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Urban food forests bring fresh food and nature into city life
Small plots in cities are being transformed into layered food forests, giving residents a chance to harvest fruits and nuts while supporting local ecosystems. Allyson Chiu reports for The Washington Post. In short: Food forests combine edible...

Foreign Minister called for climate and environmental protection for secure future
Kathmandu, Aug 22: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Arzu Rana Deuba, has emphasized the urgent need for climate protection and environmental conservation to ensure Nepal's secure future. Speaking to the media after inaugurating a tree plantation...

Teaching the Environmental Impact of AI Through PBL
In a previous article, I covered how secondary students can enhance their learning and content creation skills in projects using generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms and AI-empowered tools. Now that they understand how these tools...

COVID Was the Test Run… Climate Lockdowns Are the Goal (Guest: Matthew Wielicki) — TCRS #170
Episode Synopsis Politicians used COVID as a test run to see how easily they could control society — and now they’re applying the same playbook to so-called “climate emergencies.” In this episode of The Climate Realism Show, the panel shows how...

Ecology professor explores how and why forests change
Almost everything Nina Wurzburger does — at least in terms of research — relates to forests. She grew up on the central coast of California, where the Monterey pine forest dominates the landscape. While traveling with her family, she remembers...

Letters: Let’s invest in the Bay Area’s greatest asset: nature
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Invest in Bay Area’sgreatest asset: Nature Re: “Bay Area needs unity to solve its problems” (Page A9, Aug. 17). I second Russell Hancock’s recent call for bold...

Environmental Security Weekly Watch: August 18-22, 2025
A window into what we’re reading at the Stimson Center’s Environmental Security Program Bolivian Presidential Vote Raises Environmental Concerns (Associated Press) Bolivia’s presidential runoff election on October 19 between centrist Senator...

KP govt moves to transform province’s business environment
Peshawar - The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Industries Department and KP Board of Investment (KP-BOIT) with the support from Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) - UK funded programme, has launched a major reform package aimed...

Trump Curbs NOAA Satellites, Weakening Climate Research and Disaster Prep
The Trump administration’s recent decision to curtail key monitoring capabilities in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) next-generation weather satellites marks a significant shift in U.S. environmental policy,...

Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
Crossings explores the way that our roads impact wildlife and what we can do about it. (Photo: Courtesy of Ben Goldfarb) The many millions of miles of roads that crisscross our planet block everything from bears to beetles from safely moving...

Hong Kong can find its niche in Greater Bay Area climate resilience
The Greater Bay Area development zone is one of the most economically dynamic regions in the world. With a population of over 86 million and a gross domestic product of around US$2 trillion, it connects global manufacturing hubs, financial...

From scones to shrub planting: Inside National Trust’s Climate Action Transition Plan
The Trust has 500+ locations and more than five million members The Trust announced its flagship 2030 climate target in early 2020, to much fanfare – and perhaps an even greater deal of scrutiny. Some members, journalists and critics were quick to...

Boosting nature’s benefits on communities
Article by Tracey Bryant Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson August 22, 2025 Editor’s note: Every year, hundreds of undergraduates at the University of Delaware pursue research under the guidance of a faculty mentor, especially during the summer months....

Taking on the Trump administration’s attempt to overturn state climate law
Food & Water Watch is seeking intervention to defend a novel New York law from the Trump administration’s move to strike it down. Food & Water Watch and allies are moving to intervene against the Trump administration’s attempt to strike down a key...

Climate Science Digest: August 22, 2025
Explore the latest insights from top science journals in the Muser Press daily roundup (August 22, 2025), featuring impactful research on climate change challenges. Land use severely reduces global carbon in plants and soils Human activities, such...

Environmental groups optimistic about judge barring new detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz'
MIAMI — Environmental groups who brought a lawsuit forward to halt operations at "Alligator Alcatraz" said Friday they are "cautiously optimistic" following a judge’s ruling that, while the Florida migrant detention facility can remain...

Small Lights in the Darkness: Recent Environmental Wins in Austin
August 22, 2025 By Kaiba White These are dark times – for democracy, for human rights, for the environment. Even as fatal and costly climate disasters become more frequent, investment in the necessary changes to reduce and eliminate greenhouse gas...

Environmental nod given to 29 infra projects in Northeast in over 2 years, Parliament told
Assam accounted for the bulk of these approvals with 17 projects, followed by Tripura with six and Meghalaya with three. The Environment Ministry has cleared 29 large infrastructure projects in the Northeastern states over the past two years, the...

Heat and inequality shape Tucson mom’s testimony against EPA climate rollback
To fall asleep on the hottest nights as a kid in midtown Tucson, Fabiola Bedoya used to soak her pillowcase with water. The cool pillow helped her slip into sleep, but she would awake in the night, sweating and hot. Her single-parent home could...

Midwest Environmental Advocates: Wisconsin youth sue state over unconstitutional laws fueling climate crisis and blocking clean energy
MADISON, Wis.— Today, fifteen young Wisconsinites filed a constitutional climate lawsuit in Dane County Circuit Court against the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Legislature. The youth plaintiffs—ages 8 to 17—are...