Nickel mining for electric vehicles is destroying lives in Indonesia

Indonesia’s abundant nickel reserves are crucial for a low carbon world. But extracting them is ruining local peoples’ lives and causing rampant deforestation Perrine Fournier is a trade and forests campaigner at the forests and rights NGO Fern The view...

Supreme Court railway case could redefine environmental impact reviews

A Supreme Court case over a proposed Utah railway may alter how federal agencies assess environmental impacts, potentially affecting projects nationwide.Wyatt Myskow reports for...

Atlantic circulation collapse? New clues on the fate of a crucial conveyor belt » Yale Climate Connections

Among the many reasons why we ought to cut climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions as quickly and sharply as possible, the weakening of a system...

Interior To Auction 400,000 Acres In ANWR To Meet Federal Leasing Requirement

The Department of the Interior said it would hold an oil and gas auction for 400,000 acres in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)...

Wildfires are forcing hikers off parts of the Pacific Crest Trail » Yale Climate Connections

The Pacific Crest Trail, or PCT, runs all the way from the U.S. border with Mexico to the border with Canada, crossing more than 2,600 miles of desert, mountains, and forest. And for many people, hiking the trail end to end is a lifelong goal. But this year, wildfires interrupted hikers’ journeys. Rylee: “This year, in July, it just hit everywhere...

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