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

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Alaska sues to challenge new NPR-A oil and gas leasing rules

The state of Alaska on Wednesday said it has filed a lawsuit challenging new federal regulations imposed for oil and gas leasing in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A).

Alaska sues to challenge new NPR-A oil and gas leasing rules
Environment|Health

India is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves

Months of scorching temperatures sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of India this year left hundreds dead or ill

India is likely undercounting heat deaths, affecting its response to increasingly harsh heat waves
Environment|News|World

Russia swelters in heat wave, Moscow breaks 1917 record for early July

Russians were braving some of the hottest weather seen in more than a century on Thursday with Moscow breaking a 1917 record and cities across the world's biggest country sizzling

Russia swelters in heat wave, Moscow breaks 1917 record for early July
Economy|Environment

China warns prolonged heatwave may damage rice, cotton crops

China's weather bureau warned on Thursday that a prolonged heatwave forecast in the country's eastern, central and southern regions in July may hit production of

China warns prolonged heatwave may damage rice, cotton crops
Environment|Health

Not politics, not interest rates: India's surging economy at risk from water

In the Vivekananda Camp slum, adjacent to the U.S. embassy in New Delhi, communal taps supply brackish water for about two hours a day.

Not politics, not interest rates: India's surging economy at risk from water
Environment

China warns of hotter, longer heatwaves as climate change intensifies

China is facing hotter and longer heatwaves and more frequent and unpredictable heavy rain as a result of climate change, the weather

China warns of hotter, longer heatwaves as climate change intensifies
Environment|News

Police find remains of girl snatched by a crocodile while swimming in northern Australia

Police have found remains of a 12-year-old girl two days after she was snatched by a crocodile while swimming in a creek in remote northern Australia

Police find remains of girl snatched by a crocodile while swimming in northern Australia
Environment|News|World

Hurricane Beryl roars toward Mexico after killing at least 7 people in the southeast Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl ripped off roofs in Jamaica, jumbled fishing boats in Barbados and damaged or destroyed 95% of homes on a pair of islands in St. Vincent and the Grenadines before rumbling toward the Cayman Islands and taking aim at Mexico’s Caribbean coast with at least seven dead in its wake

Hurricane Beryl roars toward Mexico after killing at least 7 people in the southeast Caribbean
Environment|Health|News

Woman who escaped California wildfire just before son’s birth is forced to flee another while pregnant again

Woman who escaped California wildfire just before son’s birth is forced to flee another while pregnant again

Woman who escaped California wildfire just before son’s birth is forced to flee another while pregnant again
Environment|News

The West is sizzling under extreme heat and bracing for the threat of more fires as thousands remain evacuated in California

The West is sizzling under extreme heat and bracing for the threat of more fires as thousands remain evacuated in California

The West is sizzling under extreme heat and bracing for the threat of more fires as thousands remain evacuated in California
Environment|Health

'You take it for granted'- family of nine struggles without clean water

'You take it for granted'- family of nine struggles without clean water

'You take it for granted'- family of nine struggles without clean water
Environment|News

Mexico evacuates even sea turtle eggs from beaches as Hurricane Beryl approaches

Stung by past failures to prepare for hurricanes, the Mexican government is evacuating even sea turtle eggs from beaches ahead of Hurricane Beryl

Mexico evacuates even sea turtle eggs from beaches as Hurricane Beryl approaches
Economy|Environment|News

Foes of California's electric car targets take their case to US Supreme Court

Opponents of California's ambitious targets for electric car adoption to lower greenhouse gas emissions took their case to the U.S.

Foes of California's electric car targets take their case to US Supreme Court
Environment|Science

Carpenter ants amputate the legs of their nestmates to save their lives, study says

Carpenter ants amputate the legs of their nestmates to save their lives, study says

Carpenter ants amputate the legs of their nestmates to save their lives, study says
Environment|Sports|Travel

No AC but the ‘greenest’ ever Games? Inside Paris’ landmark Olympic Village

No AC but the ‘greenest’ ever Games? Inside Paris’ landmark Olympic Village

No AC but the ‘greenest’ ever Games? Inside Paris’ landmark Olympic Village
Environment

Group aims to reduce grizzly conflicts

Group aims to reduce grizzly conflicts

Group aims to reduce grizzly conflicts
Business|Economy|Environment

GM will pay $146M in federal penalties because 5.9 million older vehicles emit excess carbon dioxide

General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles don’t comply with emissions and fuel economy standards

GM will pay $146M in federal penalties because 5.9 million older vehicles emit excess carbon dioxide
Environment|News

Fourth of July scorcher set for a quarter of the United States

A huge swath of the United States will experience dangerously high temperatures on Wednesday - just ahead of the long Fourth of July weekend -

Fourth of July scorcher set for a quarter of the United States
Business|Environment

GM to pay $145.8 million penalty after US finds excess emissions

General Motors will pay a $145.8 million penalty and forfeit credits worth hundreds of millions of dollars after a U.S. government investigation found excess emissions

GM to pay $145.8 million penalty after US finds excess emissions
Environment|Health|News

Squatters Suspected in Pahoa Residential Blaze

Squatters Suspected in Pahoa Residential Blaze

Squatters Suspected in Pahoa Residential Blaze
Environment|News

Wildfire prompts evacuation order for thousands in Northern California as ‘exceptionally dangerous’ heat builds in the West

Wildfire prompts evacuation order for thousands in Northern California as ‘exceptionally dangerous’ heat builds in the West

Wildfire prompts evacuation order for thousands in Northern California as ‘exceptionally dangerous’ heat builds in the West
Environment|Opinion|Political

What’s at stake for the climate if Trump wins? ‘A catastrophic outcome’

What’s at stake for the climate if Trump wins? ‘A catastrophic outcome’

What’s at stake for the climate if Trump wins? ‘A catastrophic outcome’
Environment|News

As it gets hotter, 13,000 families in this pocket of America live without electricity

As it gets hotter, 13,000 families in this pocket of America live without electricity

As it gets hotter, 13,000 families in this pocket of America live without electricity
Environment|News

Flood fears in China's east as rain swells Yangtze River levels

Rising water levels in the Yangtze River following intense rains in southern China have prompted eastern regions downstream to prepare for possible flooding.

Flood fears in China's east as rain swells Yangtze River levels
Economy|Environment

Burgum set to decide on massive pipeline project that’s pitting his rural constituents against GOP megadonors

Burgum set to decide on massive pipeline project that’s pitting his rural constituents against GOP megadonors

Burgum set to decide on massive pipeline project that’s pitting his rural constituents against GOP megadonors

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