Evan Walker

Fewer than half of arrests were prosecuted: Of 259 cases examined, only 110 resulted in fines or jail sentences, with outcomes varying widely between countries. 🌎 news.mongabay.com/2026/09/from...

Florida is suing a company that scores homes based on their estimated risk from floods, storms and wildfires, alleging it hurt homeowners.

Errors in temperature estimates could cause studies to underestimate the impacts of climate change by 15% or more on average, according to research co-authored by Wake Forest economics professor Alex Yu. #WFUresearch https://wakefo.rest/46r5CuW

Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

Oil pollution is drifting into marine protected areas, report finds 🧪🌎🦑

The IPBES #BizBiodiversity Report is clear: EVERY business (no exceptions!) depends on biodiversity, and every business impacts biodiversity. Explore: https://www.ipbes.net/business-impact w/ 100 specific actions for businesses, governments, financial actors & civil society. #NoAI

A Kindergarten class at Cranbrook Schools recently found one of Michigan's most elusive spiders, identified by an MSU Entomology Ph.D. student. Full story: www.canr.msu.edu/news/kinderg... #Entomology #Ecology #MSU 🌎🧪🍁

A study in Nature Geoscience used mid-Holocene proxy records from 5,000-7,000 years ago to refine climate models, which suggest future winter sea ice could shrink by nearly 1 million square kilometers more than previously projected. go.nature.com/4i73WvR 🌏🌊🧪

Fantastic @craigtimes.bsky.social column on the history and status of wildlife crossings in Florida for panthers, turtles, and other critters, featuring an extended cameo by America’s favorite #roadecology book. floridaphoenix.com/2026/10/22/t...

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The Overlapping Plagues Quietly Devastating American Forests #invasives #trade www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/c...

things that connect us as northeast Ohioans: • 340 miles of sewers • 489 miles of streams • cleveland sports disappointment

“the world needs to reduce the amount of plastic being produced, then make the rest sustainably” 🌎 apnews.com/article/biob...

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Recovering secondary grasslands have taller plants that can quickly absorb light and nutrients go.nature.com/4yiVJeT

The Pacific Ocean is seeing more, and stronger, storms than usual this hurricane season. Here's what’s going on (and how it all traces back to El Niño).

The US now has >80k public EV charging stations. While growth has slowed due lack of incentives & to slowed Tesla network growth, the new chargers being added are faster. Tesla remains the largest single network, but now has <50% of all chargers deployed. 🧪💡🔌☀️💨💧🔋 insideevs.com/news/811678/...

The deeply uncomfortable film forces audiences to confront what types of stories we tell ourselves about who has economic and political power.

"Not enough change is happening to bend the global index, but enough to show us that we know what we're doing, conservation works, and we need to keep at it" 🌎 🧪 www.scrippsnews.com/science-and-...

To whom it may concern and to everyone else as well,

Dozens of AI sea ice prediction systems exist today, covering both poles over a range of timescales. Calculations that once took days to run can now be executed in minutes. But speed and skill are not the same as trustworthiness, say scientists. eos.org/science-upda...

Current* conditions near Muskegon, MI:

Researchers in northern Thailand have discovered 16 new species of yeast-like fungi living inside wild and garden flowers. Belonging to the Aureobasidium genus, these species hold potential for enzyme production and plastic breakdown while offering insights into plant biodiversity. By Naina Rao.

Pakistan expands protected habitat for Indus River dolphin as recovery offers hope 🧪🦑🌎

SCOTUS justices wrestled with complex questions over whether to let local governments try to hold oil companies liable for the harms caused by climate change, as they opened their new nine-month term reut.rs/4jExcfN

Why sustainability matters for managing geopolitical risks – United Nations Environment – Finance Initiative https://www.byteseu.com/2425516/ This article originally appeared in Green Central Banking as a joint opinion piece from De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)—the central bank of the …

Breaking News: A judge halted border wall construction across the Big Bend region in Texas, a project that has faced fierce local opposition.

Nature reports how researchers are trying everything they can to help coral reefs to survive severe heat stress from climate change, including playing sounds underwater. 🌊🌎🧪

Again, 'El Niño-driven'! These wildfires are fuelled by deforestation, land clearing, peatland drainage for palm oil plantations, and anthropogenic climate change. To say 'El Niño-driven' deviates from the actual causes. 🧪🌍🔥🌳🍁🦍

Concerns are rising in Africa about the potential water use by data centers. While water usage by data centers is a global problem, Africa is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. www.semafor.com/article/09/3...

Scientists have found a new form of pollution, one where plastic and pieces of coral become irreversibly intertwined. www.wired.com/story/plasti...

'Despite a drop in deforestation in 2025, forest losses pile up in the Mekong Over the course of 2025, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam lost a combined 746,168 ha of tree cover (1.8 mn acres), incl more than 154,000 ha (380,000 acres) of primary forest' news.mongabay.com/2026/09/desp...

More than two-thirds of newly flooded coastlines worldwide could become suitable habitat for 122 non-native marine species by the middle and end of this century, according to a paper in Nature Ecology & Evolution. go.nature.com/3V7NIuT 🌊🌎🧪

This is going to be an increasingly important topic in our warming world.

Opportunity is a key driver of wildlife crime: "40% of respondents said it was the driving factor in their involvement." Only 16% say circumstances were their main motivation, which questions the livelihoods argument as a poaching driver (without denying it). news.mongabay.com/2026/09/how-... 🌎

Finally, a proposal to address the lack of pro baseball in rural Wyoming national parks. Great work everyone!

Three Florida counties have declared states of emergency as a growing outbreak of dengue has infected hundreds across the state this year.

This winter is going to be tough on the SoCal coast. I hope it spares the Surfliner.

Now on YouTube! 🎥🌱 The full recording of the Sustainability@UC keynote lecture, "Biting the Hands That Feed Us: Labor and Social Sustainability in the Food System" with Dr. Teresa Mares, is live! Watch the full talk here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyU5...

Iran war takes Southeast Asia's renewable plans to new heights Energy shock drives low-carbon policies, but grid and financing challenges remain trib.al/pAMAeY7

Joined CNN to talk about the Nor’easter: Moderate to major coastal flooding 60 mph gusts 2-4” of rain 20-25’ waves & significant erosion 1’ of sea level rise since 1940s, 6” since the early 90s. Thanks to climate change that water reaches farther inland.

It's Climate Week NYC 🌍—and the research is in: dread isn't moving people on climate. Whitney Dailey found the highest-intensity emotional driver in climate comms is also the least used: fairness. She writes for PRNEWS on what actually resonates. 📖 www.prnewsonline.com/climate-comm...

9 in 10 clean energy factories are still moving forward -- and last year, 93% of new grid additions were clean. From my conversation with @kkwilkinson.bsky.social at Climate Week NYC, hosted by the @allwecansave.bsky.social.

At Climate Week NYC? Check out the events at the WWF #PandaHouse: luma.com/pandahouse

“Our process uses renewable feedstocks and mild conditions and does not involve livestock or chemically intensive processes” 🌎 www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/09/plas...

Protecting existing forests is key to conservation and carbon storage Analysis of a huge area in the Amazon rainforest suggests that protecting remaining forests from disturbances is the best way to safeguard biodiversity and carbon stocks. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...

Trump's EPA unlawfully terminated $7 billion solar grant program, judge rules reut.rs/4iCH6OO