storms could intensify, get harder to forecast

There are small but subtle changes that take place in Southern Arizona's climate before our yearly monsoon rains start. Hsin-I Chang, the director of the University of Arizona's Center for Applied Hydroclimate Sciences, said she can feel the...

Environment Ministry rejects ‘misleading claims’ on subversion of forest rights

Environment Ministry rejects ‘misleading claims’ on subversion of forest rights

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change on Thursday dismissed allegations of weakening environmental protections, calling them as misleading and based on a “gross misunderstanding of facts,” and urged people to refrain from...

Climate Change: New research sparks call for inclusive action in Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa

Climate Change: New research sparks call for inclusive action in Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa

From Sola Ojo, Abuja A newly unveiled research report has brought fresh urgency to the call for inclusive climate change governance in Nigeria, particularly in Kaduna, Kano, and Jigawa States. The study, which highlighted the disproportionate...

Climate collapse: Why did Mars become a desert?

Climate collapse: Why did Mars become a desert?

Some of the biggest questions in planetary science are written across the dusty surface of Mars. Why did a planet that once had flowing rivers and lakes end up as a frozen desert? How did Mars lose its grip on liquid water – and what does that say...

Environmental Ministry, partners launch tree planting to combat climate change

Environmental Ministry, partners launch tree planting to combat climate change

Author: Madrama James | Published: 26 minutes ago Officials from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, along with partners, and school pupils during a tree planting exercise in Juba on Thursday, July 3, 2025. Credit: Madrama James/Eye Radio...

Major climate change reports vanish from US federal websites, raising transparency concerns

Major climate change reports vanish from US federal websites, raising transparency concerns

Federal climate reports that help communities plan for extreme weather and rising seas have quietly disappeared from public websites, with little explanation from the Trump administration. Seth Borenstein reports for The Associated Press. In...

EPA staffer’s offhand remark on climate funds fuels political firestorm after secret video sting

EPA staffer’s offhand remark on climate funds fuels political firestorm after secret video sting

A midlevel U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employee was secretly recorded on a Tinder date by a Project Veritas operative, triggering political attacks and agency rollbacks based on a misrepresented comment about clean energy funding. Lisa...

Chicago activists push city to vote on stalled environmental justice bill

Chicago activists push city to vote on stalled environmental justice bill

A proposed ordinance to block new polluters from already overburdened Chicago neighborhoods remains stuck in committee, as community advocates demand the city take action. Siri Chilukuri reports for Inside Climate News. In short: The Hazel Johnson...

To Save Nature, Make It Sacred

To Save Nature, Make It Sacred

Credits Dimitris Xygalatas is an associate professor in anthropology and psychological sciences at the University of Connecticut. He is also the director of UConn’s Cognitive Science Program and Experimental Anthropology Lab. I In the mountainous...

Latin America’s top human rights court says states have duty to act on climate crisis

Latin America’s top human rights court says states have duty to act on climate crisis

The court outlined a series of legal standards, including the recognition of a human right to a healthy climate, the obligation to prevent massive and irreversible environmental harm as well as the duty to protect the rights of current and future...

SANBI secures R700m for South Africa’s climate-vulnerable communities

SANBI secures R700m for South Africa’s climate-vulnerable communities

The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) has secured a grant of over R700 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to support climate change adaptation in the country’s most vulnerable regions. The funding was approved on the 1st...

Boreal Forests Down The Toilet: New Report Documents The Climate Consequences Of Clearcutting Canada's Vanishing Forests For Tissue Paper And Paper Towels

Boreal Forests Down The Toilet: New Report Documents The Climate Consequences Of Clearcutting Canada's Vanishing Forests For Tissue Paper And Paper Towels

(MENAFN- PR Newswire) SEATTLE, July 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a new report , the NGO Center for Sustainable Economy (CSE) estimates that clearcutting over 32,000 acres of boreal forests in Ontario to produce pulp for toilet paper made in the US...

Governments Spreading Misinformation to Fuel Climate Denial & Inaction: Study

Governments Spreading Misinformation to Fuel Climate Denial & Inaction: Study

6 Mins Read Governments and corporations have intentionally spread climate misinformation to block environmental action and diminish public trust, with Donald Trump identified as a key influencer. Conspiracy theories and misleading information are...

Ayrshire schools celebrated for their commitment to environmental change

Ayrshire schools celebrated for their commitment to environmental change

A special celebration event was held recently to recognise children and young people across East Ayrshire who are committed to environmental change. The Clean Green Awards highlighted the work taking place across East Ayrshire’s educational...

The Empire of Climate: A History of an Idea

The Empire of Climate: A History of an Idea

In The Empire of Climate: A History of an Idea, David Livingstone offers comprehensive insight on the evolution of climatic determinism and how the physical environment has shaped our societies since the dawn of Hippocrates, touching on human...

From National Parks funding cuts to climate-hushing: How the Trump Administration is eroding environmental protections

From National Parks funding cuts to climate-hushing: How the Trump Administration is eroding environmental protections

The Trump Administration has advanced a multi-pronged dismantling of domestic climate policy. Since President Donald Trump’s second withdrawal from the Paris Agreement earlier this year, stepping away from climate diplomacy on the global stage,...

Havana hosts Meeting of Cubans for the Environment

HAVANA, Cuba, July 3 (ACN) Intended to facilitate the contribution of its émigrés to the country’s environment, the Meeting of Cubans for the Environment and Sustainable Development will be held today in the context of the International Convention...

Reid to attend Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Meeting in Yellowknife

Reid to attend Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Meeting in Yellowknife

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Scott Reid will be in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, this week to attend the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment meeting today and Friday. Ministers will gather to discuss environmental...

PM Shehbaz arrives in Azerbaijan to attend 17th ECO Summit focused on climate resilience, regional cooperation

PM Shehbaz arrives in Azerbaijan to attend 17th ECO Summit focused on climate resilience, regional cooperation

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reached Azerbaijan on Thursday for a two-day official visit to participate in the 17th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), where he will present Pakistan’s vision for enhanced regional integration...

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