Failed environmental safeguards leave coastal Bangladesh facing coal pollution

Riaz Panchayet used to farm papaya, cucumber, okra and bananas on his land in Madhupur village, located in southern Bangladesh’s coastal Patuakhali district.

Bomb the Arctic, dam the Mediterranean and build a second moon: five outlandish plans to remodel our climate

Humans have long sought to geoengineer the Earth’s environment. Tim Flannery outlines a few of the wildest ideas from the 20th century

Eight economic myths that are helping destroy our future

Eight persistent economic myths help protect vested interests, deepen inequality and accelerate environmental destruction. The economy must be rebuilt around wellbeing, sustainability and justice.

‘Mega-consumers’ of food and energy cost environment $5.7tn a year, study finds

Top 10% generate climate and biodiversity damage bill that exceeds economies of most countries, say researchers

‘Flamin’ cockatoos’ have lost much of their habitat to bushfires. Can the species survive?

Two fires in 12 years wiped out all but a handful of the mature native pines in Victoria’s Wyperfeld national park, a key breeding ground for endangered pink cockatoos

Environment: Air pollution still kills almost eight million each year

Outdoor and indoor air pollution cause one in eight deaths, mainly in low income countries, climate change is bringing heatwaves and droughts together in hot-dry extremes, and the market has no incentive to save humanity.

Oil has harmed the nature and people of the Niger Delta; human rights may save it

On this week’s episode of the Mongabay Newscast, I speak with travel writer Noo Saro-Wiwa. She has documented the violence and natural destruction that the presence of oil companies have brought to the people of the Niger Delta in her latest book, Th…

World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies in ‘unfathomable’ increase in 2025, report finds

JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say

Amazon oil drilling plan excludes unique hybrid manatees too big for rescue

A rare hybrid population faces an oil frontier with a rescue plan that experts call insufficient.

Australia's coal and gas exports violate our human rights, group says in new UN case

The group says that it is unlawful for Australia to continue approving fossil fuel exports without protecting its citizens.

Is your ‘sustainable’ super funding fossil fuels or weapons? How to check the fine print

If you care about particular issues – from climate change to weapons of war – it’s worth looking more closely at where your money is really going.

The greatest danger is not war – it is planetary breakdown

Human activity is pushing Earth beyond safe planetary limits, raising the risk of climate breakdown, ecological collapse and systemic global failure.

Only three countries in Europe breathe safe air – new report

India is home to the world's most polluted city, according to IQAir's newly released World Air Quality Report.

Petroleum industry in Russia - Wikipedia

Is your ‘sustainable’ super funding fossil fuels or weapons? How to check the fine print

If you care about particular issues – from climate change to weapons of war – it’s worth looking more closely at where your money is really going.

Bill Gates charity trust’s holdings in fossil fuel firms rise despite divestment claims

Trust had $254m invested in companies such as Chevron, BP and Shell in 2024, a nine-year record, analysis shows

Bill Gates charity trust’s holdings in fossil fuel firms rise despite divestment claims

Trust had $254m invested in companies such as Chevron, BP and Shell in 2024, a nine-year record, analysis shows

Green Lie of “Sustainable” Aviation Biofuel

“Sustainable” Aviation Fuel (SAF) is a biofuel alternative to using fossil fuels for powering planes and cars. SAF is being aggressively marketed by multiple industries as a greener alt…

Global: Fossil fuel infrastructure is putting rights of 2 billion people and critical ecosystems at risk - Amnesty International Australia

New report by Amnesty and Better Planet Laboratory finds fossil fuel infrastructure poses risks for livelihoods of 2 billion people globally.

BP Scraps Target of Reducing Oil Production by 2030

Oil major BP has scrapped its goal of reducing oil and gas production by the end of the decade, angering environmental groups.

An Amazon free from oil and gas

Out of the more than $20 billion invested, 46% of all direct financing for oil and gas exploration in the Amazon comes from just six banks: Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, Itaú Unibanco, Santander, Bank of America, and HSBC.

Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016

Molecular hydrogen in seawater supports growth of diverse marine bacteria - Nature Microbiology

Genome-resolved metagenomics, biogeochemistry, modelling and culture-based analysis reveal that marine bacteria consume H2 to support growth.