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Buses from 30+ Cities Traveling to DC for April 5 Palestine Protest, Organizers Announce Gathering Location: 3rd and Pennsylvania NW and 3rd St SW

Organizers across the country have been hard at work preparing for this Saturday’s national march to oppose the persecution of pro-Palestine students like Mahmoud Khalil and demand an end to the genocide in Gaza. There are now over 300 endorsing…

2025 Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Record Low Maximum Extent

Scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) have said that Arctic sea ice most likely reached its yearly maximum extent on March 22, at 5.53 million square miles. The maximum sea ice extent for 2025 is the lowest in a satellite…

Global Energy Demand Rose in 2024, but Most Additional Need Was Met by ‘Low-Emissions Sources’: IEA Report

Global temperatures caused the world’s energy demand to rise at a faster-than-average pace in 2024, with increased renewables and natural gas supplying most of the additional energy needs, according to the Global Energy Review 2025 from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Following years of declines, energy consumption in advanced economies went…

Explainer: Bashkortostan’s Modern Agricultural Technologies and Approaches Useful for Africa

The importance of introducing new technologies, the need for adopting innovative approaches as key drivers for the development of agriculture, as well as the need to develop an agricultural insurance system, in the context of climate change and global challenges,…

Rewilding beyond Borders: The first Southern Cone collaboration to translocate Wild Endemic Birds

In the first international translocation of wild species for release in the Southern Cone, Rewilding Argentina and Rewilding Chile, offspring organizations of Tompkins Conservation, have brought 15 Darwin’s rheas across the Andes from Patagonia Park, Argentina to Patagonia National Park,…

EcoWaste Coalition Backs Listing of Additional Chemicals in Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions

24 March 2025, Quezon City.  To protect human and environmental health, the EcoWaste Coalition, a participating organization of the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), expressed its support for the addition of several industrial chemicals and pesticides in two global treaties…

The Cancerous River Ghaggar: Who Will Emancipate It?

Just within a month after BJP’s win in the Delhi Assembly, how did Haryana CM Saini change his previous standpoint? And how have the dirt and effluents in the same Yamuna River water become visible, which previously was being claimed…

Jury Finds Greenpeace Liable for $660 Million in Defamation Lawsuit

A jury in North Dakota has found Greenpeace liable in a defamation lawsuit by Energy Transfer, an oil company based in Dallas, Texas. Energy Transfer sued Greenpeace in state court over protests of the Dakota Access Pipeline that took place…

Green Agenda Launched to Push for  Pro-Environment Governance in 2025 Elections

Quezon City, Philippines – Environmental advocates, civil society organizations, and policy experts have united to launch the Green Agenda 2025, a comprehensive advocacy platform promoting ecological integrity, climate justice, and sustainable governance for the upcoming elections. Held at Max’s Restaurant…

Trump’s EPA Cancels $20 Billion in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Grants

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has cut $20 billion in grants awarded by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) through a “green bank.” Zeldin notified recipients of the National Clean Investment Fund and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator that their grants awarded under…

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