The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks has forcefully denied a report alleging his nation planned to use the summit to strike oil and gas deals, a day before the summit was due to begin
November 29, 2023
AI is exciting and scary, but it’s also a very useful tool. Here’s how AI is helping farmers shore up their bottom lines, protect the environment and boost food security.
November 29, 2023
The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed threatened species protections under a Biden administration proposal
November 29, 2023
Tighter water restrictions for drought-stricken northeast Spain have gone in effect as authorities in Catalonia say that Barcelona may need to have fresh water shipped in by boat in the coming months
November 29, 2023
Vice President Kamala Harris will join the United States delegation at the upcoming United Nations conference on climate change in Dubai
November 29, 2023
Crews have installed what’s billed as the nation’s first wireless-charging public roadway for electric vehicles beneath a street west of downtown Detroit
November 29, 2023
Panama’s Supreme Court unanimously declared that legislation granting a Canadian copper mine a 20-year concession was unconstitutional
November 29, 2023
In a strong sign that the U.S. will consider breaching four controversial dams on the Snake River, a leaked Biden administration document says the government is prepared to help build clean energy projects to replace the power generated by the dams
November 30, 2023
The Middle East plays host to its second straight U.N. climate conference over the next two weeks, with countries hoping to agree on new ways to keep the planet from catastrophic heating by the end of the century
November 30, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed the strongest overhaul of lead in drinking water rules in more than three decades
November 30, 2023
Researchers in South Africa say they have rediscovered a mole species that has an iridescent golden coat and the ability to “swim” through sand dunes after it hadn't been seen for more than 80 years and was thought to be extinct
November 30, 2023
The pressure to phase out fossil fuels is mounting on the oil company chief who is leading fragile international climate negotiations in what some say are contradictory dual roles
November 30, 2023
A veteran of UN climate talks lays out the top themes and their sticking points, including concerns about the host country’s oil interests.
November 30, 2023
Nearly all the world’s nations finalized the creation of a fund to help compensate countries struggling to cope with loss and damage caused by climate change, seen as a major first-day breakthrough at this year’s U.N. climate conference as early cash started going into it
November 30, 2023
A central question remains unresolved in the draft treaty: Is plastic pollution basically a waste management problem, or can it be solved only with a cap on production?
November 30, 2023
With manufacturing kinks still to be worked out, Tesla has delivered the first dozen or so of its futuristic Cybertruck pickups to customers
November 30, 2023
The owner of two a south-central Montana precious metals mines is stopping work on an expansion project and laying off about 100 workers because the price of palladium fell sharply in the past year
December 01, 2023
A Kichwa tribal leader has been shot to death in an area of the Peruvian rainforest that’s seen high tension between Indigenous people and illegal loggers
December 01, 2023
A Kichwa tribal leader has been shot to death in an area of the Peruvian rainforest that’s seen high tension between Indigenous people and illegal loggers
December 01, 2023
The annual U.N. climate talks are nearly two weeks of delegates meeting
December 01, 2023
This isn’t the first time that US authorities have criminalized civil disobedience or framed grassroots organizing as a conspiracy.
December 01, 2023
Climate protesters caused a pair of interruptions totaling 22 minutes during the opening night of a revival of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” at the Metropolitan Opera
December 01, 2023
Chicago is scrambling to house hundreds of asylum-seekers who are still sheltering on sidewalks, at police stations and at the city’s busiest airport as the cold weather sets in and with winter just around the corner
December 01, 2023
U.S. officials are proposing a $31 million recovery plan for Canada lynx to help a snow-dependent wildcat species that scientists say could be wiped out in parts of the contiguous U.S. by the end of the century
December 02, 2023
Dressed up in colorful, multilayered skirts, a group of 20 Indigenous Bolivian women have been climbing the Andes peaks for the past eight years, working as guides for tourists
December 02, 2023
Hungarian intelligence agency interviewed CEO linked to exploding Hezbollah pagers
Son of Uganda's president ends 2026 election bid
Trump to visit North Carolina as scandal swirls around Republican ally
EU member Cyprus calls on Lebanon, Israel to show restraint in Middle East
Iran's Supreme Leader says Israel is committing 'shameless crimes' against children
US election uncertainty clouds UN climate finance progress
Seal marks her 50th birthday at a sanctuary. Sheba may be the oldest in captivity
SAIC Volkswagen says adjusting plant base "necessary"
Oktoberfest is open. The world’s largest folk festival begins after ceremonial keg-tapping
Low brow and vulgar? Micro dramas shake up China's film industry, aim for Hollywood
The Midwest could offer fall’s most electric foliage but leaf peepers elsewhere won’t miss out