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In a controversial ruling, a U.S. appeals court has cleared the way for the Trump administration’s EPA to cancel more than $16 billion in climate grants. These funds—originally awarded under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act—were intended to help nonprofits like Climate United Fund, Coalition for Green Capital, Power Forward Communities, Inclusiv, and Justice Climate Fund […]

Imagine walking along a Caribbean beach and seeing heaps of brown seaweed stretching for miles. For many communities, this sargassum bloom has been a growing problem—hurting tourism, fishing, and local livelihoods. But now, the Caribbean is turning this challenge into opportunity. In Grenada, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic, innovators are transforming sargassum into biofuels, fertilizers,

In April 2024, the UAE faced its heaviest rainfall in 75 years, with some regions receiving nearly two years’ worth of rain in just one day. Dubai’s streets were flooded, flights disrupted, and at least five lives were lost. Rumors spread that cloud seeding might have caused the storm, but meteorologists clarified that no such

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is driving Europe’s clean transport revolution with a €17.5 million investment in Joltie SA, a Greek electric vehicle (EV) charging operator. Supported by the EU’s Invest EU programme, the funding will help install roughly 2,200 new public charging points across Greece and Cyprus by 2029, covering not just major cities but

The Yangtze, Asia’s longest river, has long been home to extraordinary creatures—but many are vanishing before our eyes. The Baiji dolphin was declared functionally extinct in 2006, a warning sign that rippled through the scientific community. Today, conservationists in Wuhan are racing to prevent the same fate for the Yangtze finless porpoise, a playful freshwater

This week, Austria faced a major defeat in its high-profile legal battle against the European Union’s controversial decision to classify natural gas and nuclear energy as “sustainable” investments. The EU’s General Court ruled that the European Commission acted within its authority when it added both energy sources to the EU’s green taxonomy back in 2022.

Brazil is stepping onto the world stage with a bold idea: a brand-new forum to resolve the growing tensions where climate action meets global trade. Announced by Brazil’s COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago, the proposal is set to be unveiled at the WTO’s annual public forum and launched officially during COP30 this November. The

This week, a powerful study shook the climate world by drawing a direct line between some of the world’s wealthiest companies and the deadly heatwaves gripping our planet. Researchers showed that emissions from just 14 fossil fuel giants—including ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, and Saudi Aramco—were enough to make over 50 extreme heat events virtually impossible in

Liberia is rolling out an innovative plan to conserve its rainforests by directly rewarding local communities for protecting their lands. In a pilot program covering 28 communities in the southeast, residents will receive area-based payments in exchange for preventing illegal logging, mining, unsustainable farming, and unplanned settlements. Funded by the Irish government and implemented by

A groundbreaking study from the Salk Institute reveals that plants, such as Arabidopsis thaliana and tomatoes, prioritize immune defense over growth during the initial stages of recovery from drought. This phenomenon, termed Drought Recovery-Induced Immunity (DRII), involves the rapid activation of immune-related genes within minutes of rehydration. Advanced single-cell and spatial transcriptomic analyses demonstrated that