Leak at First CO2 Injection Site in US Exposes Dangerous Folly...
Environmental groups said Friday that a newly reported leak at the first CO2 injection site in the United States highlights the threat—and false promise—of...
Democrats Introduce Federal Bill to Make Climate Polluters Pay
United States Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Jerry Nadler on Thursday announced the introduction of legislation that would require Big Oil firms to...
Biden Urged to ‘Follow the Facts’ as Study Shows LNG Emissions...
More than 125 climate, environmental, and health scientists and researchers on Thursday implored the Biden administration to "follow legitimate science and reject the expansion...
Report Details Wave of Lawsuits Targeting Climate Crimes of Big Oil
An increasing number of climate lawsuits filed against fossil fuel companies in the last decade could put a dent in the business model of...
Kenyan-built mobile money platform disrupts traditional banks’ hold in Eswatini
Mandla Nxumalo, managing director of InstaCash A Nairobi-designed digital wallet service is nipping at the heels of Eswatini’s mainstream banks and telcos, proving that...
Juliana Plaintiffs Urge Supreme Court to Reverse Trump Judges’ Dismissal of...
Demanding that the U.S. Supreme Court correct "an egregious error" by the Trump-appointed judges who dismissed their landmark case in May, the 21 plaintiffs...
Groups Say Trump Threat Is Dire, But Harris Must Prove She...
Up until the very last question of the debate between U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump Tuesday night, American voters...
The South African entrepreneur who found opportunity in plastic pipes
Kgomotso Lekola
Interview with Kgomotso LekolaFOUNDER AND CEO, BT INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Lives in: South Africa
After making a three times return on his previous venture, South African...
Rich Countries Crack Down on Climate Protests While Lecturing on Rights...
Rich Western countries have cracked down on non-violent climate protests with harsh laws and lengthy prison sentences, in violation of international law and the...
‘Simply Unacceptable’: Nearly 200 Environmental Defenders Killed in 2023
Almost 200 people were killed in 2023 for attempting to protect their lands and communities from ecological devastation, Global Witness
revealed Tuesday.
This raises the...
Pacific Islands Push ICC to Recognize Ecocide as International Crime
Campaigners against ecocide, the destruction of nature, applauded what one leader called a "key moment" in the fight to protect the natural world and...
Most US Voters Want Plastics Industry Held Accountable for Recycling Deception:...
Most U.S. voters would support officials in their state taking legal action against the plastics and fossil fuel industries for creating plastic pollution, based...
Massive Climate Coalition Demands Biden Kill LNG Export Licenses
A coalition of more than 250 climate, environmental, and frontline community organizations on Monday urged U.S. President Joe Biden and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm...
From Nigeria to Kenya: Entrepreneurs turning Africa’s plastic waste into wealth
Kieran Smith, the CEO of Mr Green Africa, at its recycling factory in Nairobi, Kenya. From Nigeria to Ethiopia and Kenya, these three entrepreneurs...
‘Astonishing’ Study Shows Infant Deaths Rise in US When Bat Populations...
Bat die-offs in the U.S. led to increased use of insecticides, which in turn led to greater infant mortality, according to a "seminal" study...
Brazilian Judge Orders Slaughterhouses and Ranchers to Pay for Harming Amazon
A Brazilian judge on Thursday ordered two slaughterhouses and three ranchers to pay $764,000 in combined penalties for trading cattle raised in a protected...
In Rich Nations, 72% Say Climate Damage Should Be ‘Criminal Offense’
Nearly two-thirds of people living in the world's largest economies believe it should be "a criminal offense" for decision-makers in government or big businesses...
‘Time for Urgent Action Is Right Now’: Summer 2024 Was Hottest...
Scientists with the European Union's climate service said Friday that Earth experienced its hottest summer on record for the second consecutive year in 2024...
50 Arrested in Final ‘Historic’ Summer of Heat Protest at Citibank
Closing out a "historic" summer of civil disobedience—but with no plans to back off their demands that Wall Street divest from planet-heating fossil fuels—the...
Big Oil Wields Influence on Universities, Delaying Green Transition: Study
The fossil fuel industry seeks to obstruct climate action by using money to influence research and establish ties at Western universities, raising concerns about...
After 100 Days of 100°F, Sanders Says ‘Climate Emergency Demands a...
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday evening issued yet another call for a major mobilization to take on the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis in...
From Kenya to Ghana: Where this investor sees Africa’s best opportunities
Nimrod Gerber Interview with Nimrod GerberMANAGING PARTNER, VITAL CAPITAL Lives in: Cyprus Nimrod Gerber is the managing partner at Vital Capital, an investment...
Study Ties Climate Crisis to Spread of Valley Fever-Causing Fungus in...
Scientists at the University of California noticed that cases of Valley fever, a respiratory infection that is spread only through the inhalation of fungal...
US DOE Approves New Fortress Energy LNG Export Despite Climate Risks
Despite the strong links between liquefied natural gas and harms to public health and the planet, the U.S. Department of Energy has approved the...
‘You Cannot In Fact Do Both’: Biden Slammed for Bragging About...
Climate campaigners this week rebuked recent claims by U.S. President Joe Biden—and Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee—that the United...
Tribes Celebrate as Dam Removals Set Klamath River ‘Free’ for First...
Crews breached the final of four dams on a key stretch of the Klamath River on Wednesday, letting salmon run freely there for the...
‘Big Win’: UK Won’t Defend Fossil Fuel Projects in North Sea
Climate campaigners celebrated Thursday after the United Kingdom's new Labour government announced it will not legally defend decisions to allow controversial offshore drilling in...
‘Colossal Waste’: US Leads Way in Public Spending on False Climate...
Among the world's wealthiest countries, the U.S. leads the way in spending public money on so-called climate "solutions" that have been proven to "consistently...
Beyond Plastics Offers Next President Agenda to Protect Public Health and...
The group Beyond Plastics on Wednesday expressed hope that the next U.S. president "is up for the challenge" of reversing course on the annual...
Republican AGs Urge Supreme Court to Halt Biden Methane Rule
Two dozen Republican-led states on Tuesday asked the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court to pause the Biden administration's rule intended to slash methane emissions by...
‘Historic Victory’ as Biden BLM Restores Protections for 28 Million Acres...
Indigenous tribes and conservation groups applauded the Biden administration on Tuesday for listening to the demands of Alaska Natives, who have called on the...
To Defeat Trump, Sunrise Mobilizes to Reach 1.5M Young Voters in...
The Sunrise Movement on Tuesday launched a campaign program in support of Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, aiming to reach 1.5 million...
‘What Real Eldership Looks Like’: 29 Senior Climate Protesters Arrested at...
The "Summer of Heat on Wall Street" protests continued Tuesday with at least 29 elders arrested while blocking Citibank's New York City headquarters to...
Amid Soaring Temps, Heat-Related Deaths Have More Than Doubled Since 1999
As 55 million people in the U.S. Midwest faced heat alerts on Monday, research published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association...
Pacific Islands Summit Highlights Disproportionate Climate Impacts
As more than 1,500 delegates from over 40 nations gathered in Tonga for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, climate defenders on Monday...
US-Trained Military in Uganda Targets Oil Pipeline Protesters
Police and soldiers from Uganda's U.S.-trained army cracked down on demonstrators at two Monday protests against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, continuing the...
Federal Judge Gives Louisiana Polluters a ‘Free Pass’ to Harm Communities...
A right-wing federal judge in Louisiana on Thursday permanently blocked two federal agencies from enforcing civil rights legislation that could protect Black communities from...
Shut Out of Treaty Summit, Campaigners Call for Elimination of Plastic...
Amid concerns over the exclusion of Indigenous leaders, environmental advocates, and scientists from a four-day summit beginning Saturday in Bangkok to help advance a...
Outrage Brewing Over Starbucks CEO’s Private Jet ‘Supercommute’
Green groups' anger percolated this week after it was revealed that Brian Niccol,
Starbucks' new CEO, will "supercommute" approximately 1,000 miles between one of...
In Samoa, UN Chief Says Low-Lying Island Nations Face ‘Annihilation’ by...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned in Samoa on Thursday that low-lying Pacific island nations face the threat of "annihilation" from rising sea levels,...
Disrupting Punchbowl News Event, Climate Advocates Say Exxon ‘Should Have No...
Climate campaigners on Wednesday called out and even disrupted a Punchbowl News event on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago because...
Gulf Coast Advocates: 2024 Election Is ‘Inflection Point’ for Climate Justice
A second Trump presidency would be a "complete disaster" for the global climate and for Gulf Coast communities bearing the brunt of the buildout...
Arctic Warming Threatens to Set Off Toxic ‘Mercury Bomb,’ Study Warns
A study published Thursday in Environmental Research Letters warns that Arctic warming could unleash toxic mercury currently contained in rapidly thawing permafrost, potentially threatening...
‘Public Health Emergency’: Report Calls for Multi-Agency Action to Address PFAS...
Environmental Working Group, a research and advocacy nonprofit, released a roadmap on Thursday calling for a comprehensive government program to address the PFAS contamination...
Over 1,000 Disaster Survivors Demand DOJ Probe Into Big Oil Climate...
Over 1,000 survivors of extreme weather events on Thursday demanded a federal investigation into Big Oil's role in perpetuating the climate crisis, adding to...
Climate Experts Rebuke Musk Over ‘Dumbest’ Interview With Trump
Elon Musk thinks he knows more about climate issues than the entire staff of a major international newspaper, but on Wednesday, experts on the...
‘Major Power Milestone’: US Green Groups Cheer Wind, Solar Overtaking Coal
U.S. climate advocates this week are celebrating new federal data that show wind and solar have generated more power than coal during the first...
Citibank Staffer Punches Climate Activist During Protest
A climate protester was taken to a hospital bleeding on Wednesday, according to organizers, after a security guard at Citibank's global headquarters in New...
Project 2025 Would Add 2.7 Billion Tons of CO2, Subtract 1.7...
The California-based think tank Energy Innovation on Wednesday published a report showing that the right-wing Project 2025 manifesto, if implemented by a Republican administration,...
UN ‘Pact for the Future’ Decried for Not Even Including the...
A group of 77 former world leaders, Nobel laureates, and scientists on Tuesday called on United Nations member countries to reintroduce into an upcoming...
Ecuador Fails to Eliminate Gas Flaring Despite Court Order: Amnesty
More than three years after a court ruling that left a group of young women hopeful that their legal action had helped "restore nature"...
Climate Crisis Fueled Surge in UK Property Insurance Payouts, Says Industry...
A trade group for the British insurance industry said Monday that extreme weather helped drive property insurance payouts to a record quarterly high over...
Outrage as NYPD Arrests Cello-Playing Grandfather at Citibank Climate Protest
Climate campaigners expressed incredulous outrage Thursday following the arrest of a 63-year-old Extinction Rebellion activist who violated a dubious restraining order by playing a...
Fossil Fuel Industry Propaganda Blamed as Record Heat Scorches Planet
As scientists around the world on Thursday released new data about recent record-smashing heat, one United Nations adviser placed blame for the lack of...
Highest Ocean Heat in 400 Years Poses ‘Existential Threat’ to Great...
The Great Barrier Reef recently experienced the highest ocean temperatures in at least four centuries and faces an "existential threat" due to repeated mass...
Biden Urged to Make Export-Import Bank Stop Fueling Climate Crisis
Climate advocates on Wednesday formally urged the Biden administration to instruct the United States' export credit agency to stop financially supporting activities that...
Climate Movement Says Tim Walz for VP an ‘Encouraging Sign’
The U.S. climate movement on Tuesday celebrated Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris' choice of Tim Walz as her running mate, despite concerns about the...
Shell Slammed for ‘Planet-Wrecking’ Profits as Temperatures Soar to New Heights
A little more than a week after Earth endured its four hottest days on record, fossil fuel giant Shell announced higher second-quarter profits than...
‘Extraordinary’ Antarctic Heatwave Puts Temps 50°F Above Normal
Antarctica is experiencing its second extreme heatwave in the last three years, with temperatures more than 50°F higher than normal, The Washington Post reported...
Outrage as Senate Panel Advances Manchin-Barrasso Permitting Bill
A bipartisan energy permitting reform bill introduced last week in the U.S. Senate—and described by one campaigner as "the biggest giveaway in decades to...
7 Green Groups That Didn’t Back Biden Just Endorsed Harris as...
Progressive climate and environmental advocacy groups on Wednesday stressed the threat posed by the Republican presidential ticket and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, the...
Faith Leaders Chain Themselves to Citi HQ to Protest Fossil Fuel...
Two dozen faith leaders and their supporters were arrested on Tuesday after chaining themselves to the doors of Citigroup's New York City headquarters to...
‘Worrisome’: Global Methane Spike Imperils Climate Goals, Study Warns
Methane emissions are rising faster than expected, a new study has warned, and the surge is putting global climate goals at risk.
The study,
published...
BP Condemned Over ‘Mammoth Profits’ as Fossil Fuels Wreak Havoc on...
The London-based oil giant BP announced Tuesday that it hauled in $2.8 billion in profit during the second quarter of the year as the...
Working-Class Climate Protesters Arrested at JD Vance’s Senate Office
Eight of about 150 climate campaigners with the youth-led Sunrise Movement were arrested at a Monday protest at the U.S. Capitol office of Sen....
‘Where Have All the Butterflies Gone?’ Low Count Portends Sad Future...
A U.K. conservation charity sounded the alarm on Monday after a yearly butterfly count turned up a record low number of butterflies so far.
Participants...
Trump Would Let Industry Sway PFAS Rules and Endanger Public Health,...
A second Trump administration would cripple the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ability to protect the public from toxic "forever chemicals," The Guardian reported Sunday,...
Moms and Kids Protest Fossil Fuel Expansion at Citigroup CEO’s Home
Hundreds of activists, largely mothers and their kids, protested outside Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser's luxury apartment building in New York City on Saturday, calling...
Critics of East African Crude Oil Pipeline Target AIG in NYC
The "Summer of Heat" continues—both in terms of record-breaking temperatures driven by fossil fuels and a series of nonviolent direct actions targeting Wall Street...
UN Chief Says Rich Countries ‘Signing Away Our Future’ With Fossil...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday criticized the world's wealthiest countries for expanding fossil fuel production, one day after an analysis in The...
Country Profile : DRC Water
The DRC is the most water-rich country in Africa. It accounts for approximately 52 percent of Africa's surface water reserves and 23 percent of...
Mobilizing finance to build climate-resilient, sustainable African cities
In Africa, the current population of around 1.1 billion will double by 2050 and more than 80% of that increase will occur in cities....
Interview with Seth M. Siegel – Prominent Water Expert
Question ADM: Why Water?
Answer Seth: I got involved with water policy issues for two reasons: First, there aren't enough people talking about water, whether...
Water Realities
In the Agrifrica Digital Magazine we covered the realities of Water from various countries. Hereunder the snapshot of a few Countries Challenges & Solutions,...