Subjects Archives: Environment

Weaponizing the World’s Oil Trade is the Bedrock of the U.S. Rules-Based Order.

The world is grappling with a host of pressing environmental challenges that demand immediate attention and action. From climate change-induced disasters, biodiversity loss and plastic pollution to the rise of artificial intelligence, the 16 biggest environmental problems of 2026 paint a stark picture of the urgent need for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Drinking water standards vary widely from state-to-state, which “creates an environmental justice issue, in which certain communities are less protected than others, through no fault of their own,” Udasin noted.

Artificial light may illuminate our cities, but it casts shadows over wildlife, insects, and human health while erasing the stars from our skies. From disrupted ecosystems to sleep loss, the urgent fight to reclaim the night affects everyone.

Some Oregon birdwatchers say this spring was strangely quiet–and the data backs that up.

CounterSpin interview with Mitch Jones on AI vs. environment.

At the 10 year anniversary of the Paris Agreement, U.S. climate commitments are being swallowed up by military spending.

With rising effects of climate change across the globe, the world has started recognising that climate change is not just an ecological collapse, but also a human rights crisis.

“The last three years are all likely to have exceeded 1.4C and we expect 2026 will be the fourth year in succession to do this,” said Adam Scaife, who leads the team behind the Met Office’s global forecast for 2026.

Restructuring the agriculture system to grow crops and raise livestock that thrive in a drier climate is the first logical step to reducing water consumption.

Sri Lanka is expected to pay over 25% of its total revenue in debt servicing every year at a time when Ditwah, as per early estimates, caused damages worth 7 billion USD or around 7% of the country’s GDP.

Videos circulating on social media show tents being blown away, strong winds scattering belongings, displaced people pleading for help, and children shivering from the cold.

It was no magic wand-the authorities took several tough steps over the years to achieve this miracle.

The Green Party of England and Wales is attracting new members in unprecedented numbers and achieving polling percentages that would have seemed impossible a year ago. However, tensions are building behind the scenes over the party’s economic programme. On December 12, 2025, just over 3 months since Zack Polanski’s election as party leader – the […]

Civil Defense Spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said Tuesday that winter rains flooded 90 percent of tents in the war-torn enclave, leaving thousands of families without shelter.

The relatively empty roads have not brought relief, as measures taken to control emissions fail to show results, partly due to weather conditions.

Study shows that the hotter climate regime will last centuries, not decades.

“Israel’s” domination of the Levant is built not only on land theft and military occupation, but on a regional system of hydro-colonialism that weaponizes rivers, aquifers, and water infrastructure to enforce dependence and control.

If the organisation is strong, the struggle is strong.

Less than a year into his second term in office, the White House claims that Trump is bringing manufacturing back to the U.S.