Category: Climate Action & Science

Two weeks of tense UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany, have produced few tangible outcomes. The post Bonn climate talks: Key outcomes from the June 2026 UN climate conference appeared first on Carbon Brief.

A recent book argues Carson’s relationship with Dorothy Freeman shaped both “Silent Spring” and modern environmentalism. The post ‘Rachel Carson and the Power of Queer Love’ explores how intimate relationships can spur political action…

Robert Pancratz couldn’t believe it. The Musselshell County commissioner had been defeated in the Republican primary for his seat by a two-to-one margin earlier this month. Source: Inside Climate News.

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By the end of this century, hotter nights could cost the average person roughly 16. The post Climate Change Is Stealing Our Sleep — and the Economic Impact Could Reach the Trillions appeared first…

Three excellent cli-fi novels envision a plausible future where sea level rise and climate change-intensified hurricanes cause massive economic disruption in the U. S. Source: Yale Climate Connections.

When the United States takes the pitch against Australia this afternoon, millions of soccer fans will tune in. Anyone who hasn’t watched a match since the last World Cup will notice something new: players…

James Bruggers, whose decades of dogged reporting shined a light on polluting corporations, inadequate regulations and the people who fought against them for environmental justice, died Tuesday at a hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. He…

Consultations are underway on reforms to streamline the talks, which take too long to produce outcomes that are often not adequate to tackle the scale of the climate crisis The post The UN climate…

Residents of the small north Alabama community of Belle Mina are breathing easier after reaching a settlement with a limestone quarry they say was disrupting their homes and places of worship. Three Belle Mina…

Splits between developed and developing countries over finance and science held back progress on key areas of climate action, leaving disappointment and much work for COP31 The post Bonn climate talks end in “gridlock”…

Mamadou Sarr remembers when an artisanal fisherman in Dakar only had to helm his wooden pirogue a single kilometer offshore to find a rich bounty of sardines and cuttlefish. For generations, Senegal’s near shore…