Natural Resources

"‘Sponge City’: How Copenhagen Is Adapting to a Wetter Future"

"Climate change is bringing ever more precipitation and rising seas to low-lying Denmark. In response to troubling predictions, Copenhagen is enacting an ambitious plan to build hundreds of nature-based and engineered projects to soak up, store, and redistribute future floods."

Source: YaleE360, 08/04/2025

"How Flood-Ravaged Boston Took On The Climate Deniers – And Won"

"As the Trump administration dismisses global heating, the coastal city is getting on with becoming one of the most climate resilient in the world. Here’s how" 

Source: Guardian, 08/04/2025

"Biggest US Offshore Wind Project Marches Ahead Despite Trump Attacks"

"The largest planned offshore wind project in the U.S. is 60 percent complete and is on track to begin delivering electricity early next year."

Source: E&E News, 08/04/2025

"Eroding Protections For Public Lands"

"The U.S. Congress has passed hundreds of laws protecting federal public lands over the past century through bipartisan efforts and with the support of local governments. Now, President Donald Trump’s administration and some Republican lawmakers in Congress are pushing policies and legislation that upend these protections."

Source: Reuters, 08/04/2025

Experts Urge Brazil's President to Veto a Law To Cut Environmental Reviews

"Independent experts with the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday publicly called on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil to veto parts of a new law that would carve giant loopholes in the country's environmental regulations."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/01/2025

Op-Ed: Can a Powerful CITES Meeting Help Save Sharks?

"Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would benefit up to 70 species of sharks -- if they pass." 

Source: The Revelator, 08/01/2025

As UN Plastic Treaty Talks Face Possible Deadlock, What Will Happen?

"In August, representatives of the world's nations will meet in Geneva, Switzerland, to hopefully finalize a U.N. plastic treaty. But negotiators remain far apart, with an overwhelming number of nations wanting a legally binding treaty that limits plastic production, while a much smaller number want a voluntary agreement focused on waste management."

Source: Mongabay, 08/01/2025

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