Today: September 16, 2024
Today: September 16, 2024

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Seine water quality issues resurface for para triathletes at Paralympic Games

Concerns over water quality in the Seine River have resurfaced at the Paralympic Games with organizers changing the schedule for para triathlon races

Seine water quality issues resurface for para triathletes at Paralympic Games
Business|Environment|Lifestyle|Travel

TVS OR TURTLES: Resort fighting order to remove televisions to protect sea turtles

TVS OR TURTLES: Resort fighting order to remove televisions to protect sea turtles

TVS OR TURTLES: Resort fighting order to remove televisions to protect sea turtles
Environment

Texas is sued over anti-ESG law

Texas was sued on Thursday by a nonprofit whose members support environmentally-friendly policies, and which seeks to block a state law targeting businesses that support

Texas is sued over anti-ESG law
Environment|Travel

Grand Canyon visitors move to hotels outside the park after unprecedented breaks in water pipeline

Tourists with plans to stay at Grand Canyon National Park over Labor Day weekend were forced to move Thursday to accommodations outside the park

Grand Canyon visitors move to hotels outside the park after unprecedented breaks in water pipeline
Education|Environment|Health|News

Chemicals found in county wells shut down several school's drinking water

Chemicals found in county wells shut down several school's drinking water

Chemicals found in county wells shut down several school's drinking water
Environment|News|World

Houthi video shows the Yemeni rebels planted bombs on tanker now threatening Red Sea oil spill

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have released footage showing that they boarded and intentionally set explosives aboard a Greek-flagged tanker that was earlier abandoned after they repeatedly attacked it, putting the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill

Houthi video shows the Yemeni rebels planted bombs on tanker now threatening Red Sea oil spill
Environment|Europe|News|World

As salvage starts, no oil spilling from tanker set ablaze by Houthis in Red Sea

As salvage operations began on an abandoned Greek-flagged oil tanker with deck fires still burning from Houthi rebel attacks, the

As salvage starts, no oil spilling from tanker set ablaze by Houthis in Red Sea
Environment|News|Travel

What to know about the pipeline that brings water to millions of Grand Canyon goers

Four significant breaks in the water pipeline that serves the Grand Canyon means visitors won’t be able to stay overnight in hotels inside Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim through the Labor Day holiday

What to know about the pipeline that brings water to millions of Grand Canyon goers
Business|Environment|Technology

Uzbekistan's electric vehicle transition is underway

Growing demand for cleaner rides is helping drive the country’s EV industry.

Uzbekistan's electric vehicle transition is underway
Economy|Environment|Technology

Uzbekistan is looking to electric cars to help drive its green transition

Uzbekistan is looking to electric cars to help drive its green transition

Uzbekistan is looking to electric cars to help drive its green transition
Asia|Environment|News|World

Top South Korea court says climate law doesn't protect basic rights

South Korea's top court said on Thursday the climate change law did not protect basic human rights and lacks targets to shield future generations, in a landmark ruling

Top South Korea court says climate law doesn't protect basic rights
Asia|Environment

Court orders South Korea to specify plans to cut carbon emissions through 2049

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has ordered the government to back its climate goals with more concrete plans for action through 2049

Court orders South Korea to specify plans to cut carbon emissions through 2049
Environment|News|Science|World

Pope Francis, 87, takes climate message to Southeast Asia on 12-day trip

Pope Francis leaves on Monday for a visit to four island nations across southeast Asia, an ambitious trip to urge global action on climate change that may

Pope Francis, 87, takes climate message to Southeast Asia on 12-day trip
Environment|News|Science

Newborn rattlesnakes at a Colorado 'mega den' are making their live debut

A “mega den” of hundreds of rattlesnakes in Colorado is getting even bigger now that late summer is here and babies are being born

Newborn rattlesnakes at a Colorado 'mega den' are making their live debut
Environment|Health|News

People in Brazil’s Amazon are choking on smoke and feeling the heat from rainforest wildfires

Smoke from wildfires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is causing people in the region to cough, burning their throats and reddening their eyes

People in Brazil’s Amazon are choking on smoke and feeling the heat from rainforest wildfires
Asia|Environment|News|World

Tropical storm Shanshan lashes Japan with torrential rains and strong winds on its crawl northeast

A strong storm is lashing southern Japan with torrential rain and strong winds, causing at least three deaths as it crawls up the length of the archipelago and raising concerns of flooding, landslides and extensive damage

Tropical storm Shanshan lashes Japan with torrential rains and strong winds on its crawl northeast
Business|Environment|Technology

Maersk says ocean shipping's zero-emissions push needs government support

The Alette Maersk was the first container vessel powered by low-carbon methanol fuel to cross the Pacific Ocean - a milestone in the shipping industry's

Maersk says ocean shipping's zero-emissions push needs government support
Environment|Lifestyle|News|Opinion|Sports

Following protests, DeSantis says plan to develop state parks is 'going back to the drawing board'

Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis said a controversial proposal by his administration to develop golf courses, pickleball courts and hotels at state parks is “going back to the drawing board.”

Following protests, DeSantis says plan to develop state parks is 'going back to the drawing board'
Africa|Environment|Food|News

See the list of species Namibia plans to cull to feed hungry

CNN's Larry Madowo explains why Namibia plans to kill more than 700 wild animals and distribute the meat to the people struggling with food insecurity as the country grapples with its worst drought in 100 years.

See the list of species Namibia plans to cull to feed hungry
Environment|Science

Workers breach key Klamath dams, allowing salmon to swim freely for the first time in a century

Workers have breached the final dams on a key section of the Klamath River, clearing the way for salmon to swim freely through a major watershed near the California-Oregon border for the first time in more than a century as the largest dam removal project in U.S. history nears completion

Workers breach key Klamath dams, allowing salmon to swim freely for the first time in a century
Business|Environment|Health|Technology

Musk's xAI operating gas turbines without permits at data center, environmental group says

Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, is facing criticism from environmental and health advocates for allegedly contributing to pollution in Memphis, Tennessee, by using natural gas-burning

Musk's xAI operating gas turbines without permits at data center, environmental group says
Environment|MidEast|News|World

Greek vessel attacked by Houthis in Red Sea appears to be leaking oil, Pentagon warns

Greek vessel attacked by Houthis in Red Sea appears to be leaking oil, Pentagon warns

Greek vessel attacked by Houthis in Red Sea appears to be leaking oil, Pentagon warns
Africa|Environment|News

Namibia plans to kill more than 700 animals including elephants and hippos — and distribute the meat

Namibia plans to kill more than 700 animals including elephants and hippos — and distribute the meat

Namibia plans to kill more than 700 animals including elephants and hippos — and distribute the meat
Environment

Killings of invasive owls to ramp up on US West Coast in a bid to save native birds

U.S. wildlife officials next year will scale up efforts to kill invasive barred owls that are crowding out imperiled native owls from West Coast forests

Killings of invasive owls to ramp up on US West Coast in a bid to save native birds
Environment|News|Science

Canada wildfires last year released more carbon than several countries

Wildfires that swept Canada's woodlands last year released more greenhouse gases than some of the largest emitting countries, a study found on Wednesday, calling into

Canada wildfires last year released more carbon than several countries

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