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Briefing: Saving the pint: behind the race to climate-proof beer in the US

Strategic angle: Water shortages and rising heat are putting pressure on beer ingredients, but US brewers and farmers are adapting.

Editorial Staff Mar 17

Briefing: Reduced physical activity due to global heating will lead to rise in health issues, study says

Strategic angle: Researchers project that reduced activity could contribute to half a million additional premature deaths annually by 2050.

Briefing: Realtime pollution alerts needed on Windermere, campaigners say after boy nearly dies

Strategic angle: Campaigners urge for immediate pollution alerts following a serious health incident involving a young boy.

Briefing: Replacing 1m petrol cars with EVs could cut Australia’s reliance on foreign fuel by 1bn litres a year

Strategic angle: Electric vehicles reduce exposure to global oil price shocks and shift energy consumption to electricity largely produced domestically, expert says.

Briefing: 4 ways Trump is sabotaging climate action around the world

Strategic angle: In just the last year, the Trump administration has derailed an international carbon tax, boosted forecasts for oil and gas, and sought to silence an island nation’s climate campaign.

Briefing: Species slowdown: Is nature’s ability to self-repair stalling?

Strategic angle: Recent analysis reveals a concerning trend in the rate of species turnover within ecosystems.

Editorial Staff Mar 15

Briefing: Germany misses climate targets as emissions barely fall in 2025

Strategic angle: Greenhouse gases dropped just 0.1% last year as environment minister criticises lack of improvement.

Briefing: Mining Rush for Critical Minerals Threatens Amazon Land Reform Settlements

Strategic angle: A survey reveals a surge in mining requests for critical minerals in Brazil's Carajás region, endangering land reform settlements.

Briefing: Fetuses likely have more ‘forever chemicals’ in blood than thought – report

Strategic angle: New research reveals alarming levels of PFAS compounds in fetal blood samples.

Briefing: Some top US lobbying firms are working both sides of the Pfas issue at the same time

Strategic angle: Review from non-profit finds range of scenarios of firms simultaneously lobbying for and against Pfas regulations.

Briefing: ‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake

Strategic angle: Genes capable of creating antibiotic-resistant superbugs have been detected in Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of Northern Ireland.

Briefing: EPA Chief Meets Bayer CEO Over Supreme Court Fight

Strategic angle: Top US regulators discuss litigation issues regarding glyphosate weed killer.

Briefing: Trump EPA moves to repeal regulation of cancer-linked chemical ethylene oxide

Strategic angle: The repeal loosens standards for roughly 90 sterilization facilities that emit the toxic chemical in neighborhoods across the country.

Briefing: Q&A: How climate change and war threaten Iran’s water supplies

Strategic angle: Climate change, war and mismanagement are putting Iran’s water supply under major strain, experts warn.

Briefing: Who are the key figures in the sewage crisis, and where are they now?

Strategic angle: With anger stoked by Channel 4’s drama Dirty Business, we look at what has happened to some of the main players.

Briefing: Trump policies set to increase rates of lung disease and death, study finds

Strategic angle: Experts warn of ‘attack on Americans’ lungs’ from cuts to health programs and environmental rollbacks.

Briefing: The secret superpower of Brazil’s vast savanna

Strategic angle: The Amazon rainforest gets all the attention, but the neighboring cerrado stores massive amounts of carbon in its peaty soils.

Editorial Staff Mar 12

Briefing: Queensland floods: police believe bodies found are those of missing backpackers

Strategic angle: Two international tourists travelling to flood-ravaged North Burnett region from Brisbane thought to be first flood-related deaths.

Editorial Staff Mar 11