Environment & Climate

Legislative Gridlock Deepens as Save Our Bacon Act Becomes Flashpoint in Eight Year Struggle to Pass New Federal Farm Bill

by Lina Irawan
written by Lina Irawan
The United States Congress is currently grappling with a profound legislative impasse that threatens the stability of the nation’s agricultural policy and food security infrastructure. At the heart of this conflict is the Farm Bill, a massive, multi-year omnibus package that dictates everything from rural broadband and crop insurance to climate-smart conservation and nutrition assistance for low-income families....
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Europe and the Global Struggle for Heat Resilience Amid Unprecedented Warming

by Neng Nana
written by Neng Nana
The continent of Europe is currently navigating a period of historic thermal stress as a series of intense, climate-fueled heat waves test the limits of public health infrastructure and urban planning. With temperatures in Paris recently exceeding 103 degrees Fahrenheit and average temperatures across France reaching their highest recorded levels, the current summer has become a critical litmus test for the heat-resilience strategies developed over the last two decades....
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The End of the Green New Deal Network and the Rise of the Anti-Data Center Movement

by Nila Kartika Wati
written by Nila Kartika Wati
The dissolution of the Green New Deal Network on December 31, 2025, marked the quiet conclusion of a political era that had once promised to fundamentally restructure the American economy through the lens of climate justice. Amidst a broader landscape of political upheaval—characterized by mass federal layoffs, the shuttering of various agencies, and significant cuts to clean energy spending—the passing of this defining coalition went largely unnoticed by the general public....
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The Global Crisis of Violence and Legal Harassment Against Environmental and Indigenous Defenders in 2025

by Dwi Wanna
written by Dwi Wanna
The global struggle for environmental preservation and Indigenous sovereignty reached a harrowing crossroads in 2025 as a new report reveals that activists continue to face unprecedented levels of violence despite significant advancements in international human rights law. According to the latest annual findings from Front Line Defenders, a Dublin-based organization dedicated to the protection of activists at risk, at least 358 human rights defenders were killed last year....
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The Intersection of Industrial Agriculture and Artificial Intelligence: How Cow Manure is Powering the Next Generation of Data Centers

by Reynand Wu
written by Reynand Wu
At the Lent Hill Dairy Farm in Steuben County, New York, the landscape appears at first to be a standard tableau of modern American agribusiness. Red industrial buildings house a herd of approximately 4,000 Holstein cows, while a massive open-air manure pit serves as the repository for the farm's daily output of waste....
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The Fifty Billion Dollar Gamble Federal Investment and Technological Innovation Aim to Solve the Colorado River Stagnation

by Neng Nana
written by Neng Nana
The crisis on the Colorado River is defined by a fundamental mathematical imbalance: the seven Western states that rely on this essential waterway collectively consume more water than the river provides. This chronic overuse, compounded by a twenty-year "megadrought" cycle exacerbated by climate change, has systematically drained the river’s two primary reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead....
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The High Cost of Clean Energy: North Carolina Communities Face the Environmental and Social Toll of the Wood Pellet Industry

by Siti Muinah
written by Siti Muinah
In the quiet, rural landscape of Faison, North Carolina, the arrival of a massive industrial facility was initially framed as a herald of economic progress. Enviva Biomass, the world’s largest producer of wood pellets, established what it described as a state-of-the-art facility designed to provide "green" energy to the global market....
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New England Clean Energy Connect and the Complex Realities of Regional Hydropower Integration

by Dwi Wanna
written by Dwi Wanna
The New England Clean Energy Connect, a high-voltage transmission project designed to deliver massive quantities of Canadian hydroelectricity to the American Northeast, reached a significant milestone in January 2024 when it began commercial operations. Proponents of the project, including state officials in Massachusetts and Maine, as well as climate advocacy groups, initially celebrated the activation as a pivotal victory for the region’s ambitious decarbonization goals....
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Global Food Security at Risk as NOAA Confirms Arrival of Potentially Record-Breaking El Niño Event

by Nana Wu
written by Nana Wu
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has officially declared the commencement of El Niño, a major oceanic and atmospheric phenomenon characterized by the warming of surface waters in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean. This climate pattern, which has far-reaching implications for global weather, arrives at a time when the world is already grappling with record-breaking temperatures and significant geopolitical instability....
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Climate Crisis Displacement Meets Border Crackdown as US Legal Framework Fails to Recognize Environmental Refugees

by Nana
written by Nana
The global climate crisis is no longer a distant theoretical threat but an immediate and primary driver of human displacement, upending millions of lives through catastrophic flooding, intensifying storms, and prolonged heatwaves. As the planet continues to overheat due to the sustained burning of fossil fuels, the number of individuals forced to flee their ancestral homes has reached unprecedented levels....
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