Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining Article 419 words 17 votes
Norway wants to open its Arctic seabed to mining for critical metals – the WWF is suing the state in a bid to halt exploration Article 1316 words 9 votes
Danish lawmakers have agreed to plant one billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into natural habitats over the next two decades Article 279 words 27 votes
Iceland's president urged to intervene over Europe's last whaler – conservation groups are asking for the decision to allow Hvalur to hunt to be put on hold until after election conservation Article 563 words 5 votes
Sweden rejects applications for thirteen offshore wind farms – government believes building them would have unacceptable consequences for national defence energy.renewable Article 300 words 11 votes
US Joe Biden–Kamala Harris administration announces $45 million to reduce electric vehicle battery recycling costs recycling Link 29 votes
US Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration announces $3 billion of investments in clean ports climate change pollution.air Article 2319 words 24 votes
Sweden abolishes tax on plastic bags despite warnings usage could rise – centre-right coalition government says consumption already below EU target pollution plastics Article 572 words 10 votes
More US states ban PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals,’ in more products pollution Article 970 words 38 votes
Climate scientists are urging Nordic ministers to prevent global warming from causing a major change in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation climate change Article 338 words 10 votes
Our US disaster recovery system must evolve to respond more effectively to climate change climate change Article 956 words 18 votes
Natural sinks of forests and peat were key to Finland's ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2035 – but now, the land has started emitting more greenhouse gases than it stores climate change Article 1679 words 17 votes
‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores pollution.water pollution.ground plastics Article 750 words, published Aug 30 2024 32 votes
Where environmentalists went wrong / It’s time for “effective environmentalism" climate change Article 2618 words 27 votes
Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of Alpine border climate change Article 399 words 11 votes
Comprehensive bipartisan plastics recycling bill tackles plastics pollution in US plastics recycling pollution Article 304 words, published Sep 19 2024 27 votes
US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to invest $76 million closing legacy oil & gas wells in Pennsylvania pollution.water pollution.air Article 626 words 16 votes
Finland's Fortum starts using US nuclear fuel in bid to reduce Russian dependence Article 400 words 7 votes
What works: Groundbreaking evaluation of climate policy measures over two decades climate change Article 591 words 22 votes
Sweden to kill 20% of its brown bears in annual hunt – conservationists say number of hunting licences granted is too high and condemn it as ‘pure trophy hunting’ conservation Article 527 words 15 votes
Could Britain's soaring taxes push energy companies to Norway? Taxes on oil and gas profits have risen from 40% to about 78%, prompting several to think about pulling out. energy Article 576 words 7 votes
Léna Lazare is the new face of climate activism—and she's carrying a pickax climate change Article 3838 words, published Aug 7 2024 26 votes
Sweden has cut 80% of its net emissions since 1990 – while growing its economy twofold. How have they done it? climate change energy.renewable Article 1397 words 31 votes
IKEA has been accused of contributing to the rapid deterioration of Romania's biologically rich forests – campaigners say suppliers benefitting from corrupt environment in the country Article 1316 words 29 votes
‘Morally, nobody’s against it’: Brazil’s radical plan to tax global super-rich to tackle climate crisis climate change Article 856 words 61 votes
Climate hero or villain? As it rapidly adopts clean technologies while drilling furiously for oil and gas, Norway is a paradox. climate change Article 1955 words 11 votes
Ecuador river is granted the right to not be polluted in historic court case pollution.water Article 413 words, published Jul 8 2024 16 votes
Ecuador court rules pollution violates rights of a river running through capital pollution.water Article 244 words 24 votes
Denmark will introduce a levy on farm emissions in what is set to be one of the world's first carbon taxes on agriculture climate change Article 77 words 26 votes
US Supreme Court rejects states agreement over Rio grande water distribution Article 598 words 16 votes
Sweden's nuclear power goal is challenging but attainable – government wants 2.5 gigawatts of new capacity online by 2035 energy.renewable Article 77 words 8 votes
EU states push past opposition to adopt landmark nature restoration law conservation Article 627 words 28 votes
Sweden is set to become the second EU country to ban bottom fishing in marine protected areas Article 400 words 16 votes
Indigenous nations approve historic water rights agreement with state of Arizona. It now goes to US Congress. Article 1027 words 17 votes
A socialist critique of Kohei Saito’s “start from scratch” degrowth communism Article 8476 words 6 votes
Norway sued over deep-sea mining plans – WWF says the government has breached the law without adequately assessing the consequences Article 454 words 6 votes
EU's Green Deal improved its climate performance: a 1.5°C pathway is close climate change Article 477 words 17 votes
New Environmental Protection Agency regulation requires coal plants in the US to reduce 90 percent of their greenhouse pollution by 2039 climate change pollution.air Article 2117 words 33 votes
Maui wildfire report: Officials declined extra help before a deadly inferno engulfed Lahaina, killing more than 100 people Article published Apr 17 2024 12 votes
Bid to secure spot for glacier in Icelandic presidential race heats up – decade-old idea for Snæfellsjökull has snowballed into a full-blown campaign Article 761 words 5 votes