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'Fascinating' rare beetle found in Wales again after 60 years
It was feared The Short-Necked Oil Beetle had become extinct in Wales after recent surveys
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Oil tank vandalism results in waterfowl park 'nightmare'
The popular attraction in County Down has been forced to close while efforts continue to remove oil from the pond.
BBC NEWS — SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT
'Rok' solid recognition for Slovenian space scientist
Two men from the Armagh Planetarium and Observatory have had asteroids named in their honour in recognition of their work.
BBC NEWS — SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT
Rare damselfly spotted by restored chalk river
The Herts and Middlesex Trust says it is "thrilled" the new wetlands are helping species thrive.
Bolivia declares emergency as El Nino intensifies, threatens severe weather
President Rodrigo Paz warned of severe droughts and flooding as El Nino intensifies, with at least 78,000 families already affected by drought.
Deb Haaland Is Racing Against Her Own Record
If anyone knows how to run a race, it’s Deb Haaland. She descends from Pueblo runners who delivered secret messages to stage a victorious revolt against the Spaniards in 1680. As the first Native American cabinet secretary, she ran two…
Paper straws could be doing more harm than good, study suggests
A South Korean government-commissioned life cycle assessment found paper straws scored 6.33 times higher than plastic on a cancer-related measure.
Heavy rains expected to bring flooding risk to already saturated parts of the US Southwest
The National Weather Service says heavy rains are expected to bring a threat of flash flooding to already saturated areas of the U.S. Southwest
SpaceX loses bid to toss NAACP lawsuit over Memphis data center air pollution
The Colossus data centers and a power plant that SpaceXAI is also building in Southaven, Mississippi, have faced community backlash for years.
California’s New Balcony Solar Bill Isn’t a Victory — It’s a Compromise
Plug-in balcony solar panels can never match the booming rooftop solar movement that state utility regulators derailed.
Environmental defenders testify about attacks in Latin America linked to Canadian mining companies
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights heard testimony Oct. 27 from representatives of six countries alleging harm linked to Canadian mining companies’ operations, including four alleged attacks on environmental defenders. The…
Politicians Attack Data Centers While Profiting from their Construction
During an October 15 debate debate between Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, a curiously apologetic heckler piped up. “Senator Collins, I’m so sorry to interrupt, but I’m terrified,” the person…
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COP17 Biodiversity Talks in Yerevan, Armenia
Countries renewed their promises to protect wildlife at U.N. talks in Armenia, but how to cover the costs remains a question.
Trump’s Iran War Brings On Record Oil Company Profits
The US oil industry has earned almost $130 billion in profits since the US and Israel began bombing Iran in February. The same companies, according to the New York Times, earned less than $47 billion over the same span of 2025, when oil…
BBC NEWS — SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT
Bute House protested by environmental campaigners
A Halloween-themed protest against fossil fuels has targeted the first minister's residence in Edinburgh.
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El Niño Storms Bring Flooding and Golf-Ball Hail to US Southwest
The latest in an unrelenting run of severe rainstorms is pushing its way into the US Southwest this weekend, following deadly floods that have transformed some neighborhoods into hazmat zones requiring costly cleanups.
The EPA is quietly killing its web archive
Tens of thousands of documents on contamination, clean power, and Trump’s climate deletions are now scheduled to disappear.
COP17 delivers fragile deal to boost conservation and funding for nature
After a two-week stalemate, countries agreed to invite wealthy emerging economies like China to assume donor status and help fund biodiversity protection as finance falls short The post COP17 delivers fragile deal to boost conservation and…
Every Day Is Halloween For This Very Strange Fish
This story was originally published by bioGraphic and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. An orange glow appears in the darkness. It’s dim at first, then grows brighter as a group of children dressed as mermaids…
‘Looks like Mars’: Toxic smog from Indonesia wildfires sparks health crisis, protests
Wildfires in Indonesia are blanketing the country and other southeast Asian nations in toxic smog, prompting widespread protests.
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS ENVIRONMENT
Colorado River Basin Candidates Wade Into Water Politics, but Winners Are Unlikely to Make Big Changes
In Nevada, Attorney General and Democratic candidate for governor Aaron Ford’s campaign has said Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican, “botched negotiations” over the future of the Colorado River. In neighboring Arizona, Rep. Andy Biggs, the…
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A Year After Floodwaters Swept Away an Alaskan Native Village, Residents Remain in Limbo
KWIGILLINGOK, Alaska—Lucy Martin’s family was among the last to be evacuated from Kwigillingok, a Yup’ik village a quarter mile from the Bering Sea that was devastated by Typhoon Halong in October 2025. A year later, Martin, the village’s…
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Pennsylvania Opens a New Loophole for Oil and Gas Wastewater Disposal
If you’re an ordinary resident of Pennsylvania and you want to dispose of potentially toxic waste, the Department of Environmental Protection will direct you to specialized dropoff locations: recycling programs or local events where…
Trump cut funding for farmers — then unlocked billions for them before Election Day
Whether it’s enough to smooth over tensions with that constituency remains to be seen.
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