Today: September 20, 2024
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Paris mayor vows to swim in River Seine next week despite pollution concerns ahead of Olympics

Paris mayor vows to swim in River Seine next week despite pollution concerns ahead of Olympics

Paris mayor vows to swim in River Seine next week despite pollution concerns ahead of Olympics
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Miserable heat threatens millions of Texans who remain without power in the wake of storm Beryl

Miserable heat threatens millions of Texans who remain without power in the wake of storm Beryl

Miserable heat threatens millions of Texans who remain without power in the wake of storm Beryl
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Las Vegas eyes record of 5th consecutive day over 115 degrees as heat wave continues to scorch US

Used to shrugging off the heat, Las Vegas residents are now eyeing the thermometer

Las Vegas eyes record of 5th consecutive day over 115 degrees as heat wave continues to scorch US
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Rangers shot dead a 14-foot crocodile after it killed a girl swimming in an Australian creek

Rangers have shot dead a 14-foot saltwater crocodile in Australia after it killed a 12-year-old girl while she was swimming with her family

Rangers shot dead a 14-foot crocodile after it killed a girl swimming in an Australian creek
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Their Vermont homes were inundated by extreme flooding. A year later, they still struggle to recover

A year after catastrophic flooding inundated parts of Vermont, some homeowners are still in the throes of recovery

Their Vermont homes were inundated by extreme flooding. A year later, they still struggle to recover
Environment|News|Political

Montana Republicans urge state high court to reverse landmark youth climate ruling

Republican officials in Montana will ask the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a landmark climate ruling in a lawsuit brought by young environmentalists

Montana Republicans urge state high court to reverse landmark youth climate ruling
Economy|Environment

Takeaways from AP's report on how China's textile recycling efforts take a back seat to fast fashion

China is the world’s largest textile producer and consumer, throwing away 26 million tons of clothes each year, mostly made of unrecyclable synthetics

Takeaways from AP's report on how China's textile recycling efforts take a back seat to fast fashion
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Houston residents left sweltering after Beryl with over 1.7 million still lacking power

The return of soaring heat in Houston is deepening the misery for people still without power after Hurricane Beryl crashed into Texas and left residents in search of places to cool off and fuel up as the extended outages strain one of the nation’s largest cities

Houston residents left sweltering after Beryl with over 1.7 million still lacking power
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A gunman killed at a Yellowstone dining facility earlier told a woman he planned a mass shooting

Yellowstone National Park officials say a gunman killed by park rangers as he fired a semiautomatic rifle at the entrance of a dining facility with about 200 people inside had told a woman he planned to carry out a mass shooting

A gunman killed at a Yellowstone dining facility earlier told a woman he planned a mass shooting
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Famine has spread throughout Gaza, say UN experts

Famine has spread throughout Gaza, say UN experts

Famine has spread throughout Gaza, say UN experts
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House backs bills to roll back energy efficiency standards for refrigerators, dishwashers

House Republicans have approved two bills rolling back Energy Department efficiency standards for home refrigerators and dishwashers

House backs bills to roll back energy efficiency standards for refrigerators, dishwashers
Environment|Health|Lifestyle

Bugs, critters creeping into your homes to get relief from the heat

Bugs, critters creeping into your homes to get relief from the heat

Bugs, critters creeping into your homes to get relief from the heat
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Hurricane Beryl's remnants flood Vermont a year after the state was hit by catastrophic rainfall

The remnants of Hurricane Beryl have caused damaging flooding in Vermont a year after catastrophic flooding inundated parts of the state

Hurricane Beryl's remnants flood Vermont a year after the state was hit by catastrophic rainfall
Economy|Environment|Science

US power generators burn record amounts of natgas on hottest day of summer so far

U.S. power generators burned a record amount of natural gas on Tuesday, the hottest day so far of this summer, according to preliminary data from financial firm LSEG on

US power generators burn record amounts of natgas on hottest day of summer so far
Economy|Environment|News|World

Leaders from Beryl-battered Caribbean say urgent climate financing needed

The leaders of small Caribbean island nations on Thursday said that financial damages wrought by Hurricane Beryl would run beyond their capacities and urged lenders to ease

Leaders from Beryl-battered Caribbean say urgent climate financing needed
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US announces record oil and gas pollution penalty against Marathon Oil

U.S. officials on Thursday announced a $241 million settlement with Marathon Oil over alleged air pollution violations at dozens of the company's oil and gas facilities on

US announces record oil and gas pollution penalty against Marathon Oil
Business|Economy|Environment|Technology

GM to invest $900 million to retool Michigan auto plant to build EVs

General Motors plans to invest at least $900 million to retool a Lansing, Michigan auto plant to build electric vehicles, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on

GM to invest $900 million to retool Michigan auto plant to build EVs
Economy|Environment|News

US, Canada reach agreement on modernizing 60-year-old pact on Columbia River

The United States and Canada have reached an agreement in principle on modernizing a 60-year-old pact on Columbia River flood control and power generation, and work on draft

US, Canada reach agreement on modernizing 60-year-old pact on Columbia River
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One miner dead after tremor in Poland, one still missing

One miner died and one was still trapped underground after a pit in southern Poland was struck by an earth tremor, mine owner PGG said on Thursday evening.

One miner dead after tremor in Poland, one still missing
Environment|Science

Genome evidence points to plague in Stone Age European population crash

Around 5,000 years ago, the population in northern Europe collapsed, decimating Stone Age farming communities across the region.

Genome evidence points to plague in Stone Age European population crash
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About 1 million in Texas without power, Freeport LNG to restart after Beryl

About 1 million homes and businesses in Texas remained without power on Thursday, four days after Hurricane

About 1 million in Texas without power, Freeport LNG to restart after Beryl
Business|Economy|Environment

Damage from Hurricane Beryl may cost insurers $2.7 billion in US, KCC says

Insurers in the United States may take a hit of about $2.7 billion from damage caused by Hurricane Beryl, catastrophe modeling company Karen Clark & Co (KCC) said on Thursday.

Damage from Hurricane Beryl may cost insurers $2.7 billion in US, KCC says
Technology

‘Twisters’ movie: Two tornado scientists take us inside the real world of storm chasing

To understand how tornadoes behave, scientists need to be near the storm. The movies get some of it right.

‘Twisters’ movie: Two tornado scientists take us inside the real world of storm chasing
Environment|News

Parts of northwest Delhi flooded after canal breach

Parts of north-west Delhi were flooded on Thursday after a breach in a canal that supplies water from a nearby state, and repair work was being carried out to minimize the impact

Parts of northwest Delhi flooded after canal breach
Environment|Science|Technology

Renewables growth rate insufficient to reach 2030 target, says IRENA

The world risks missing a goal to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 as the current growth rate is inadequate, a report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

Renewables growth rate insufficient to reach 2030 target, says IRENA

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