The renewable energy boom has triggered a new rush for resources, as countries race to secure their supply of transition minerals. But this push for clean technology could quickly turn dirty, unless ...

The company’s New York Stock Exchange debut is overshadowed by its soaring legal liabilities and transparency concerns, ...

A COP blind spot – until now. So far, these impacts have not been addressed by the UNFCCC – the body tasked with stopping climate change. But the UN Secretary-General’s own 2024 Panel on Critical ...

Ranking global contributors to "forest-risk" finance: China’s rise to the top. Chinese banks became the largest creditors of “forest-risk” companies globally between 2018-2024 – excluding financial ...

In a fight between a jaguar and a cow, who do you think would win? If you guessed South America's most powerful predator, you’d be wrong.. As industrial agriculture like cattle ranching destroys ...

Mercury exposure is associated with a range of serious health complications, including impacts on pregnant woman and infant brain development.Local people had previously sounded the alarm over ...

With news that TikTok may have been exploited to influence the Romanian presidential elections, we tested what election content its algorithm recommends People take part in the Romania Hopes rally, ...

Racial inequities in the climate crisis The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved hundreds of thousands of claims for housing assistance related to Harvey. Ms Brown’s roof fell in ...

We were interested to see how Azerbaijan’s leadership of the conference was being discussed online. Ahead of last year’s COP, two investigations uncovered inauthentic X accounts praising the UAE’s ...

X’s AI chatbot Grok responds with disinformation and toxic content when asked about political elections in a Global Witness investigation. Grok is X's answer to the generative AI chatbot rush, which ...

To tackle the climate crisis, we need to transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy sources. Transition minerals – such as cobalt, nickel, lithium, copper and rare earths – are ...

South of the world’s largest rainforest lies the Cerrado savannah, dubbed the "upside-down forest" for the sprawling roots which help its trees survive droughts and lock up carbon.. Like its neighbour ...