Activist Bill McKibben says Americans upset by the Trump administration’s gutting of U.S. climate efforts need to move beyond despair. In an interview with e360, he talks about rethinking the role of protest, the global push on clean energy, and why he sees reason for hope. By Elizabeth Kolbert • March 3, 2025Bill McKibben. StoryWorkzIn the first six weeks of the new Trump administration, it’s become
South Africa’s Succulent Karoo is the most biodiverse arid region on the planet, with thousands of plants found nowhere else. But to meet a demand fueled by social media, criminal networks have been poaching these colorful succulents by the millions and smuggling them overseas.By Adam Welz • March 6, 2025 Succulent plants in a greenhouse after being confiscated by South African law enforcement. Labels show the plant's
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A Note From the Editor. March 6, 2025Today at Yale Environment 360, journalist Adam Welz reports from South Africa on the poaching of millions of exotic plants from the Succulent Karoo region, home to thousands of species found nowhere else on Earth. Vast criminal networks are smuggling plants to the U.S., Europe, and Asia, where “plantfluencers” on social media have fueled a craze for the tiny, colorful succulents.
A Note From the Editor. March 20, 2025At Yale Environment 360 today, journalist Janet Marinelli reports on the race to save endangered plants in botanical garden “metacollections.” With the impacts of climate change and other threats mounting, botanists are working to preserve plant species this way in the hope of eventually returning them to the wild. As the planet warms, tens of thousands of plants may require this
An important environmental story from China, synthesised from local and international media, March 28, 2025Levels of the heavy metal thallium were found to exceed safe limits in a major river in Hunan province, threatening the safety of drinking water in nearby cities, Caixin magazine reported this week.Citing an unpublished government notice circulating online, Caixin said the thallium concentration in the section of Leishui River
Glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, threatening water, energy and lives across Asia, writes ICIMOD’s Qianggong Zhang on the World Day for Glaciers. By Qianggong Zhang, March 21, 2025The Hindu Kush Himalayan region is home to a significant number of mountains and glaciers, like this one in Laya, Bhutan. In recent weeks, major organisations have been warning about the threat of glacier loss, which will stand to impact the lives and
