Category: Community Impact & Grassroots

For a few weeks each summer, the Sebasticook River in Benton, Maine, is paved with flashing silver scales, so thick it seems you could almost walk across. The alewives have returned for their annual…

PLANADA, Calif. —David Rodriguez learned to swim in the canals near his childhood home in the 1960s, back when orchards of figs, peaches and almonds encircled his neighborhood. Source: Inside Climate News.

‘Protest: Respect It, Defend It, Use It, ’ connects centuries of protest movements – from abolition to climate activism – and argues democracy depends on protecting dissent. The post A new book aims to…

The Brazil-led TFFF was launched at COP30 as an innovative financial model to keep rainforests standing, but is still short on startup cash The post Tropical forest protection fund at risk after UK stalls…

UK newspapers have already published 63 editorials this year calling for more oil and gas. The post Analysis: UK newspapers have already printed 63 editorials in 2026 backing North Sea drilling appeared first on…

At this month’s Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa, campaigners warned that ocean protection requires governments to halt new offshore fossil fuel projects The post Ocean summit stays silent on new wave of offshore oil…

The impacts of extreme heat vary widely across countries and cities, and approaches tailored using data can target solutions at vulnerable groups The post With extreme heat now a public health crisis, local data…

Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, CEO of the loss and damage fund, said he hopes to start spending this year, as pressure mounts for disbursements The post As Nigeria rails at loss and damage “mirage”, fund…

In Chicago’s South Side, Latino community members are transforming a park, and a charter school is teaching kids how to grow food. The post Nature was missing from these neighborhoods. Source: Yale Climate Connections.

A group of dozens of countries seeks to build momentum for a COP31 pledge to electrify 35% of global energy use by 2035 as an alternative to fossil fuels The post EU, UK lead…

A serene and welcoming facility that blends seamlessly into the neighborhood – As the on-site nursery school for Kurashiki Central Hospital, the building was reconstructed in response to the aging and limited capacity of…

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