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This week, Brazil arrives with a glimmer of hope for the planet. New satellite data reveals that the Amazon — often seen as Earth’s beating green heart — has witnessed an 11-year low in deforestation, with forest loss dropping by just over 11% between July 2024 and July 2025. That’s 5,796 km² of forest that […]

In a groundbreaking move to combat its chronic air pollution, India has begun cloud-seeding trials over Delhi, aiming to trigger artificial rain and wash away hazardous smog. The pilot project, conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and the Delhi government, involves spraying silver iodide particles into moisture-laden clouds to induce rainfall.

Vatican City has now joined just seven other nations that run entirely on renewable energy, following Pope Francis’ push to eliminate the use of fossil fuels within the tiny city-state. This milestone is being achieved through a vast 430-hectare solar farm at Santa Maria di Galeria—Vatican-owned land outside Rome—which will generate all the electricity the

Scientists at the University of Coimbra in Portugal have created an innovative compostable cosmetic packaging that replaces petroleum-based plastics with a blend of natural, renewable materials—including spirulina-based pigments, essential oils, chitosan, PLA, and PHBV biopolymers. This new material is strong, flexible, and durable enough to perform like traditional plastic, while remaining fully compostable. Its compatibility

By 2025, the women-only mangrove forest in Youtefa Bay, Jayapura—central to the Tonotwiyat tradition of the Tobati and Enggros Indigenous communities—has suffered a dramatic reduction in size and health. Once covering about 514 hectares in the 1960s, the forest lost nearly 38 hectares between 2014 and 2024 alone, leaving roughly 173.5 hectares intact. Rapid urban

Solar and wind energy together generated more electricity worldwide than coal in the first half of 2025, marking a historic turning point, according to new analysis by Ember. Renewables produced an estimated 5,072 TWh globally, compared with coal’s 4,896 TWh. Solar output surged by 31%—adding more than 300 TWh—while wind generation rose nearly 8%, driven

Greece has poured billions of euros into new recycling plants, nationwide awareness campaigns, and citywide networks of bins for paper, plastic, metals, food waste, and electronics — yet the country continues to bury about 79% of its total waste. National recycling performance remains stuck at roughly 17%, one of the lowest rates in the European

Huawei Digital Power has signed a new partnership with Golden Peaks Capital (GPC) to roll out 500 MWh of grid-forming battery storage across Central and Eastern Europe. Under the agreement, Huawei will provide its advanced All-Scenario Grid-Forming storage technology, while GPC will lead development and deployment in key markets like Poland and Hungary. The collaboration

As the world races toward a circular economy, a new debate is emerging over who bears the true cost of recycling. A recent report by the OECD and International Labour Organization (ILO) reveals that while global recycling markets are projected to reach $630 billion by 2030, much of the sector remains dependent on low-paid, informal,

Across Asia and Latin America, architects and engineers are turning to bamboo — nature’s flexible giant — to build earthquake-resistant structures that combine sustainability with strength. In countries like Indonesia, Japan, and Ecuador, bamboo’s natural elasticity allows it to bend, not break, during seismic shocks. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have found that engineered