Extreme droughts that have wrecked the lives of millions of people in Syria, Iraq and Iran since 2020 would not have happened without human-caused global heating, a study has found. The climate crisis means such long-lasting and severe droughts are no longer rare, the analysis showed. In...
EPA has opened up its largest funding source yet to back relief for long-forgotten communities struggling with pollution in a move sure to attract scrutiny from Republican lawmakers while President Joe Biden embarks on his reelection bid. The Biden administration announced Tuesday roughly...
Gail Bradbrook, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, has been found guilty of criminal damage, after she broke a window at the Department for Transport in an ecologically motivated protest against HS2 in 2019. The timing of Bradbrook’s verdict is almost exquisitely ironic. Five years...
The European Parliament is expected to approve the new directive early next year. It’s not clear whether the emission of greenhouse gasses at certain levels could constitute crimes. The European Union will ban environmental destruction tantamount to “ecocide,” outlawing acts that destroy...
Litter is blighting the UK’s footpaths, with an average 41 pieces found a kilometre, according to a major study. Particularly frequently found brands included Lucozade, Coca-Cola, Red Bull, Monster and Walkers. The State of Our Trails report, conducted by Trash Free Trails, is the first...
