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Robert F. Kennedy Is Unfit to Lead US Public Health Agencies

Yesterday, US Senate hearings began for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—a massive agency of...

Filter inspired by deep-sea sponge cleans up oil spills

Oil spills can pollute large volumes of surrounding water – thousands of times greater than the spill itself – causing long-term economic, environmental, social...

Switzerland Sets Target to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 65% by 2035

The Swiss government announced that it has approved a new climate goal, targeting a 65% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2035, on...

EU Pledges “Far-Reaching Simplification” in Sustainability Reporting in New Competitiveness Roadmap

The European Commission announced the release of its highly-anticipated “Competitiveness Compass” on Wednesday, outlining its new roadmap aimed at boosting Europe’s productivity and global...

Turning Farmland Back to Peatland: Can It Slow CO2 Emissions?

Farmers have long drained peatlands for agriculture, but the dried-out soils release vast quantities of CO2. To halt this process, new initiatives in Germany...

Mango farms where? Climate change is scrambling where the world’s food is grown.

Twelve years ago, Vincenzo Amata stumbled upon a plot of flowering trees while wandering the Sicilian countryside. Before long, he found a farmer tending...

Trump wants Greenland. But what does Greenland want?

In 2019, then-President Donald Trump suggested the United States “buy Greenland” — as a matter of national security. Now in office again, Trump has...

Lab-grown meat rebrands itself to woo Trump — and RFK Jr.

The chicken before me had neither lived nor died, but it did look really tasty. Five stories up, in a sunny event space tucked away...

What is the UK Nature Restoration Fund?

Part of the Plan for Change will significantly boost funding for green development commitments, meaning companies meet obligations collaboratively.  Labour’s efforts to unblock Britain’s embattled...

Hidden ‘Highways’ Connect Brazilian Rainforests, Aiding Dispersal of Tree Species, Research Reveals

Forests growing along the edges of rivers in Brazil act as “highways” allowing tree species to traverse between the Atlantic and Amazon rainforests, a...

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