Today: September 22, 2024
Today: September 22, 2024

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Environment|Health

Oregon officials close entire coast to mussel harvesting due to shellfish poisoning

Oregon authorities have closed the state's entire coastline to mussel harvesting due to an outbreak of shellfish poisoning they described as “unprecedented.”

Oregon officials close entire coast to mussel harvesting due to shellfish poisoning
Environment|News|Political

North Korea says it will stop sending trash balloons as South Korea vows strong retaliation

North Korea says it will stop sending trash-carrying balloons into South Korea, claiming that its campaign left the South Koreans with “enough experience of how much unpleasant they feel.”

North Korea says it will stop sending trash balloons as South Korea vows strong retaliation
Environment|Travel

Popular geothermal spa in Iceland reopens to tourists after nearby volcano stabilizes

The popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions in the country’s southwest, has reopened after authorities said a nearby volcano had stabilized after erupting four days earlier

Popular geothermal spa in Iceland reopens to tourists after nearby volcano stabilizes
Environment|Health

Indian heatwave kills dozens over summer, media says nearly 25,000 fall ill

India's unusually severe heatwave this summer is suspected to have killed more than 100 people and made tens of thousands ill,

Indian heatwave kills dozens over summer, media says nearly 25,000 fall ill
Business|Environment|Travel

No need to reduce aviation growth to hit net zero, IATA head says

The head of the global airline body IATA said there was no need to reduce growth in global aviation in order to meet an industry target to meet net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

No need to reduce aviation growth to hit net zero, IATA head says
Environment|News

Amazon NGO set up in memory of British reporter murdered in rainforest

Two years after poachers murdered British journalist Dom Phillips in a remote corner of the Amazon, an NGO has been created in his memory to promote the

Amazon NGO set up in memory of British reporter murdered in rainforest
Environment|Science

El Nino weather pattern likely to swing back to La Nina this year: UN weather agency

The El Nino weather pattern that can cause extreme events such as wildfires and tropical cyclones is forecast to swing back into generally cooler La Nina conditions later this year,

El Nino weather pattern likely to swing back to La Nina this year: UN weather agency
Business|Economy|Environment|World

US, Indo-Pacific partners holding talks in Singapore on clean energy

The U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is holding a ministerial meeting this week in Singapore, including major firms joining a "Clean Economy"

US, Indo-Pacific partners holding talks in Singapore on clean energy
Environment

Historic win gives Mexico's Sheinbaum a landslide, spooks markets

Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and protege of Mexico's popular outgoing president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, won a landslide to

Historic win gives Mexico's Sheinbaum a landslide, spooks markets
Environment|News

4 people have died in floods in southern Germany. The situation remains tense

The death toll in floods across a large part of southern Germany has risen to four as three bodies were recovered from inundated basements

4 people have died in floods in southern Germany. The situation remains tense
Environment|Science

A farm in Bolivia's Andean plains grapples with hotter climate

Bolivian ranchers Elizabeth and Edwin Churata are learning how to survive in a drier, hotter climate.

A farm in Bolivia's Andean plains grapples with hotter climate
Environment

Returning a 170-year-old preserved lizard to Jamaica is a step toward redressing colonial harms

Not all reparations involve money. Returning unique scientific resources is also a way of showing respect and righting past harms.

Returning a 170-year-old preserved lizard to Jamaica is a step toward redressing colonial harms
Environment|Science|Technology

Climate solution: Massachusetts town experiments with community heating and cooling

A community in Massachusetts is about to become one of the first in the U.S. to be heated with geothermal, or ground source heat pumps, that are connected to each other

Climate solution: Massachusetts town experiments with community heating and cooling
Environment|News

California firefighters make significant progress against wildfire east of San Francisco Bay

California’s largest wildfire so far this year has been significantly surrounded after blackening a swath of hilly grasslands between San Francisco Bay and the Central Valley

California firefighters make significant progress against wildfire east of San Francisco Bay
Environment|Health|Science

US breeder Envigo pleads guilty for mistreating beagles, gets $22 million fine

Research animal breeder Envigo pleaded guilty in Virginia on Monday to federal animal welfare and environmental crimes, resolving a two-year U.S.

US breeder Envigo pleads guilty for mistreating beagles, gets $22 million fine
Economy|Environment|News

US summer home power bills to jump by nearly 8%, energy policy organizations say

U.S. home energy bills are expected to rise by 7.9% this summer as extreme heat increases cooling costs, according to a study released on Monday by the National Energy Assistance

US summer home power bills to jump by nearly 8%, energy policy organizations say
Environment|News|Science

Climate change made devastating Brazil floods twice as likely, scientists say

Climate change made the recent flooding that devastated southern Brazil twice as likely, a team of international scientists said on Monday, adding that the heavy rains were also

Climate change made devastating Brazil floods twice as likely, scientists say
Environment|News|Opinion

In Indonesia, women ranger teams go on patrol to slow deforestation

A female-led group of forest rangers in Indonesia are defying social norms to lead patrols in the jungle to combat deforestation

In Indonesia, women ranger teams go on patrol to slow deforestation
Environment|News

In Japan, energy security fears put nuclear back in favour for 2040 plan

Japan is set to push for more nuclear power in an energy policy update due next year, seeking stable electricity supply in face of growing demand

In Japan, energy security fears put nuclear back in favour for 2040 plan
Business|Economy|Environment

US farmers opt for soy to limit losses as all crop prices slump

Mark Tuttle planted more soy and less corn on his northern Illinois farm this spring as prices for both crops hover near three-year lows and soybeans' lower

US farmers opt for soy to limit losses as all crop prices slump
Business|Environment|Technology

Volvo to issue world's first EV battery passport ahead of EU rules

Volvo Cars is launching the world's first EV battery passport recording the origins of raw materials, components, recycled content and carbon footprint for its

Volvo to issue world's first EV battery passport ahead of EU rules
Economy|Environment

Main farming groups shun Brussels protest against EU green policies

Farmers drove hundreds of tractors into Brussels on Tuesday to protest against the European Union's environmental policies, but

Main farming groups shun Brussels protest against EU green policies
Environment|Political

Can Mexico's Sheinbaum, a climate scientist, shake Lopez Obrador's oil legacy?

Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, an accomplished climate scientist, could struggle to fulfill her environmental pledges after she sailed to

Can Mexico's Sheinbaum, a climate scientist, shake Lopez Obrador's oil legacy?
Environment

Rotting sargassum is choking the Caribbean’s white sand beaches, fueling an economic and public health crisis

A leading driver of this seaweed invasion is pollution, carried down rivers and into the Atlantic Ocean from the continents.

Rotting sargassum is choking the Caribbean’s white sand beaches, fueling an economic and public health crisis
Business|Environment|Technology

First Solar, Qcells to be US government's preferred green-label panel vendors

Two of the world's biggest solar panel makers, First Solar and Hanwha Qcells, are the first to register products under an environmental ratings system that will make them preferred in U.S.

First Solar, Qcells to be US government's preferred green-label panel vendors

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