In Ecuador’s Battle of Toad vs. Road, Toad Wins (Thanks to the rights of nature) insideclimatenews.org/news/0701202...

An Ecuadorian court has blocked construction of a highway after ruling it poses an imminent and irreversible threat to the rights of a critically endangered toad, a decision that underscores the country’s unique constitutional protections for nature. insideclimatenews.org/news/0701202...

A heartbreaking story of loss, and the destructive cuts of DOGE, at NOAA, by Inside Climate News' Marianne Lavelle, who, like Libby Jewitt, is a national treasure. insideclimatenews.org/news/0601202...

Many of the world’s most biodiverse countries are also deeply in debt. The world’s largest nation-state creditor could hold the keys to a solution. Will China step up?

UK to ban boiling lobsters alive as animal welfare standards tightened ft.trib.al/PifF1nN

Countries Want Debt Relief for Conservation. Is China Ready to Play a Role? “Debt-for-nature” swaps are helping some lower-income countries increase conservation. The world’s largest nation-state creditor has the leverage for deals—if it chooses to use it. insideclimatenews.org/news/2112202...

Countries Want Debt Relief for Conservation. Is China Ready to Play a Role? “Debt-for-nature” swaps are helping some lower-income countries increase conservation. The world’s largest nation-state creditor has the leverage for deals—if it chooses to use it. insideclimatenews.org/news/2112202...

Always fun to collaborate on a story. Check out @wyattmyskow.bsky.social, @blancabegert.bsky.social, and my coverage of the state of Colorado River negotiations.

U.S. oil giant Texaco spent decades polluting the Ecuadorian Amazon. Now, three arbitrators have ordered the Ecuadorian government to pay $220 million in compensation to the company.

Federico Borman, member of an Indigenous community impacted by oil operations, said his aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and father “have died or are dying of cancer tied to oil contamination.” “To think their own country—my country—has to pay the company that began it all makes me sick,” he added.

#ISDS allows firms to avoid accountability for environmental or social damages caused by their investment projects while draining squeezed public finances, our @jostransky.bsky.social says in @insideclimatenews.org piece on latest twists in Chevron v Ecuador 👇 insideclimatenews.org/news/1012202...

U.S. oil giant Texaco spent decades polluting the Ecuadorian Amazon. Now, three arbitrators have ordered that $220 million in compensation be paid—by the Ecuadorian government to the company. insideclimatenews.org/news/1012202...

China is one of the biggest development funders and operators in the world. It’s also silencing environmental reporters who dare to tell the truth about the harms some of those projects have caused across the global south Thank you to @thexylom.com for publishing this story.

Thank you to the @thexylom.com for publishing this story about how China is silencing the environmental journalists in Africa. If the public doesn’t know, it can’t act. www.thexylom.com/post/how-chi...

As Countries Take Steps to Protect Wildlife in Legal Trade, Animal and Plant Trafficking Rages On insideclimatenews.org/news/0212202...

There’s no more important story out there then environmental defenders—the people who peacefully protect the ecosystems we all rely on. Join us tomorrow for this panel about The Ethics of Reporting and Storytelling about At-Risk Climate Defenders www.climatelegaldefense.org/events/the-e...

New from @dylanbaddour.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org: Researchers in Houston found that 90% of new petrochemical facilities will be built in places with high concentrations of people of color and poor families.

Must reading from @georginagustin.bsky.social at Inside Climate News: A Massive, Chinese-Backed Port in Peru Could Push the Amazon Rainforest Over the Edge insideclimatenews.org/news/0112202...

With everything happening at the federal level, it's easy to lose track of the states on climate and clean energy policy. I wrote about a major trend in state policy and why we should all pay attention to what Massachusetts does next: insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...

Before the public can act, they must know. But China is silencing independent journalists reporting on the environmental impacts of its massive Belt and Road Initiative—mines, ports, dams, power plants etc in mostly poor countries. Here’s how they’re doing it and why it matters.

Texas has no regulations to protect workers from the state’s blistering heat and overturned city ordinances that required rest breaks. What does that mean for workers in one of the hottest parts of the country? @keertigopal.bsky.social and I spent months investigating for @insideclimatenews.org (1)

"The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press." Yet, overseas, China is silencing environmental journalists. Read about how Beijing is doing that and why it matters ⬇️ insideclimatenews.org/news/2311202...

Independent journalism is crucial for environmental protection. But, journalists who report on the harms caused by China’s overseas infrastructure buildout—from mines to ports and power plants—in Africa face intimidation, surveillance and police pressure. insideclimatenews.org/news/2311202...

I hope you'll join us to discuss a very important topic: reporting on environmental defenders. You can sign up for the Dec. 3rd talk here: www.climatelegaldefense.org/events/the-e...

Ecuadorians vote overwhelmingly to maintain their “ecological constitution” that recognizes the rights of nature.

“This is a win for life, for nature, for Earth defenders,” said Natalia Greene, director of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature. Greene was speaking about Ecuador's affirmation of its 2008 constitution, which recognizes nature has inherent rights to exist and regenerate.

Ecuador’s Voters Protect Rights of Nature, Reject Proposal to Rewrite Constitution Ecuadorians handed their Trump-allied president a resounding defeat, choosing to maintain their “ecological constitution” & rejecting an attempt to allow foreign military bases insideclimatenews.org/news/1711202...

Australian Company BHP Found Liable for Damages in One of Brazil’s Worst Mining Disasters Story by @blancabegert.bsky.social with comment by @edsonkrenak.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/1411202...

A timeline cleanser: My recent newsletter is about rise of "repair cafes" around the world, where communities come together to fix each other's beloved things. The goal: reduce consumer waste, and maybe make some buddies in the process 🔧👭 insideclimatenews.org/news/1111202...

Just about everyone hates data centers, as we’re seeing in election results and a flurry of policy changes.

The firms Jingjing Zhang had once challenged in China were now polluting and displacing communities abroad. It struck her as exporting a dangerous development model — one she described as pollute now to get rich, and attempt to clean up later. (via @katiesurma.bsky.social/ @insideclimatenews.org)

Election roundup from @mlavelle.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0511202...

NEW from @insideclimatenews.org and thanks to @peteraldhous.com and @mlavelle.bsky.social Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...

Thank you @insideclimatenews.org and @katiesurma.bsky.social for diving into our recent publication in partnership with The More-Than-Human Life Program (@nyulaw.bsky.social) by: César Rodríguez Garavito, David Gruber, Ashley Otilia Nemeth and @begus.bsky.social.

Thank you @ethanelkind.bsky.social and @kalwradio.bsky.social for having me on today to talk about reporting on the rights of nature movement. www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...

How could the fast-growing "Rights of Nature" movement help empower greater ecosystem protection? We'll discuss on Your Call's One Planet Series today 10am PT w/ @katiesurma.bsky.social. Stream live 10am PT @kalwradio.bsky.social! www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...

Can solar work on the same land as cattle grazing? I got an exclusive look at how @siliconranch.bsky.social intends to make this work: insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...

As always, a pleasure to join ICN's executive editor Vernon Loeb for our Sunday Morning video series. We talked about our recent reporting on how scientists are using AI to understand sperm whale communications, potentially advancing the rights of nature. insideclimatenews.org/news/0211202...

En noviembre, los ecuatorianos decidirán si permiten que su presidente reescriba la Constitución, lo que podría socavar las protecciones de los derechos de la naturaleza. insideclimatenews.org/news/3110202...

Researchers are using AI to help understand sperm whale communications. Lawyers think the discoveries could galvanize the world to recognize whales’ legal rights—and advance the global rights of nature movement.

Researchers are using AI to decode whale communications. A new paper argues the findings could help make the case for the recognition of whales' legal rights—specifically a right to culture and a right to be free from torture. insideclimatenews.org/news/2910202...

Virginia holds the title of data center capital of the world. How did that happen? My colleague @dangearino.bsky.social and I asked the question. Here's some answers. insideclimatenews.org/news/2610202...

One of the biggest rights of nature developments this year will happen in November. That's when Ecuadorians will decide whether to allow their Trump-allied president to rewrite the constitution, potentially gutting the charter's protection for nature's rights insideclimatenews.org/news/2310202...

Thank you to Living on Earth for having me on to talk about our reporting on one of the worst environmental disasters of the year—in February, a copper mine's waste pit burst, spilling more than 1.5 million tons of toxic waste into villages and the Zambian countryside. www.loe.org/shows/segmen...

Changes to Oklahoma’s curriculum rules make it so teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists. ➡️ Full story: https://propub.li/3WXTkFm

After Anthony Boyd had struggled for air inside the gas mask for many minutes, his brother broke the silence in the witness room. "It's like he's gasping for air," he said. My full eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...

One of the biggest rights of nature developments this year will happen in November. That's when Ecuadorians will decide whether to allow their Trump-allied president to rewrite the constitution, potentially gutting the charter's protection for nature's rights insideclimatenews.org/news/2310202...

Ecuador is the only country to constitutionally recognize nature’s rights. Now, its president, a Trump ally and mining proponent, wants to rewrite the charter. If voters agree, the groundbreaking legal provision could be removed. insideclimatenews.org/news/2310202...

The search for justice & accountability goes on 5 years after the killing of woman human rights defender Fikile Ntshangase in #SouthAfrica. I also renew my calls on the South African authorities to respond to my communication on Fikile's case. www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...

Ecuador is the only country to constitutionally recognize nature’s rights. Now, its president, a Trump ally and mining proponent, wants to rewrite the charter. If voters agree, the groundbreaking legal provision could be removed. insideclimatenews.org/news/2310202...