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Lauded as Green Model, Costa Rica Faces Unrest in Its Forests

Lauded as Green Model, Costa Rica Faces Unrest in Its Forests

Costa Rica has a green halo. In recent decades, the small Central American nation has transformed itself from a notorious hotspot for deforestation into a beacon of reforestation that is the envy of the world. Many of its more than 12,000 species of plants, 1,200 butterflies, 800 birds, and 650 mammals, reptiles, and amphibians have gone from bust to boom, […]

Analysis: Coal returns to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Analysis: Coal returns to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Photo credit: Jeff Zehnder / Alamy. By Zofeen Ebrahim Progress towards the construction of a China-funded coal power plant in Gwadar raises questions about the climate pledges of both China and Pakistan. News that the Pakistan government plans to secure financing and start construction on a long-stalled 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant in the port city of Gwadar has triggered a […]

President Biden accused of ignoring the climate crisis, as he approves an oil and gas project in the Arctic

President Biden accused of ignoring the climate crisis, as he approves an oil and gas project in the Arctic

An oil drilling rig in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Photo credit: Reuters / Lucas Jackson. By Anders Lorenzen On Monday, US president Joe Biden approved the controversial $7 billion oil and gas drilling Willow project in the Alaskan Arctic. The US government said the approval was a scaled-back version of ConocoPhillips’ original proposal.  But this is unlikely to please climate advocates […]

Swiss Startup to Install Solar Panels on Railway

A Swiss start-up will install solar panels on a railway in western Switzerland, pending approval from transportation officials. Based in the Swiss town of Ecublens, the firm Sun-Ways has developed a mechanized system for laying down solar panels in which a specially equipped train car glides over the tracks, ejecting panels that fit in between the rails. The panels are […]

The US pledges billions to protect the world’s oceans

The US pledges billions to protect the world’s oceans

US John Kerry speaks during the 2023 Our Ocean Conference, in Panama City, Panama. Photo credit: Reuters / Aris Martinez. By Anders Lorenzen As a part of a landmark oceans agreement, the US has pledged $6 billion to protect oceans alongside tackling climate change. Announced by US climate envoy John Kerry, the country’s commitment includes a total of 77 different […]

Averting Crisis, Europe Learns to Live Without Russian Energy

Averting Crisis, Europe Learns to Live Without Russian Energy

When a cold snap hit northern Europe last November, ordinary citizens and industry leaders alike feared the onset of an agonizing winter of deprivation, spiraling energy prices, unheated buildings, and work stoppages. After all, embargoes in place as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had severely curtailed oil and gas deliveries to many countries and upended supply chains that […]

As 1.5 Degrees Looms, Scientists See Growing Risk of Runaway Warming, Urgent Need to Slash Emissions

As the planet rapidly approaches 1.5 degrees C of warming, scientists warn that rising temperatures are degrading the Earth’s ability to soak up carbon dioxide, threatening to further exacerbate climate change. To keep warming in check, they stress, countries must make steep cuts to emissions in the next few years. Research highlighted in Hot Science, a project of the Bezos […]

How Indigenous People Are Restoring Brazil’s Atlantic Forest

How Indigenous People Are Restoring Brazil’s Atlantic Forest

It was 2016 when Jurandir Jekupe noticed the bees were gone. Their nests were once common in Yvy Porã, the Guarani Mbya village where Jekupe grew up and still lives. But now the uruçu, a species known for its honey, had all but vanished, and sightings of the jataí, a species sacred to the Guarani Mbya, were rare. “Bees are […]