The Latest Breaking News from Environment

Canada's child-care investment needs to advance climate change policy goals

On Oct. 8 last year, the United Nations Human Rights Council recognized that a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right.

The Conversation · Jul 24, 2022

Finding their song: Reviving the declining western chorus frog population is now critical

In November 2021, Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault declared an emergency order that put an immediate halt on a residential development in Longueuil, Que., to protect the critical habitat of one of Canada’s threatened amphibian species — the western chorus frog.

The Conversation · Jul 24, 2022

Federal government accused of ‘railroading’ traditional custodians over Burrup peninsula rock art site

Custodians fighting to stop construction of a WA fertiliser plant say environment department gave just three days to respond to a 180-page document

The Guardian - AU · Jul 24, 2022

When the environment gets sidelined

Myanmar's human, social and natural capital have been "rapidly diminishing" after the 2021 military coup, explains Win Myo Thu, a respected environmental campaigner who, for over three decades, has been working with local communities for better access to land, forest, water, food and a clean environment.

Bangkok Post · Jul 22, 2022

Colombia's President-elect Petro meets with Biden delegation

Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro on Friday met with representatives of U.S. President Joe Biden's administration in Bogota, the Colombian capital, where they discussed topics including drug trafficking, the environment and economic development.

Reuters · Jul 22, 2022

Lori Lightfoot’s showdown with the feds: What’s at stake for people in Chicago

The mayor calls HUD’s accusations that City Hall has engaged in environmental racism “preposterous.” The funding that’s threatened by the dispute includes money that keeps 650 people with HIV or AIDS from living on the street.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 22, 2022

Environment minister Zac Goldsmith says Extinction Rebellion protests ‘do work’

Environment minister Zac Goldsmith has said that protests by Extinction Rebellion “do work”, and that their tactics reflect the “real anxiety” over global warming felt by the general public.

Evening Standard · Jul 22, 2022

Extraterrestrial life could resemble real ancient microbes found on Earth

A team of researchers looked at ancient Earth and some of its first inhabitants to shed some light on what simple life on other worlds might look like and what the atmospheres might look like.

Inverse · Jul 22, 2022

Grassroots push to include climate change in Labor’s revamp of national conservation laws

Party’s environmental action group says emissions must be considered during development approvals process

The Guardian - AU · Jul 22, 2022

Fifty-year extension for Australia’s biggest CO2 emitter attracts record number of appeals

Woodside’s gas processing facility in Western Australia’s Pilbara region attracts 759 appeals against it, up from the previous record of 170

The Guardian - AU · Jul 22, 2022