Actor Michael Sheen met with Wales’s First Minister to discuss toxic dumping claims featured in his BBC documentary, describing the encounter as constructive and encouraging.

A wasp spider, native to mainland Europe, has been spotted in northern England for the first time, potentially indicating how climate change is pushing species northward as their traditional habitats warm.

Piana degli Albanesi, a Sicilian community founded by Albanian refugees 500 years ago, faces existential threats from intensifying wildfires and drought linked to climate change, prompting residents to consider leaving their ancestral homeland.

UK government forecasts show aviation emissions in 2050 will be nearly 50% higher than previously expected, undermining justifications for Heathrow’s third runway expansion based on clean technology adoption.

Gray whale populations along the U.S. West Coast have declined by half over the past decade, with scientists attributing the collapse to climate-driven reductions in their Arctic food sources.

Asian governments are preparing for an exceptionally intense El Niño weather event expected to peak later this year and into 2027, with warnings that tens of millions could face acute hunger amid extreme heat, heavy rainfall, and agricultural disruptions.

The Trump administration has narrowed interpretations of “harm” and “take” under the Endangered Species Act, allowing incidental killing of protected animals and removing habitat damage protections in changes expected to face legal challenges.

Federal transit funding would decrease under the proposed BUILD America 250 Act, with rural communities and states like Idaho and Maine facing significant reductions in public transportation support.

Congress faces difficulty passing a farm bill this year, marking four consecutive years without renewal. Democratic opposition centers on insufficient SNAP funding restoration following previous budget cuts.

Rising sea levels are reshaping economies and livelihoods globally, with world leaders adopting a UN declaration recognizing sea level rise as an existential threat affecting 770 million people.

The Trump administration plans to reverse Forest Service rules, allowing motorized vehicles on national forest trails unless explicitly closed, replacing the current policy of trails being closed unless designated open.

Geothermal energy companies are racing to tap heat beneath Western deserts to power data centers, but the technology requires significant water in an arid region already facing drought challenges.