"Methane is four times more sensitive to global warming than previously thought, a new study shows. The result helps to explain the rapid growth in methane in recent years and suggests that, if left unchecked, methane related warming will escalate in the decades to come."
"A Native American community neighboring the only operating uranium mill in the U.S. is hoping a new study will answer longstanding questions about whether it is affecting their health."
"Removing dams is one thing, but thousands of levees also restrict rivers in the United States — and they’re not working as intended."
"A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered or threatened species, a year after the Biden administration said it was moving to strengthen such species protections."
"A hole in the ozone layer seven times bigger than the one over the Antarctic continent has been discovered sitting over the tropics - and has been there for over 30 years."
"Excessive heat warnings and heat advisories are currently in place as a massive heat wave is "consuming" most parts of the Midwest into the Southern US, according to the National Weather Service (NWS)."
During this Mongabay webinar, expert panelists from the University of British Columbia, Ecotrust Canada and Hakai Magazine will discuss emerging impacts on our oceans such as plastic pollution, bottom trawling, overfishing, and climate change as well as fisheries, law, regulations, and how reporters can cover these issues. 5:00 p.m. ET.
"Widespread greenwashing by businesses is compromising efforts to prepare for climate impacts such as floods and heatwaves, the chair of the Environment Agency will say in a speech on Monday."
"EPA has set new restrictions on the use of three commonly used pesticides, including the highly controversial chemical chlorpyrifos."
"The Supreme Court's ruling that curbs the power of the Environment Protection Agency will slow its ability to respond to the climate crisis, but "does not take the EPA out of the game," according to the agency's administrator Michael Regan."
