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Intensified by this year's super El Niño, fires in Borneo and Sumatra are emitting toxic air for swathes of the population in Indonesia and its neighbours

The world is at risk of falling behind in efforts to reduce carbon emissions by 2050, ExxonMobil said in its annual energy outlook published on Thursday, as ​the burning of coal could decline at a slower rate than previously expected.

JAKARTA -- Conservationists are racing to rescue orangutans from a fire-ravaged peat-swamp forest inside an RSPO-certified oil palm concession in West Kalimantan, with smoke still rising and the ground remaining dangerously hot. The 657-hectare (1,623-a...

Fire threatens Kalimantan's rainforests. On the peatland frontlines, a group of local mothers is defending their community

Explore our full dataset to find out where killings of defenders are occurring, which industries are responsible, and how this violence has changed over time

When the European Union's new anti-deforestation law threatened to expose the environmental costs of logging in North America's forests, the American paper industry, supported by the U.S. government, mobilized an intense lobbying effort to weaken the le...

Following a year of Big Oil lobbying, U.S. House Representative Harriet Hageman (R-WY) is crafting legislation to “tackle” climate accountability laws and lawsuits.

PENAJAM PASER, Indonesia -- Indonesia's escalating wildfire crisis has reached the outskirts of Nusantara, the new capital city under construction as the world's fourth-most-populous country seeks to transplant its political heartland from a flood plain...

As water wells turn to dust, local leaders learn of the massive facility firsthand from reporters.

The legacy of mercury poisoning in the Grassy Narrows community within the Canadian boreal is just one egregious example of the tissue industry harming Indigenous People.

The EPA revoked the finding that greenhouses gases threaten public health and welfare, then weakened emissions standards for vehicles. Now, it’s doing the same for power plants.

The Environmental Protection Agency is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, an action the agency said would save industry more than $300 billion in costs and help “unleash” ...

BANJARMASIN, Indonesia -- As a strengthening El Niño fuels wildfires across much of Indonesia, NGO and government conservationists are at work in forests here trying to save an increasing number of orangutans from burning landscapes. “Seven individuals ...

Deep within Indonesia's Leuser Ecosystem, one of the most important peat swamp forests left on Earth is being cleared, drained, and burned. The Singkil peat swamp is the largest of three remaining coastal peat swamp forests on Sumatra's west coast, alon...

Forests with greater tree diversity withstand extreme heat, drought, and flooding better and recover faster after compound climate extremes.

For the Tohono O'odham Nation, the indigenous inhabitants of southwestern Arizona, the giant saguaro cacti are considered people. Contractors building Trump's border wall are uprooting them, destroying many other sacred sites and crucial biodiversity al...

Manning Rollerson, Founder and Director, Freeport Haven Project: “I've traveled to Tokyo twice to meet Japanese financiers and tell them, face to face, what

But scientists say the world could get back to 1.5C through deep, rapid emissions cuts and removing carbon from the atmosphere

It will take weeks to establish the exact causes, but a team of international scientists believes a huge chunk of glacier sheared off and fell into the valley below.

As traditional insurers retreat from areas most vulnerable to extreme weather, more Americans struggling to find coverage are seeking out surplus line plans.

The Jemez Mountains in New Mexico survived centuries of wildfires--but are now slowly transforming into grasslands.

Award-winning environmental documentary thriller YANUNI is a story of love and resistance. From critically acclaimed director Richard Ladkani and producers Juma Xipaia, Anita Ladkani and Leonardo DiCaprio, YANUNI follows Indigenous chief Juma Xipaia, ...

Indonesian minister says ‘super El Nino’ conditions deepening drought and fuelling fires

More than 900 people in Nepal are confirmed dead after a massive wall of water, mud and debris crashed through a Himalayan river valley on the border with Tibet. More than 4,200 people are missing in Nepal and hundreds more in Tibet. Families are search...

The assault on Chaco Canyon, Bears Ears, and other sacred lands is a blatant continuation of America's centuries-long campaign against Native people.

Towering woodlands in the West are being permanently replaced by tracts of spiky shrubs. Conditions “just aren't normal anymore,” one researcher said.

Indonesia deploys prayers and emergency measures to combat South Sumatra's raging wildfires and hazardous haze.

ING has failed on its promise to stop financing oil and gas companies that keep opening new fields, an investigation by Follow the Money (FTM) has found. In September 2024 the Amsterdam-based bank said it would immediately halt all new financing to comp...

Entire hillsides engulfed in flames. Firefighters pushed beyond their limits. Families forced to flee as another summer of record heat turns forests into tinderboxes.

Administration's plan to scrap drilling-free buffer zone around New Mexico site prompts scrutiny from Unesco

Protecting the Arctic and boreal regions from wildfire is an essential part of tackling climate change, protecting public health and building resilience.

The world's five largest international oil companies (IOCs) and five largest U.S. independent refiners made over US$65 billion in profits in the second

SOMPO's own report warns fossil fuel dependence risks Japan's economy and equity--yet the insurer still underwrites LNG projects like Calcasieu Pass 2. JACSES breaks down the contradiction.

JAKARTA -- Raja Ampat, one of the world's most biodiverse marine regions, remains under pressure from Indonesia's expanding nickel industry as three companies continue to seek permission to develop nickel projects in the archipelago, according to a new ...

Changes that took millions of years can now happen in a matter of decades, and this accelerated rythm can be destructive, with dangerous consequences for the planet

The world's remaining intact forest landscapes are shrinking. Human-caused fires, logging, and mining, drilling and exploration are the leading causes.