Climate and environmental concerns intensify as voters demand action, ecosystems face restoration challenges, and extreme weather events highlight the urgent risks of global heating.

Polls across US battleground states reveal that both Democratic and Republican voters are increasingly concerned about the climate crisis and want candidates to prioritize environmental policy in their campaigns.

Conservationists are deploying sunflower sea stars in a major effort to restore California's decimated kelp forests, which have lost 95% of their coverage over the last decade.

A US federal judge has ordered a 24-hour halt to tree removal at a Washington golf course eyed for expansion by Donald Trump, citing potential irreparable harm to the ecosystem.

Experts warn that a powerful El Nino event threatens global food security, urging policymakers to support farming practices like cover cropping to protect soil from climate-induced flooding.

Hurricane Isaias caused significant destruction in Florida and Alabama, resulting in at least four deaths and leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power as the storm moved northward.

Los Angeles is grappling with one of its worst mosquito seasons in recent history, driven by unseasonable heat and humidity that has contributed to a decade-high rate of West Nile virus.

UK Chancellor John Healey has voiced support for a third runway at Heathrow Airport, balancing pro-growth economic arguments against environmental concerns regarding aviation expansion.

Emerging scientific forecasts for 2026 suggest significant global environmental risks, including the potential for an H5N1 bird flu pandemic and threats from extreme weather phenomena.