This week’s environment and conservation news stories rolled into one. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the latest high quality, original video stories from nature’s frontline in India. To receive a weekly email roundup of stories, please sign-up for our newsletter. The lizard caught between myth and modernisation The spiny-tailed lizard of Rajasthan is…

When the European Union introduces measures to protect forests, Sweden often tries to thwart them. But with opposition to its destructive forestry model growing inside the country, and a Swede about to become the new EU environment chief, things could be changing, a new op-ed states. The likely nomination of Sweden’s Jessika Roswall as EU Commissioner for…

SIMON’S TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prince William rode on a sea rescue boat along part of the South African coast on Thursday as he wrapped up a four-day visit to Cape Town dedicated to promoting conservation and the battle against climate change. William met with volunteers at the National Sea Rescue Institute station in…

Climate change did not take center stage during this week’s presidential election; it did not even seem to be in the wings or in the theater. Instead, the U.S. elected a candidate who has a history of rolling back environmental protections and has spoken openly about his desire to “drill, baby, drill” for more fossil…

During Tuesday’s election, Minnesotans overwhelmingly voted to continue dedicating funding to water quality, air quality, and conservation. A whopping 77.4% of voters supported a constitutional amendment that would renew a 35-year-old program that gives 40% of the state’s lottery profits to the state’s environmental and natural resources fund. The amendment was first passed in 1988…

MinnPost’s Daily Newsletter The latest on the politics and policy shaping Minnesota. Greater Minnesota Newsletter | Everything you need to know about what’s happening across Greater Minnesota. Delivered to your inbox Tuesday afternoons. Minnesota State Lottery funds will continue to fund conservation efforts for another 25 years after over 77% of Minnesota voters approved a…

Youth are the focus of the latest volunteer programme in UAE Image Credit: Supplied Abu Dhabi: The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has launched four volunteer programmes — Murshid, Green Citizen, Environmental Experts, and Youth Green Majlis — to encourage community members to participate in environmental conservation. The programmes, under the ‘Naha’ platform, aim…

Twelve state and local ballot initiatives related to climate and conservation, totaling more than $18 billion, that The Nature Conservancy engaged in were approved by voters in the United States yesterday. One was in the State of Washington, where voters blocked an effort to roll back their state’s climate and conservation policies. The largest public…