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Forest Service Shake-Up Comes As Risky Wildfire Season Looms
The Trump administration is pushing through one of the largest restructurings in the U.S. Forest Service's 120-year history, even as the country heads into what forecasters warn could be a dangerous wildfire season. Officials insist firefighting operations will remain intact, but critics argue the timing is reckless, with agency staffing already stretched thin following recent federal workforce cuts. The reorganization raises urgent questions about whether a depleted and unsettled agency can effectively respond when fire season peaks.
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Of course we shouldn’t drill for more oil in the North Sea – we cancelled further exploitation for a reason | Bill McGuire
The temptation to greenlight new North Sea drilling in response to Middle East instability is understandable, but experts warn it would undermine hard-won climate commitments at precisely the wrong moment. The UK already faces an uphill battle meeting its emissions reduction targets, and expanding fossil fuel extraction would lock in decades of additional carbon output. The government must resist short-term political pressure and stay the course on its energy transition commitments.
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Mongabay
How an engineer brought degraded wetlands back to life in drought-hit Bangladesh
A Bangladeshi engineer's years of grassroots conservation work culminated in the government officially designating two degraded wetlands in Rangpur as Special Biodiversity Conservation Areas. A.K.M. Fazlul Haque's efforts to restore Bharardaho Beel and Patuakamri Beel represent a rare win for wetland preservation in a country increasingly battered by drought and climate stress. The designation marks a critical step in protecting ecosystems that local communities depend on for water security and biodiversity.
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Mongabay
Canadian muskoxen hit by double punch of novel diseases and climate change
Muskoxen in the Canadian Arctic are facing a compounding crisis as climate change disrupts their habitat while novel diseases emerge to further threaten the species. Shifting weather patterns are altering snow conditions and forcing behavioral changes in herds already under pressure from hunters and environmental stress. The convergence of these threats raises serious concerns about the long-term viability of muskox populations that Indigenous communities like the Kugluktuk rely on for subsistence.
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Mongabay
Indonesia’s deforestation surges 66% in 2025, reversing years of decline
Indonesia lost 433,751 hectares of forest in 2025 — more than twice the size of London — a 66% spike from the prior year that erases hard-won conservation progress. The surge, documented through satellite analysis by NGO Auriga Nusantara, signals a dramatic policy or enforcement breakdown in one of the world's most biodiverse nations. For global climate targets, the reversal is a serious setback given Indonesia's tropical forests are among the planet's most critical carbon sinks.
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