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US court will not halt power plant emissions rule as states challenge it

A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that a regulation ordering deep cuts in power plants' carbon emissions can go ahead while it considers a challenge from more than

US court will not halt power plant emissions rule as states challenge it
Environment|Science|Technology

What's it like to be in a powerful hurricane? Maryland wind tunnel gives an intense simulation.

What's it like to be in a powerful hurricane? Maryland wind tunnel gives an intense simulation.

What's it like to be in a powerful hurricane? Maryland wind tunnel gives an intense simulation.
Environment|News|Political

US appeals court allows EPA rule on coal-fired power plants to remain in place amid legal challenges

A federal appeals court is allowing a Biden administration rule aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in place as legal challenges continue

US appeals court allows EPA rule on coal-fired power plants to remain in place amid legal challenges
Americas|Business|Economy|Education|Environment|Technology

How boot camps are helping to address the historic gap in internet access on US tribal lands

A boot camp on a California ranch could help improve internet access on U.S. tribal lands

How boot camps are helping to address the historic gap in internet access on US tribal lands
Environment|News

Elderly couple's mobile home flipped during Beryl

Elderly couple's mobile home flipped during Beryl

Elderly couple's mobile home flipped during Beryl
Environment|Health|Science

Humans caused climate change. Amid the suffering, now they must solve it

The last few years have been brutal for the climate — and for the humans and other living things within it

Humans caused climate change. Amid the suffering, now they must solve it
Environment|Science

Fewer bees and other pollinating insects lead to shrinking crops

Perhaps 90% of flowering plants require animal pollinators – and most of them are insects. But it’s not just bees doing this important work.

Fewer bees and other pollinating insects lead to shrinking crops
Economy|Environment|Finance

Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws like Florida's are a national security risk

The Treasury Department is warning that state laws that restrict banks from considering environmental, social and governance factors could harm efforts to address money laundering and terrorism financing

Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws like Florida's are a national security risk
Economy|Environment|Europe

Germany's chancellor praises lithium deal with Serbia that could reduce Europe's dependency on China

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has praised a tentative deal between the European Union and Serbia that paves the way for the disputed excavation of lithium

Germany's chancellor praises lithium deal with Serbia that could reduce Europe's dependency on China
Economy|Environment

Rising cooling demand to keep coal plants online this year, IEA says

Global electricity demand is set to grow at its fastest pace in nearly 20 years this year, spurred by increasing demand for air conditioning as temperatures rise,

Rising cooling demand to keep coal plants online this year, IEA says
Environment|Science

The winner in China's panda diplomacy: the pandas themselves

China’s giant panda loan program has long been a tool of diplomacy, but its significance for species conservation has proved important, too

The winner in China's panda diplomacy: the pandas themselves
Economy|Environment|News

Hawaiian Electric, others agree to proposed $4 billion Maui wildfire deal, Bloomberg reports

Hawaiian Electric Industries and other defendants in lawsuits over the Maui wildfires in Hawaii have tentatively agreed to pay more than $4 billion in settlement amount, Bloomberg News

Hawaiian Electric, others agree to proposed $4 billion Maui wildfire deal, Bloomberg reports
Environment|Health

Prosecutors blame Brazil sugar plant for tons of fish rotting in river

Tons of dead fish are rotting in the Piracicaba River in Sao Paulo state downstream from where local authorities say a sugar and ethanol plant dumped

Prosecutors blame Brazil sugar plant for tons of fish rotting in river
Americas|Environment|Health|Travel

Group says photos of reclusive tribe on Peru beach show logging concessions are 'dangerously close'

An advocacy group for Indigenous peoples has released photographs of a reclusive tribe’s members searching for food on a beach in the Peruvian Amazon

Group says photos of reclusive tribe on Peru beach show logging concessions are 'dangerously close'
Education|Environment|Sports

San Jose State putting plastic coyotes on football field to scare off geese

San Jose State putting plastic coyotes on football field to scare off geese

San Jose State putting plastic coyotes on football field to scare off geese
Environment|Food|Lifestyle

How Penn Woods Winery workers are adjusting their routine amid heat wave

How Penn Woods Winery workers are adjusting their routine amid heat wave

How Penn Woods Winery workers are adjusting their routine amid heat wave
Environment|Health|Lifestyle

Boston releases rat action plan to tackle city's rodent issue

Boston releases rat action plan to tackle city's rodent issue

Boston releases rat action plan to tackle city's rodent issue
Africa|Economy|Environment|Health|News

UN food supplies into Sudan's famine-threatened Darfur stranded

A key supply route into Sudan's Darfur region, deemed at risk of famine by experts, has been cut off due to heavy rains, a World Food

UN food supplies into Sudan's famine-threatened Darfur stranded
Crime|Environment|Europe|News

Environmental activists sentenced to years in prison over UK highway protest

Environmental activists sentenced to years in prison over UK highway protest

Environmental activists sentenced to years in prison over UK highway protest
Economy|Environment|Europe

How Germany aims to get to net zero without breaking the bank

Germany faces a tough time finding ways to pay for its efforts to become climate-neutral by 2045 given the country's current tight budget constraints.

How Germany aims to get to net zero without breaking the bank
Environment|Health

Spain warns workers of heat risks as summer's first heatwave looms

Spain will suffer its first heatwave of the summer starting on Thursday, the meteorology service AEMET said, as the government kicked off on Wednesday a heat risk awareness campaign

Spain warns workers of heat risks as summer's first heatwave looms
Environment

2 Amur tiger cubs have their first public outing at Germany's Cologne Zoo

Two Amur tiger cubs have had their first public outing at Cologne Zoo in Germany, one of several zoos that have sought to help keep up the numbers of the rare big cats

2 Amur tiger cubs have their first public outing at Germany's Cologne Zoo
Environment|News|Science

Crocodiles that were nearly extinct make a comeback in Cambodia

Crocodiles that were nearly extinct make a comeback in Cambodia

Crocodiles that were nearly extinct make a comeback in Cambodia
Environment|Science

106 rare crocodile eggs are found in Cambodia, the biggest such discovery in 20 years

Officials in Cambodia say conservationists have found 106 eggs of rare Siamese crocodile species in a western Cambodian wildlife sanctuary

106 rare crocodile eggs are found in Cambodia, the biggest such discovery in 20 years
Business|Environment|Technology

Saudia hands Germany's Lilium biggest order yet for flying taxis

Germany-based air taxi developer Lilium on Thursday clinched its biggest order yet in a deal for Saudi airline Saudia Group to purchase up to 100 of its all-

Saudia hands Germany's Lilium biggest order yet for flying taxis

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