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ED DAVEY

ED DAVEY

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Why are lone homes left standing after the fires? It's not entirely luck

Emails and videos of burned buildings in Los Angeles versus those still standing have been flying back and forth among architects, builders and fire safety specialists around the world

Why are lone homes left standing after the fires? It's not entirely luck
Europe|News|World

Storm Ciaran arrives on England shore, may bring highest winds to western Europe in decades

The U.K.'s national forecaster says Storm Ciarán has begun arriving on England's southwestern coast as that country, France and others in western Europe brace for what could be some of the highest wind speeds in the region for decades

Storm Ciaran arrives on England shore, may bring highest winds to western Europe in decades
Europe|News|World

Storm Ciarán whips western Europe, blowing record winds in France and leaving millions without power

Record-breaking winds in France and across much of western Europe left at least seven people dead and injured others

Storm Ciarán whips western Europe, blowing record winds in France and leaving millions without power
Business|Economy|Environment|Europe

Finance may be junked from EU climate law, leaked memo shows. Critics say it could be unenforceable

Flagship EU legislation that's meant to force European companies to screen out climate harms from their business operations faces being dramatically watered down

Finance may be junked from EU climate law, leaked memo shows. Critics say it could be unenforceable
Crime|Environment|World

Peruvian rainforest defender from embattled Kichwa tribe shot dead in river attack

A Kichwa tribal leader has been shot to death in an area of the Peruvian rainforest that’s seen high tension between Indigenous people and illegal loggers

Peruvian rainforest defender from embattled Kichwa tribe shot dead in river attack
Business|Environment|News|Science|World

Saudi registrants for COP28 included undeclared oil company employees, nonprofit says

At least 15 people who registered for Saudi Arabia’s delegation to the COP28 climate conference in Dubai appear to be undeclared employees of the Saudi state oil company, according to research by an environmental nonprofit

Saudi registrants for COP28 included undeclared oil company employees, nonprofit says
Environment|News|World

How climate change contributes to wildfires like Chile's

At least 112 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile

How climate change contributes to wildfires like Chile's
Africa|Economy|Environment|World

New Liberia forest boss plans to increase exports, denies working with war criminal Charles Taylor

In an interview with The Associated Press, the new head of Liberia's forest management authority, Rudolph Merab, said he would work to increase timber exports and cut regulations

New Liberia forest boss plans to increase exports, denies working with war criminal Charles Taylor
Asia|Business|Environment|Science|Technology

Indonesia's massive metals build-out is felling the forest for batteries

Indonesia has been building out a vast industry for nickel metal, traditionally used in making stainless steel but increasingly for batteries for electric cars and clean electricity projects

Asia|Business|Environment|News

Philippine politician who praised natural gas takes heat for business dealings after AP reporting

An influential Philippine governor is the subject of controversy following an Associated Press investigation into his links to the expanding natural gas industry in his province

Environment|News|Science|World

US, India, Russia, Japan are building out wind power much too slowly for climate change, report says

The world is falling well short of a promise signed at global climate talks last year to triple the amount of wind power, according to research by an energy think tank released Thursday

US, India, Russia, Japan are building out wind power much too slowly for climate change, report says
Economy|Environment|World

Indigenous leaders travel to UK from Peru to draw attention to oil damage and banking

Indigenous leaders from the Wampis Nation in Peru are urging lawmakers at the House of Commons in London to ban international banks’ support for Amazon oil activities they say harm their ancestral rainforests

Indigenous leaders travel to UK from Peru to draw attention to oil damage and banking
Africa|Environment|World

Nigerian agency 'failed completely' to clean up oil damage despite funding, leaked files say

In Nigeria, the first part of a $1 billion project to clean up Ogoniland in the Niger Delta, where there have been thousands of oil spills, was a “total failure.”

Americas|Environment|Political|World

Amazon Indigenous community wins latest stage of court battle for lost territory

An Indigenous community in Peru has won the latest stage of a legal battle to reclaim lost rainforests

Amazon Indigenous community wins latest stage of court battle for lost territory

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