Climate, Energy & Conservation
Gabon has ended its 19-year fisheries partnership with the European Union, which allowed EU industrial vessels to target tuna in Gabonese waters in exchange for payment, arguing the agreement no longe...
If you have paid attention at all to New York’s idiotic new Mayor Zohran Mamdani, you probably know that one of his big promises is to open a chain of City-owned grocery stores. These stores, suppos...
Quote of the Week: “[W]e compare the result of [a theory’s] computation to nature, … compare it directly with observations, to see if it works. If it disagrees with experiment, it is wrong. In that si...
This Wednesday is setting up to be a blockbuster day for skywatchers across the world as a total solar eclipse will steal the show for millions who are lucky enough to see it.
We took our first hike in a long time yesterday. Eight months of heat and drought have left the creek dry, the Aspen tress dying, almost no flowers, no birds, no livestock and no wildlife. It was almo...
Kazakhstan has released its first tiger into the wild more than seven decades since the last confirmed sighting of the big cat in the country. On July 31, 2026, an adult female Amur tiger called Umit,...
The Treasury faces a £13 billion hit from Labour’s ‘green’ North Sea shutdown, BP’s former finance chief has warned. The Telegraph has the story.The postNorth Sea Shutdown to Cost Treasury Billionsapp...
We're tracking three areas of potential tropical development between Mexico and Hawaii over the open waters, with one in particular worth watching for the Aloha State.
For Amazon fish, oxygen now comes with microplastics.
Accountability does not always require a courtroom. Sometimes it requires only that we stop pretending we don’t see the truth. It requires that we restore the principle that free people, not unaccount...
The National Hurricane Center is noting two disturbances over the eastern tropical Atlantic that are worth watching. Disturbance 1 carries a low chance of development, while Disturbance 2 carries a me...
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The best-known wildlife recoveries in the U.S. are often associated ...
Human-induced climate change has more than doubled the likelihood of the extreme weather conditions that fueled Canada’s destructive 2026 wildfire season, finds a rapid analysis. As of early August, t...
Numbering fewer than 25,000, lions remain vulnerable to extinction. These big cats have suffered catastrophic declines and today occupy roughly 6% of their historical range. Living with lions (Panther...
For people trying to protect the Amazon, one problem has persisted for decades. A hectare of intact forest stores carbon, regulates water, supports wildlife, and provides food and materials for the pe...
The lightning numbers are DECLINING. And this is a period of substantial global warming. Global warming is NOT contributing to more lightning over our region!.The postAn Extreme Lightning Event Start...
A hilariously incoherent TDS laden communique from the Mayor of London.The postClaim: London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Tree Planting Campaign will Save the Global Climate from President Trumpappeared first o...
I never thought I would participate in a serious debate on the definition of “temperature.” But it happened on twitter, and with people who have degrees in physics and other…The postDefining Temperatu...
“If the evidence you have proving the fossil fuel industry intentionally ran a particular disinformation campaign is a very specific ‘leaked industry memo,’ and it is ironclad proof …… why would you s...
After successfully rescuing a young girl from a rip current Friday night, a Good Samaritan was pulled underwater and later found dead.