Boom in mining for renewable energy minerals threatens Africa’s great apes 5/4/2024

Up to a third of Africa’s great apes are threatened by a boom in mining projects for minerals required for the renewable energy transition, new research shows. ...more

Europe's restless farmers are forcing policymakers to act 4/4/2024

European policymakers have scaled back rules to protect nature, drawn up limits on the import of tariff-free Ukrainian grains and scrapped new legislation limiting pesticide use as farmers' protests resonate with voters ahead of elections. ...more

California Leads the Nation in Emissions of a Climate Super-Pollutant, Study Finds 4/4/2024

California emits more sulfuryl fluoride, a potent greenhouse gas and toxic pesticide, than the rest of the lower 48 states combined, a new study concludes.  ...more

Global Warming Will Enable Tropical Species From the Atlantic to Colonize the Mediterranean Sea 4/4/2024

If global warming continues at its current pace, a new study warns, tropical species could take over parts of Mediterranean marine ecosystems by the end of the century. ...more

Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany 4/4/2024

The president of Botswana has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a dispute over conservation. ...more

Butterfly study finds sharpest fall on record for small tortoiseshell in England 4/4/2024

The small tortoiseshell butterfly has suffered its worst year on record in England, and has declined by 82% across the UK since 1976, according to the annual scientific count of butterfly populations. ...more

How Abu Dhabi is cutting down food loss and waste 3/4/2024

The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA) has announced the start of implementing a strategy to reduce food loss and waste. ...more

EU pumps four times more money into farming animals than growing plants 3/4/2024

The EU has made polluting diets “artificially cheap” by pumping four times more money into farming animals than growing plants, research has found. ...more

US climate law has boosted solar, batteries; hydrogen, other initiatives lag 3/4/2024

The U.S. has doubled the pace of cutting carbon emissions since President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed in 2022, analysts and scientists said, with more than 80 solar, wind and energy storage projects taking advantage of the law's mix of direct payments and tax credits. ...more

IKEA Foundation backs emerging market EV push with $100 million grant 3/4/2024

A global initiative to accelerate electric vehicle uptake has received a $100 million funding boost from the IKEA Foundation to help developing countries bypass gasoline-driven vehicles and go straight to the greener alternative. ...more