Today: September 20, 2024
Today: September 20, 2024

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Wildfires plague the West amid a scorching heat wave and high winds

At least half a dozen homes are in ruins after one of many dangerous wildfires in the West suddenly swept into a Southern California neighborhood during a blistering heat wave

Wildfires plague the West amid a scorching heat wave and high winds
Environment|Health|News

Residents of eastern Canadian community menaced by wildfire can return home

Thousands of people ordered from their homes in the face of a raging wildfire in a remote corner of eastern Canada can return home this week as the risk to their community

Residents of eastern Canadian community menaced by wildfire can return home
Environment|Science

Scientists discover ‘dark’ oxygen being produced more than 13,000 feet below the ocean surface

Scientists discover ‘dark’ oxygen being produced more than 13,000 feet below the ocean surface

Scientists discover ‘dark’ oxygen being produced more than 13,000 feet below the ocean surface
Environment|Europe|Travel

Mass protest on Spanish island Mallorca calls for ‘limits on tourism’

Mass protest on Spanish island Mallorca calls for ‘limits on tourism’

Mass protest on Spanish island Mallorca calls for ‘limits on tourism’
Economy|Environment

Amid humanitarian crisis and ongoing fighting, Africa’s war-scarred Sahel region faces new threat: Ethno-mercenaries

Outside fighters are not merely mercenaries – they are participants in a deeply rooted, historically complex struggle for resources.

Amid humanitarian crisis and ongoing fighting, Africa’s war-scarred Sahel region faces new threat: Ethno-mercenaries
Environment|Science

Bugs thrive in urban Los Angeles – volunteers’ traps reveal biodiversity hot spots for city insects and spiders

City life can mean lots of pavement and habitat loss. But many bug species are hanging on, especially in neighborhoods with steady temperatures near the mountains.

Bugs thrive in urban Los Angeles – volunteers’ traps reveal biodiversity hot spots for city insects and spiders
Environment|News|Opinion|Political

Buses weren’t the only civil rights battleground in Montgomery – the city’s parks still reflect a history of segregation

Montgomery once closed all of its parks rather than desegregate them. Today, the city’s long history of racial inequality is still reflected in the state of its parks and green spaces.

Buses weren’t the only civil rights battleground in Montgomery – the city’s parks still reflect a history of segregation
Asia|Environment|News

Summer of devastating floods shows steep challenge for China as it grapples with extreme weather

Summer of devastating floods shows steep challenge for China as it grapples with extreme weather

Summer of devastating floods shows steep challenge for China as it grapples with extreme weather
Environment|News|World

Veteran anti-whaling activist Paul Watson could be extradited to Japan after arrest in Greenland, his foundation says

Veteran anti-whaling activist Paul Watson could be extradited to Japan after arrest in Greenland, his foundation says

Veteran anti-whaling activist Paul Watson could be extradited to Japan after arrest in Greenland, his foundation says
Economy|Environment|Science

EPA awards $4.3 billion to fund projects in 30 states to reduce climate pollution

The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $4.3 billion in grants to fund projects in 30 states to reduce climate pollution

EPA awards $4.3 billion to fund projects in 30 states to reduce climate pollution
Economy|Environment

Western miners push for higher metals prices to ward off Chinese rivals

The only U.S. cobalt mine sits fallow in the northern Idaho woods, a mothballed hunk of steel and dirt that is

Western miners push for higher metals prices to ward off Chinese rivals
Environment|Health

Illegal animal confiscations up since COVID, says state ag department

Illegal animal confiscations up since COVID, says state ag department

Illegal animal confiscations up since COVID, says state ag department
Asia|Crime|Environment

Anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrested in Greenland. He faces possible extradition to Japan

Greenland police say they have apprehended veteran environmental activist and anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan

Anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrested in Greenland. He faces possible extradition to Japan
Americas|Environment|News|Science|World

US West prepares for more days of record-breaking heat

The western part of the United States is sweating through another round of record-breaking heat as a wave is forecast to produce triple-digit temperatures in cities from

US West prepares for more days of record-breaking heat
Environment|Health|News

Heat-related Texas deaths climb after Beryl left millions without power for days or longer

The number of heat-related deaths in Texas is rising among residents who lost power during Hurricane Beryl

Heat-related Texas deaths climb after Beryl left millions without power for days or longer
Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

India has ramped up its wind and solar energy. It now needs to expand places to store it

India’s lithium ion battery storage industry — which can store electricity generated by wind turbines or solar panels for when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing — makes up just 0.1% of global battery storage

India has ramped up its wind and solar energy. It now needs to expand places to store it
Asia|Environment|News

China braces for twin tropical cyclones after deadly flash floods

(This July 21 story has been corrected to say that Prapiroon was the second tropical cyclone to hit China this year, not first, in paragraph 2) Two tropical cyclones will bring

China braces for twin tropical cyclones after deadly flash floods
Environment|News

Wildfires in Canada's Alberta, British Columbia prompt evacuation orders

Wildfires raging through the northern part of Canada's Alberta have forced evacuations of three communities, a provincial body said on Saturday, as the oil-rich province continues

Wildfires in Canada's Alberta, British Columbia prompt evacuation orders
Americas|Business|Economy|Environment

Ecuador and Chilean subsidiary ENAP renegotiate oil agreement

Ecuador and a subsidiary of Chile's state-owned oil company ENAP renegotiated an existing agreement for the exploitation of an oil block in the Ecuadorian Amazon, with an additional

Ecuador and Chilean subsidiary ENAP renegotiate oil agreement
Environment|Technology

The broken wind turbine near Nantucket was ‘highly unusual and rare.’ But it wasn’t the first

The broken wind turbine near Nantucket was ‘highly unusual and rare.’ But it wasn’t the first

The broken wind turbine near Nantucket was ‘highly unusual and rare.’ But it wasn’t the first
Economy|Environment|Health|Lifestyle|News|Opinion

‘I’m just sick of it’: More than a week without power leaves some Houston-area residents feeling hopeless and abandoned

‘I’m just sick of it’: More than a week without power leaves some Houston-area residents feeling hopeless and abandoned

‘I’m just sick of it’: More than a week without power leaves some Houston-area residents feeling hopeless and abandoned
Environment|Science|Travel

How pollution is affecting sea near popular tourist destinations

CNN's Barbie Nadeau takes a look at how high levels of microplastic are affecting the highly-visited Mediterranean Sea.

How pollution is affecting sea near popular tourist destinations
Americas|Economy|Environment|News|Opinion

In a California gold rush town, some Black families are fighting for land taken from their ancestors

A historic gold-rush town in Northern California is at the center of a restitution fight led by Black families who say their ancestors' land was taken

In a California gold rush town, some Black families are fighting for land taken from their ancestors
Environment|News

Russia battles forest fires amid another hot summer

Russia's state forest agency said it was fighting 222 separate blazes across 20 regions on Thursday as an unusually hot summer fuels forest fires, after millions of hectares

Russia battles forest fires amid another hot summer
Economy|Environment|Political

US to phase out single-use plastic from federal operations

The Biden administration on Friday announced it plans to phase out the use of single-use plastics from all federal operations by 2035, as part of its broader

US to phase out single-use plastic from federal operations

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