Wind, waste, and wildlife

A report from Aotearoa New Zealand explains how colonization intensified climate risks for Māori people and worsened inequities in land and health.

Māori climate risk worsened by colonization, report finds

A national climate assessment finds that exclusion from decision-making has increased Indigenous vulnerability to floods, storms, and erosion.

GristTe Aniwaniwa Paterson

Recent reports show that Indonesia's nickel boom, while helping the global energy transition, is linked to more respiratory illness and harm for the workers involved.

Indonesia’s nickel boom linked to rising illness and worker harm, reports find

HALMAHERA, Indonesia — New research examining Indonesia’s vast nickel-processing regions has documented rising rates of ill health and workplace harm linked to a key industry supplying the global energy transition. A report published in April by Indonesia’s human rights commission, known as Komnas HAM, cited Central Sulawesi provincial health data showing respiratory infections reached 305,191 […]

Conservation newsMongabay Editor

Environmental groups in Canada are concerned that Mark Carney's push for a new oil pipeline might put endangered orcas at risk, as industrial growth clashes with species protection laws.

Orcas could be casualty in Carney’s push for pipeline, environmental groups fear

Rush to develop fossil fuel infrastructure in Canada collides with laws meant to protect endangered species

The GuardianLeyland Cecco

A new wind farm in New Mexico starts up next month. It'll provide power equivalent to about one and a half nuclear plants.

Biggest U.S. wind project yet is set to go online next month

A wind farm as powerful as one and a half nuclear plants is about to begin operation in New Mexico.

Los Angeles TimesJohn Ainger

A court ruling means the legal fight over millions of tons of coal ash in Alabama is continuing. It is an important step for one of the state's most sensitive ecological spots.

Alabama Coal Ash Lawsuit Can Continue, Appeals Court Rules - Inside Climate News

The lawsuit challenges Alabama Power’s plans to leave more than 21 million tons of coal ash in an unlined pond at the head of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, an area sometimes called “America’s Amazon” for its rich biodiversity.

Inside Climate NewsDerek Harrison

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