EPA changing how water is protected. CT environmentalists are alarmed
A new proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency could leave miles of wetlands in Connecticut more vulnerable to…
Thousands of Cubans struggle without power and water nearly a month after hurricane
RIO CAUTO, Cuba — Thousands of Cubans remain without power, water or proper shelter almost a month after…
Photos show release of giant Amazon river turtle hatchlings in key Brazilian reserve
TAPAUA, Brazil (AP) — Environmental agents from Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute released giant Amazon River turtle hatchlings into…
Flash flood warning issued as atmospheric river hits Southern California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river was dousing Southern California on…
Atmospheric river douses Southern California, threatening LA’s burned areas
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river was dousing Southern California on…
London judge finds global mining company BHP Group liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster
LONDON (AP) — A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s…
A decade after Mariana dam collapse, COP30 tests Brazil’s commitment to environmental justice
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A week before what the Indigenous Krenak people now call “the death of the…
UN warns of mercury contamination in Colombia’s Atrato River
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The United Nations warned that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in Colombia’s Atrato…
Amazon’s ‘flying rivers’ weaken, scientists warn of worsening droughts
BOGOTA, Colombia — Droughts have withered crops in Peru, fires have scorched the Amazon and hydroelectric dams in…
Photos show scientists breeding rare and endangered animals in China’s longest river
WUHAN, China — A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the Institute…
Photos show scientists breeding rare and endangered animals in China’s longest river
WUHAN, China (AP) — A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the…
Ten years after Gold King Mine spill, superfund cleanup is incomplete
Three million gallons of acidic mine drainage flooded into the Animas River basin 10 years ago, turning the…