Today: September 23, 2024
Today: September 23, 2024

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What's a heat dome? Here's why so much of the US is broiling this week

Much of the Midwest and the Northeast is broiling — or set to broil — in extreme summer heat this week

What's a heat dome? Here's why so much of the US is broiling this week
Business|Environment

Microsoft to buy 8 million carbon credits from BTG Pactual in largest-ever sale

Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual's forestry arm said on Tuesday it agreed to sell 8 million carbon offset credits to Microsoft, the largest-ever sale of such credits.

Microsoft to buy 8 million carbon credits from BTG Pactual in largest-ever sale
Environment|Science

It's summer solstice time. What does that mean?

Summer kicks off in the Northern Hemisphere with the summer solstice on Thursday

It's summer solstice time. What does that mean?
Environment|News|Opinion|Political

US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region's Native tribes

The U.S. government has acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes

US acknowledges Northwest dams have devastated the region's Native tribes
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In Chile, coastal construction on sand dunes raises alarm as sinkholes multiply

Residents of the gleaming apartment buildings built atop sand dunes that dot Chile's Pacific coast are expressing mounting concerns for their

In Chile, coastal construction on sand dunes raises alarm as sinkholes multiply
Environment|Science

For the endangered Nashville crayfish, its rebound is both good and bad news

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering removing the Nashville crayfish from the endangered species list, but some biologists argue it still needs protection because its range is so limited

For the endangered Nashville crayfish, its rebound is both good and bad news
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Baby moose trapped in a lake is saved by Alaska man and police as its worried mom watches

An Alaska man and two police officers have joined forces to rescue a baby moose that got stuck between a floatplane and a dock in a lake

Baby moose trapped in a lake is saved by Alaska man and police as its worried mom watches
Economy|Environment|News|Political|Science|Technology

Australian opposition puts nation's first nuclear power plants in its energy plan ahead of elections

Australia’s main opposition party says it plans to build Australia’s first nuclear power plants as early as 2035, arguing the government’s policies for decarbonizing the economy with renewable energy will not work

Australian opposition puts nation's first nuclear power plants in its energy plan ahead of elections
Economy|Environment

Along Peru's mining corridor, Big Copper faces a snarl of trucks

Surging copper prices this year have brought startling growth in the number of trucks carrying copper from illegal mines in Peru, jamming roads, causing accidents and

Along Peru's mining corridor, Big Copper faces a snarl of trucks
Environment

Britain's Stonehenge sprayed with paint by environmental protesters

Environmental protesters sprayed paint on Britain's Stonehenge on Wednesday, with orange marks covering some of the stones of the prehistoric megalithic structure on the eve of the

Britain's Stonehenge sprayed with paint by environmental protesters
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Greece tames wildfire near Athens, arson suspected

Greek firefighters appeared close to containing a wildfire near Athens on Wednesday that forced dozens to flee their homes, and authorities now believe the fire was the result of

Greece tames wildfire near Athens, arson suspected
Environment|News

Climate protesters arrested over spraying orange paint on Stonehenge monument

Two climate protesters have been arrested for spraying orange paint on the ancient Stonehenge monument in southern England

Climate protesters arrested over spraying orange paint on Stonehenge monument
Environment|Health

How extreme heat threatens health and safety

With extreme heat gripping much of the Northern Hemisphere this week, authorities and public health experts have issued heat warnings to help

How extreme heat threatens health and safety
Environment|News

Canada to ban open-net salmon farms in British Columbia waters by 2029

Canada will ban open-net salmon farms off the coast of British Columbia by the middle of 2029 in order to help protect dwindling wild Pacific salmon populations, the federal

Canada to ban open-net salmon farms in British Columbia waters by 2029
Economy|Environment|Science

Fossil fuel use, emissions hit records in 2023, report says

Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels' share of the global energy mix decreased slightly on the year,

Fossil fuel use, emissions hit records in 2023, report says
Business|Economy|Environment

Brazil agency nears decision amid Petrobras pressure to explore offshore Equatorial Margin

The head of Brazil's environmental agency said on Wednesday that he expects a decision soon on state-owned oil company Petrobras' request to conduct exploratory

Brazil agency nears decision amid Petrobras pressure to explore offshore Equatorial Margin
Economy|Environment

Column-Australia's nuclear power proponents have questions to answer: Russell

Australia's main opposition party wants a sensible debate about nuclear power as it commits to build seven plants to replace coal generation if it

Column-Australia's nuclear power proponents have questions to answer: Russell
Environment|Health

Heatwave kills dozens of homeless in India's capital, group says

The heatwave gripping northern India has killed nearly 200 homeless people in New Delhi over the last week, a group dedicated to helping the homeless said on Thursday

Heatwave kills dozens of homeless in India's capital, group says
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Tropical Storm Alberto dissipates over central Mexico after heavy rains killed 4

Tropical Storm Alberto, the season’s first named storm, has weakened as it moves inland over northeast Mexico — but not before bringing heavy rains to the parched region and leaving at least three dead

Tropical Storm Alberto dissipates over central Mexico after heavy rains killed 4
Economy|Environment|Technology

EU electric car sales drop in May as German demand slumps, industry says

Sales of new battery-electric cars in the European Union dropped 12% in May from a year earlier, led by a 30% plunge in Germany, data from

EU electric car sales drop in May as German demand slumps, industry says
Economy|Environment|News

How Indonesia's deforestation persists despite moratorium

Indonesia's Awyu tribe of the Papua region has filed a case to the Supreme Court seeking to cancel permits for palm oil concessions on thousands of hectares

How Indonesia's deforestation persists despite moratorium
Environment|Science

Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely

A new study finds that human-caused climate change dialed up the heat and drastically increased the odds of this month’s killer heat that has been baking the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America

Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely
Economy|Environment|News|World

New drone attacks strike Russian fuel depots

Fires broke out at two Russian fuel depots on Thursday after suspected drone attacks, officials said, the latest in a series of Ukrainian strikes against Russia's oil industry.

New drone attacks strike Russian fuel depots
Environment|Science

European lynx species rebounds from brink of extinction

A species of lynx found in remote areas of Spain and Portugal has rebounded from near extinction, with its adult population growing more than tenfold since the start

European lynx species rebounds from brink of extinction
Business|Economy|Environment

Oil companies flare more natural gas, defying effort to eliminate practice

Oil companies around the world last year burned off the most natural gas in five years while also increasing the intensity of the highly polluting practice, a World Bank report found on

Oil companies flare more natural gas, defying effort to eliminate practice

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