A new report found that environmental defenders are increasingly encountering overlapping networks of government officials, corporations, criminal groups and private security forces.

By Katie Surma

Environmental and Indigenous rights defenders remained among the world’s most targeted human rights advocates in 2025, despite landmark rulings by international courts affirming governments’ obligations to protect both the environment and those who defend it.

Environmental Defenders Remain Among World’s Most Targeted Activists

As the barrier island loses land and residents, engineered efforts could combat the rising sea water that surrounds it.

By Charles Paullin

TANGIER, Va.— Terry Parks stood in the rear of a boat passing the western shore of Tangier Island.

The Water Is Rising in Chesapeake Bay. Can Tangier Island Be Saved?

But a $345 million U.S. verdict against the environmental group hangs over the case.

By Dana Drugmand

A lawsuit filed by Greenpeace International against the U.S.-based fossil fuel company Energy Transfer in the Netherlands is moving forward after a Dutch court recently ruled in favor of the environmental organization in rejecting the company’s bid to toss out the case.

Greenpeace’s Dutch Anti-SLAPP Case Against Oil Pipeline Giant Advances