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Marsden Moor is among the areas the National Trust has been restoring (David Preston/National Trust/PA)
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National Trust restores nature across area twice the size of Manchester

The National Trust has surpassed its goal to restore over 25,000 hectares of priority habitat by 2025, achieving it ahead of schedule.

Endangered black grouse are seen as an important ‘indicator species’ for ecosystem health (Affric Highlands/PA)
BiodiversityEnvironmentResiliency

‘Optimism’ as endangered black grouse numbers increase at UK’s rewilding sites

Black grouse, which are seen as an important indicator species for ecosystem health, have suffered UK-wide decline over recent decades.

BiodiversityCourtsEnvironmentNewsOilRegulations

Ecuador starts dismantling Yasuni National Park oil block two days before court deadline

Ecuador has begun dismantling oil infrastructure in Yasuni National Park ahead of a court deadline, but progress is slow, sparking criticism from Indigenous...

An aerial view of the 200-foot-tall (60-meter-tall) front of the Getz Ice Shelf with cracks, in Antarctica, in this 2016 handout image. NASA/Handout via REUTERS
ClimateEnvironmentResiliencyWeather

Rocket scientists build robot probes to gauge melting beneath Antarctica ice shelf

Engineers are developing underwater robots to study how fast Antarctic ice is melting, aiming to better predict sea level rise.

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Liberia shuts down China Union iron ore Bong Mines for environmental violations: regulator

Liberia's EPA shut down China Union's Bong Mines for environmental violations, including unlicensed operations and pollution.

FILE PHOTO: A pump jack drills oil crude from the Yates Oilfield in West Texas’s Permian Basin, near Iraan, Texas, U.S., March 17, 2023. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo
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Texas is sued over anti-ESG law

A nonprofit sued Texas to block a law that penalizes businesses supporting reduced fossil fuel use, claiming it violates free speech.

Damage from post-tropical storm Fiona at the wharf in Stanley Bridge, P.E.I., on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Two years after post-tropical storm Fiona made landfall on P.E.I., a report by the provincial government says the Island’s forests are emitting more carbon than they capture, and it will take at least 50 years to restore the trees that were lost. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Brian McInnis
EmissionsEnvironmentNews

P.E.I. forests emit more carbon than they absorb after damage from 2022 storm

P.E.I. forests emit more carbon than they absorb due to damage from post-tropical storm Fiona, with recovery expected by 2045.

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Efforts to modernize the Columbia River Treaty provide an opportunity to right the wrongs of the past

The original objectives of the Columbia River Treaty were narrowly focused on flood risk management and hydropower generation, issues that remain prevalent in...

A drone view shows solar panels as they stand on Dave Duttlinger's farmland that he leased to Dunns Bridge Solar LLC in Wheatfield, Indiana, U.S., April 5, 2024.  REUTERS/Jim Vondruska
ClimateElectricityEmissionsNewsPoliticsRegulationsSolar

Biden administration finalizes solar lands plan, touts permitting progress

Plan identifies 31m acres with high solar potential and low conflicts with wildlife and plant habitats.

South Korea's Constitutional Court Chief Justice Lee Jong-seok, center, and other judges sit upon their arrival at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
ClimateCourtsEmissionsNewsPolitics

Court orders Korea to specify plans to cut carbon emissions by 2049

Verdict in landmark South Korea climate lawsuit is a partial victory for campaigners who called failure to cut emissions a violation of their...

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