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Crews remove humpback whale carcass off coast

Crews remove humpback whale carcass off coast

Crews remove humpback whale carcass off coast
Environment|News|Travel

Hurricane Debby leaves Lighthouse Beach Park submerged in sand

Hurricane Debby leaves Lighthouse Beach Park submerged in sand

Hurricane Debby leaves Lighthouse Beach Park submerged in sand
Environment|News

Fast-moving Southern California wildfire torches hillside homes, forcing evacuations

A fast-moving wildfire that swept into a Southern California hillside community this week destroyed five homes and damaged three others

Fast-moving Southern California wildfire torches hillside homes, forcing evacuations
Environment|Health

EPA issues emergency ban of weedkiller Dacthal, citing risks to unborn children

EPA issues emergency ban of weedkiller Dacthal, citing risks to unborn children

EPA issues emergency ban of weedkiller Dacthal, citing risks to unborn children
Environment|News

Wildfire torches hillside homes in southern California

A wind-driven wildfire on a hillside above the southern California city of San Bernardino burned several homes and forced evacuations before it was brought under control on

Wildfire torches hillside homes in southern California
Business|Economy|Environment

The Small Business Administration expands clean energy loan program

The Small Business Administration is looking to attract lenders to finance small businesses' clean energy projects

The Small Business Administration expands clean energy loan program
Environment

The Latest: Tropical Storm Debby churns off the US Southeast

The mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, says the peninsula that makes up much of the city's historic downtown will remain closed Tuesday as Tropical Storm Debby spins nearby

The Latest: Tropical Storm Debby churns off the US Southeast
Environment|Food

Avocado goldrush links US companies with Mexico's deforestation disaster

On a sweltering July afternoon, two large yellow bulldozers dug into the brown soil at the bottom of a lush avocado orchard near the small town of

Avocado goldrush links US companies with Mexico's deforestation disaster
Business|Economy|Environment|Technology

US to invest $2.2 billion to overhaul national power grid

The Biden administration said on Tuesday it is investing $2.2 billion to revamp the nation's power grid to protect it against growing threats of extreme weather events.

US to invest $2.2 billion to overhaul national power grid
Environment|News

Tropical Storm Debby is expected to send flooding to the Southeast. Here's how much rain could fall

The Debby storm system could cause historic rainfall and flooding in parts of the Southeast, including Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina

Tropical Storm Debby is expected to send flooding to the Southeast. Here's how much rain could fall
Environment|News

Tropical Storm Debby drenches Southeast with rain, high water as it drifts along the Atlantic coast

Tropical Storm Debby has drenched coastal cities in Georgia and South Carolina and is not finished bringing heavy rain to the eastern U.S. Debby was centered just east of Savannah on Tuesday afternoon

Tropical Storm Debby drenches Southeast with rain, high water as it drifts along the Atlantic coast
Environment|Science|Technology

Energy Department awards $2.2B to strengthen the electrical grid and add clean power

The Department of Energy on Tuesday announced $2.2 billion in funding for eight projects across 18 states to strengthen the electrical grid against increasing extreme weather, advance the transition to cleaner electricity and meet a growing demand for power

Energy Department awards $2.2B to strengthen the electrical grid and add clean power
Business|Environment|Science

Around a third of carbon credits fail new benchmark test

Around third of existing carbon credits have failed to meet criteria for a new standard that aims to serve as the global benchmark for the voluntary carbon market

Around a third of carbon credits fail new benchmark test
Business|Environment|News|Science

Norway salmon farming industry grapples with harsh climate effects

Norwegian salmon farmers face challenges from an unusually harsh winter and the El Nino climate phenomenon which led to record fish mortality and concerns over long-term

Norway salmon farming industry grapples with harsh climate effects
Environment|Science

As temperatures rise, South Korean farmers experiment with tropical bananas

South Korean farmer Ma Myung-sun had low expectations for the crop of subtropical bananas he planted in a community farm in Seoul, but warmer

As temperatures rise, South Korean farmers experiment with tropical bananas
Environment|News

Program aims to build fire-shielding measures around every home in one Colorado county

Program aims to build fire-shielding measures around every home in one Colorado county

Program aims to build fire-shielding measures around every home in one Colorado county
Environment|Health|Travel

A Jersey Shore beach might be contaminated with arsenic. Visitors are warned not to touch anything.

A Jersey Shore beach might be contaminated with arsenic. Visitors are warned not to touch anything.

A Jersey Shore beach might be contaminated with arsenic. Visitors are warned not to touch anything.
Americas|Crime|Environment|News|World

Reclusive tribe attacks loggers suspected of encroaching on their land in Peru's Amazon

A regional Indigenous organization reports that a reclusive tribe has attacked loggers suspected of operating illegally in its territory in the Peruvian Amazon

Reclusive tribe attacks loggers suspected of encroaching on their land in Peru's Amazon
Environment|News

Tropical Storm Debby could prove just as dangerous as a major hurricane

Tropical Storm Debby came ashore in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane and quickly downgraded, but the storm still poses serious threats as it slogs on toward Georgia and South Carolina

Tropical Storm Debby could prove just as dangerous as a major hurricane
Environment|Technology

Couple takes part in new electric program to power home through truck

Couple takes part in new electric program to power home through truck

Couple takes part in new electric program to power home through truck
Environment|News

Tornado briefly sweeps into Buffalo, damaging buildings and scattering tree limbs

A small tornado has damaged buildings, flipped cars and sent debris swirling over downtown Buffalo

Tornado briefly sweeps into Buffalo, damaging buildings and scattering tree limbs
Environment|Science

Ancient poppy seeds and willow wood offer clues to the Greenland ice sheet’s last meltdown and a glimpse into a warmer future

Our discovery of a tundra ecosystem, frozen under the center of Greenland’s ice sheet, holds a warning about the threat that climate change poses for the future.

Ancient poppy seeds and willow wood offer clues to the Greenland ice sheet’s last meltdown and a glimpse into a warmer future
Environment|News|World

Hurricane damage will increase in surprising new places in the coming decades. See where it’s trending higher

Hurricane damage will increase in surprising new places in the coming decades. See where it’s trending higher

Hurricane damage will increase in surprising new places in the coming decades. See where it’s trending higher
Environment|Science|Technology

These scientists want to safeguard Earth’s species by cryogenically preserving them on the moon

These scientists want to safeguard Earth’s species by cryogenically preserving them on the moon

These scientists want to safeguard Earth’s species by cryogenically preserving them on the moon
Environment|Health|Science

Microplastics are everywhere, but are they harming us?

Some recent studies seem to suggest taking a new and more cautious look at plastic water bottles and frozen meal containers

Microplastics are everywhere, but are they harming us?

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