Ecuador starts fracking in Amazon rainforest
Ecuador has started fracking in the Amazon rainforest for the first time, state oil company Petroecuador said Wednesday.…
The ‘Polar Bear Capital’ with Arctic gateway ambitions
For decades, ambitions of expanding the Port of Churchill have fallen short — derailed, locals argue, under years…
The vine with a murky past that is strangling Vanuatu’s forests
Vanuatu’s tropical rainforests are suffocating under an invasive species which, according to local lore, was introduced during World…
NASA spotted what looked like giant, tailed creatures moving in the ocean until they realized they were strange mud islands rising after violent underwater explosions
From the vastness of space, these strange shapes look almost organic. Long, brown masses drift through the deep…
The Iran War makes a case for renewable energy that has nothing to do with global warming
“We are powerfully imprisoned by the terms in which we have been conducted to think.”― R. Buckminster Fuller The…
Phoenix leaders plan for water shortages as Colorado River shrinks
PHOENIX — Phoenix leaders are laying out their plan to keep water flowing as the Colorado River shrinks,…
Renewables and batteries drive down fossil fuel use despite record electricity demand
A hot summer saw Australians use record amounts of electricity, but the growing share of renewable energy continues…
Roads reopen as Fox River water level continues dropping after major flooding in Lake, McHenry counties
The Fox River and Des Plaines River, along with lakes, surpassed flood stage and resulted in flooding in…
A hydroelectric dam in the Amazon was operating normally until millions of fish began disappearing and it was suddenly abandoned overnight
A hydroelectric dam in the Amazon started as a success. While it promised a future of clean energy…
Tree halts pool project for Hilton Head homeowner
Hilton Head Island Daniel Kirchberg and his wife, Mary Ann, have lived in the Forest Beach neighborhood on…
Emergency declared in Central Valley county over invasive species
Officials in San Joaquin County declared an emergency on Wednesday due to an infestation of an invasive species of…
After a Giant Iceberg Broke Away, Scientists Found a Long-Sealed Marine World Under Antarctica
A massive iceberg breaking away in Antarctica has uncovered a thriving underwater ecosystem no one had ever seen…