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Texas environmental officials disabled an online filing system after watchdog groups raised concerns about the agency issuing permits related to data centers.
Rigoberto Ramon Miranda-Orozco received a 30-year prison sentence in the San Antonio migrant smuggling case that left 53 people dead.
A new report by Earth Insight finds more than 61.5 million hectares (151.9 million acres) of protected and conserved areas — an area roughly 2.5 times the size of the United Kingdom — overlap with ongoing and planned oil and gas blocks across the tropical countries. Another 42.7 million hectares (105.5 million acres) of protected […]
David Young started his cybersecurity boot camp planning to earn an industry-recognized credential that he hoped would help land him a job. The program, run by a company called IronCircle through the University of…
Anna Fatuma is a 31-year-old woman who runs a kibandaski in Tumboni village, Kitui county in eastern Kenya. Kibandaski is Kenyan urban slang for an affordable, open-air urban eatery, often a small shack made of iron sheets, 3-ply wood or canvas. They are popular with low-income customers. Inside, smoke from firewood beneath simmering pots hangs […]
‘We cannot change the river, and we cannot stop moving’
Six members of a pod of 30 belugas, a fifth of the whales that were transferred from a marine park in Canada to facilities in the U.S. and Spain as part of a massive rescue operation, have died in the last two months. They were transported to the facilities in July and August after languishing […]
Counties are reporting record-breaking early voting participation. But that information alone isn’t necessarily useful in interpreting who will win.
Most Yellowstone National Park Roads and Entrances Close Nov. 1, 2026, for Winter Season
Visitors to Bryce Canyon National Park now have another way to travel to Bryce Point, with the completion of the final phase of the Bryce Canyon Shared Use Path.
As wild salmon decline, the province becomes more dependent on the fish farms that may harm them.
Russian soldiers are appearing alongside saints in artwork at Russian Orthodox Churches
Homeowners aren’t claiming a homestead exemption because they do not know about it or find the process too complicated, experts say.
Public Citizen said the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality hadn’t stopped issuing data center permits as required. The agency said it was complying with the directive.
The protests of the CJP offer both a warning and grounds for democratic optimism
Many young people left the September 2025 protests in Nepal with scars — both physical, emotional, and financial
A brief on the Cutoff stream, which a billionaire blocked access to, was issued by the state agency in the days leading up to oral arguments before the 12th Court of Appeals.
New York Focus found dire failures in patient care at several homes in the chain, but conditions have still markedly improved since before the settlement.
A 20-year-old astrophotographer from Shoreline, Washington has photographed a rare solar eclipse on Saturn from his hometown, an event that will not be seen again until 2038. The photographer, Adam Smadi, planned the…
A “grassroots” homeowners group leading the charge against Local Law 97 has deep ties to a powerful real estate industry association.
The state’s piecemeal approach to funding lead pipe replacement means the safety of your drinking water may depend on your ZIP code.
This is the first article in Mongabay’s three-part investigation of spekboom-led ecosystem restoration in South Africa. It is part of an award-winning collaboration between independent science writer Leonie Joubert, the Stellenbosch University School for Climate Studies, and the Henry Nxumalo Foundation which supports investigative journalism in Africa. Read parts two and three. GQEBERHA, South Africa […]
“The breastfeeding room was always there. But there was no-one to bring my baby to me.”
TAINAN, Taiwan — Since she was old enough to understand it, Uma Talavan has known she belongs to the Indigenous Siraya people. She knew almost nothing of her ethnicity, however, the identity of which was dissolved by centuries of forced assimilation, save for a handful of words her parents used to speak. In search of […]
All too often, Indigenous traditions are extracted, repackaged, or seized for someone else’s gain
On Thursday, March 12, 2026, the Tompkins Square Library in New York City hosted a concert by Musique Libre Femmes, in its basement performance space. This performance featured Cheryl Pyle on flute, Ayumi Ishito on…
He was ‘arguably the greatest player to ever play the game’
At the center of protein maxxing, whey products require energy-intensive processing and emissions-intensive milk and cheese production, with climate consequences if unchecked.
Zion National Park Opens Visitor Access on the Zion Mt. Carmel Highway following a large rockfall that blocked the road.
As avian flu decimated poultry flocks, two major U.S. egg producers — Vital Farms and Cal-Maine — have seen their profits and stock values soar. Between February 2024 and February 2025, Vital Farms saw its share value…
