Climate and environmental developments include legal challenges to US land protections, concerns over grid stability, and innovative ecological waste solutions.

The Trump administration has ordered a review to potentially strip gray wolves of their endangered species list protections within a three-month window.

Patagonia has initiated a lawsuit against the Trump administration following an executive order that removed protections from nearly 3 million acres of land in Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.

Climate experts are raising alarms over the emergence of prediction markets that allow users to place financial bets on weather events, heatwaves, and daily temperature fluctuations.

The US Department of Energy has warned that heatwaves are increasing the risk of power grid failures, particularly for the PJM Interconnection grid which serves 67 million people.

Residents in Lahaina are facing a secondary crisis after the USPS eliminated their addresses following wildfires, leaving rebuilt homes without mail service.

Urban designers are rethinking toxic industrial waterways in Brooklyn to implement better climate adaptation strategies and community-focused infrastructure.

A first-of-its-kind funeral was held in Australia using a coffin made from mushroom mycelium and hemp, designed to decompose in 45 days and enrich the soil.

New research indicates that farmed salmon may be losing nutritional density compared to historical benchmarks, prompting further scrutiny of industrial aquaculture practices.

A report on emerging risks for 2026 highlights the potential for a severe pandemic if the H5N1 bird flu virus were to adapt for human-to-human transmission.