Guardian Environment
Rainfall and landslides last year in Indonesia killed 7% of world’s rarest great apes – study
A single extreme weather event last year wiped out 7% of the entire Tapanuli orangutan population, with landslides triggered by record rainfall killing 58 of the roughly 800 remaining individuals in North Sumatra. The critically endangered species, already the rarest great ape on Earth, can ill afford losses of this scale. Scientists warn the findings underscore how climate change now poses a direct and measurable threat to species survival, compounding existing pressures from habitat destruction.
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In a U.S. First, Solar Supplied More Power Than Coal Last Month
For the first time in U.S. history, solar energy outproduced coal in monthly electricity generation — a milestone that would have seemed unthinkable just a decade ago. The shift reflects both the breakneck pace of solar deployment and the steady erosion of coal's grip on the American grid. It marks a structural turning point, not just a symbolic one.
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‘Every day it’s more barriers’: how the US is shutting out climate refugees
The United States offers no legal pathway for people displaced by climate-driven disasters, and the Trump administration's sweeping immigration restrictions have disproportionately targeted nationals from countries most vulnerable to floods, storms, and extreme heat. With refugee admissions slashed and no international framework recognizing climate displacement, millions uprooted by worsening weather events face compounding barriers to protection. The gap between climate reality and immigration policy is widening at precisely the moment it matters most.
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North Carolina Sues Chemical Company for Polluting a Nearby Creek
North Carolina has filed suit against a Durham chemical company for decades of toxic discharge into a local creek, including acetone, ethanol, 1,4-dioxane, and unidentified substances. The waterway runs behind an elementary school and through a public park in a predominantly Black neighborhood. The case underscores ongoing environmental justice concerns tied to the siting of industrial polluters near vulnerable communities.
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Mongabay
The long and winding road to safe highways: Inside the global movement to reconnect habitat
Wildlife crossings are quietly transforming one of the American West's most congested corridors, as conservationists push to restore safe passage for animals severed by decades of highway expansion. I-25 alone funnels 100,000 vehicles daily through Colorado, fragmenting critical habitat and cutting off migration routes that species depend on for survival. The global movement to build underpasses, overpasses, and wildlife corridors is gaining momentum — and the stakes for biodiversity couldn't be higher.
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