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The Wobbly Planet – It’s Destabilizing!

Science is under attack throughout the world. Meanwhile, there’s substantial scientific evidence that the planetary system is turning unstable. This may not strike most people as a big problem because ‘life goes on,’ an attitude that’s more, and more, prevalent…

Two Weeks of Bhatiapar Gas Leakage, PCBA’s Notice to ONGC, and Others

The natural gas leakage from the Bhatiapar crude oil well continues for 15 days, even though the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) along with an expert team from the USA continue working for full dousing of the RDS-147A under…

Communities in Pakil opposed the Ahunan Pumped Storage Project Amid Environmental Concerns

Laguna, Philippines — Conversations continue to grow around the proposed 1,400 MW Ahunan Pumped Storage Hydropower Project, as concerned residents, farmers, and civil society organizations in Pakil, Laguna, highlight the possible devastating impacts it poses on the Sierra Madre mountain…

GAIA Asia Pacific and GAIA Africa Convene Global South Leaders Ahead of INC-5.2

GAIA Asia Pacific and GAIA Africa hosted Global South member state delegates in an online panel discussion titled “Advancing a Robust Financial Mechanism for the Prospective Plastics Instrument” on 24 June 2025. The event comes at a critical juncture in…

AAEA  Demands Accountability for Abandoned Oil/Gas Well Operations  

Guwahati: Expressing concern over the Sivasagar crude-oil well gas leakage for days, a northeast India-based forum of graduate engineers urged both Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Limited (OIL) to deal honestly with the ‘abandoned’ wells. Both…

Swiss Re SONAR 2025 Report: Global Heat Kills 480,000/Yr

Extreme heat is one of the world’s leading killers, outdistancing worldwide conflicts of 233,000 deaths in 2024 by more than double the count with 480,000 people dead from extreme heat. All indications suggest the death count via extreme heat is…

Indigenous Leaders Convene in Bontoc to Champion the Rights of Nature and Protect their Ancestral Lands

Bontoc, Mountain Province – A Bontoc Declaration was released titled “A Declaration of Stewardship and Sacred Responsibility”, affirming the collective commitment of over 60 indigenous community leaders and advocates from across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao to defend the Rights of…

A ‘Profound Mistake’: Senate Republican Rollback of IRA Clean Energy Tax Credits Would Cost Jobs, Raise Energy Prices and Bring More Climate Extremes

The United States Senate Committee on Finance has released draft legislation that would quickly end or scale back most major tax credits for clean energy, solar panels, electric vehicles (EVs) and other benefits provided by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes The plan would get rid…

Early Weather Warning: A Shield for Farmers’ Survival

Report by Journalist Zahida Parvez Chhanda from Dhaka Every year during the monsoon season, the agricultural workforce of Bangladesh, especially those living by the rivers, is gripped by fear of excessive rainfall and early floods. This time of the year,…

Plummeting Insects

Insects are crucial for the health of nature, whereas humans are not. And since insects are ‘dropping like flies’, does the loss of insects mean nature is collapsing? That question of whether nature is collapsing because of insect armageddon is…

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