Environmental News

A curated set of environmental news stories brought to you by the Gottlieb Native Garden team.

On Gardening: Discovering and adding succulents

Succulent plants are native to various regions with long periods of dry climates, and have evolved to store moisture in their leaves, stems, or roots

Occidental is Eyeing California’s Clean Fuels Market to Fund Texas Carbon Removal Plant

The oil company plans to remove carbon from the atmosphere and pump it into the ground to extract oil in the Permian Basin. Some climate activists fear the new technology is a cover for continuing to sell oil.

Are Western Monarchs on the Rebound?

Last year’s numbers were good, but no one knows if the trend will continue

California plan would pay farmers to grow less to save water

California would pay farmers not to plant thousands of acres of land as part of a $2.9 billion plan to let more water flow in the the state’s rivers.

Newsom imposes new California water restrictions – leaves details to locals

Still resisting statewide water rationing for parched California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking local suppliers to tighten water limits.

Researchers Create Nanoparticles to Address Environmental Problems

Stony Brook researchers, in collaboration with Brookhaven National Lab (BNL) scientists and the U.S. Air Force Laboratory, have developed a new generation of nanoparticles to address environmental problems.

Win-wins in environmental management hard to find

When a booming marine fishery can increase its shrimp catch while also reducing unintentional bycatch of turtles—that’s an example of what environmental scientists and managers call a “win-win.”

Here are all the positive environmental stories from 2022 so far

Eco-anxiety, climate doom, environmental existential dread – as green journalists, we see these terms used a lot – and often feel them ourselves

‘Crime against nature’: the rise and fall of the world’s most notorious succulent thief


Byungsu Kim pleaded guilty to attempting to ferry more than 3,700 wild dudleya plants from California parks to South Korea

Ruthless parasite plagues monarch butterflies

Monarch butterflies, one of the most iconic insects of North America, are increasingly plagued by a debilitating parasite, a new analysis shows.