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Does the World Court’s Sweeping Climate Opinion Matter? Five Takeaways.

23 juillet 2025 à 14:14
While the court doesn’t have enforcement mechanisms, it has a prominent voice, and its legal arguments could reverberate.

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Judge Yuji Iwasawa, president of the International Court of Justice, read out the court’s climate opinion on Wednesday in The Hague.

Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change

23 juillet 2025 à 12:17
The International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The Hague.

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Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s climate change minister, in The Hague on Wednesday.

New Global Atlas Highlights Surprising Hot Spots of Fungal Biodiversity

23 juillet 2025 à 11:00
A new global atlas of underground fungi suggests that some surprising biodiversity hot spots lie hidden beneath our feet.

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Russula, a species of fungus, growing in the forest near Chile’s Alerce Costero National Park during a 2022 expedition surveying fungi by the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks.

North Carolina’s Bogs Have a Dirty Secret, and That’s a Good Thing

22 juillet 2025 à 20:14
Peat bogs have huge potential to store planet-warming carbon. The ones in North Carolina just need some help to get healthy again.

Peat soil at Angola Bay Game Land in North Carolina.

Ben Jealous, Sierra Club’s Executive Director, on Leave After Rocky Tenure

11 juillet 2025 à 17:37
Ben Jealous, who joined the environmental group in 2023, has clashed with some employees and the organization’s union.

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Ben Jealous, executive director of the Sierra Club, at a climate rally in Washington in 2023. He is now on leave.
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