Nature-based solutions (NbS), a hotly debated concept, gained significant political traction throughout 2022, even as challenges and concerns over the failure to implement biodiversity and human rights safeguards in current and future NbS projects have increased among Indigenous peoples and NGOs. Recent global policy instruments have recognized NbS, including theContinue Reading
Ever wondered how much money a single koala might be worth? In several states, there’s a market that can tell you. “At the moment, the price for the koala credit is about $400,” explained Megan Evans, an environmental policy researcher at the University of New South Wales. A credit isContinue Reading
ASHLEY, Indiana—The bales, bundles and bins of plastic waste are stacked 10 feet high in a shiny new warehouse that rises from a grassy field near a town known for its bright yellow smiley-face water tower. Jay Schabel exudes the same happy optimism. He’s president of the plastics division ofContinue Reading
Legislators left no doubt how they felt when they passed one of the first bills in the 2016 session. Florida was failing to take care of its most treasured springs. One part of the sweeping new law ordered the Department of Environmental Protection to create rules to stop local governmentsContinue Reading
Meanwhile, more than nearly 700 public servants working in the environmental sector have been let go or dismissed from their positions since 2018, according to data from the Ministry of Economy. Last year, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon reached a 15-year record high. But last week, the far-right leader appearedContinue Reading
Americans’ use of plastic boomed during the pandemic, including mountains of single-use items such as takeout containers, plastic bags and, of course, face masks. At the same time, we’re recycling less of this waste than in the past, according to a pair of recent studies. Even before the health crisis,Continue Reading
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Among the many complex arguments over water in California, one particularly heated debate centers on whether the state should seek more drinking water from a plentiful but expensive source: the Pacific Ocean. The debate has reached a critical stage in Huntington Beach, where Poseidon Water hasContinue Reading
The MDE’s spotty oversight, they argue, has already allowed the town of Trappe and a Northern Virginia developer — which are partners in the Lakeside at Trappe development — to obtain water and sewerage permits that kept the project alive despite opposition by Talbot County officials. The MDE, the townContinue Reading
ExxonMobil is attempting to use an unusual Texas law to target and intimidate its critics, claiming that lawsuits against the company over its long history of downplaying and denying the climate crisis violate the US constitution’s guarantees of free speech. The US’s largest oil firm is asking the Texas supremeContinue Reading
For many, the overriding image of agriculture in the Amazon is one of environmental destruction. About 80 percent of deforestation in the region has been attributed to cattle ranching, tainting beef exports. Brazil’s beef industry hopes to tempt buyers back to the Amazon region, which covers about 40 percent of the country’sContinue Reading
