A Chinese ship remains the focus of the investigation into Baltic Sea gas pipeline damaged last year
Authorities in Finland say a Chinese container ship remains the focus of an investigation into what caused damage last year to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline between NATO members Finland and Estonia.
Scottish leader faces battle for survival after ending power-sharing deal over climate change clash
Scotlandโs leader is facing a potential battle for survival after ending a three-year power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Green Party following a clash over climate change policies.
Strict new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan says new rules that would force power plants fueled by coal or natural gas to capture smokestack emissions or shut down are targeting pollution that's โpushing our planet to the brink.โ.
Angry farmers in a once-lush Mexican state target avocado orchards that suck up too much water
As Mexicoโs drought drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action against thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City.
US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid concerns over endangered wildflower
The Biden administration has taken a significant step in its expedited environmental review of what could become the third lithium mine in the U.S. That's assuming it can withstand anticipated legal challenges from conservationists who fear it will lead to the extinction of an endangered Nevada wildflower near the California line.
Jury: BNSF Railway contributed to 2 deaths in Montana town where asbestos sickened thousands
A federal jury says BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened.
Indigenous groups gathering in Brazil's capital to protest president's land grant decisions
Thousands of Indigenous people are gathering in Brazil's capial for what is expected to become a protest against President Luiz Inรกcio Lula da Silva's unfulfilled promises to create reserves and expel illegal miners and land-grabbers from their territories.
Next UN climate talks are critical to plot aid for poorer nations, says incoming president
The man who will run this yearโs United Nations climate talks in November views the upcoming negotiations as a key link in international efforts to curb worsening global warming โ if they can be successful.
EPA designates 2 forever chemicals as hazardous substances, eligible for Superfund cleanup
A group that represents the chemical industry says it strongly opposes the Environmental Protection Agency's designation of two forever chemicals used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances.
United Arab Emirates struggles to recover after heaviest recorded rainfall ever hits desert nation
The United Arab Emirates is struggling to recover from the heaviest recorded rainfall ever to hit the desert nation, as its main airport worked to restore normal operations even as floodwater still covered portions of major highways and roads.
Cloning makes three: Two more endangered ferrets are gene copies of critter frozen in 1980s
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S. These three slinky predators are genetically identical to a single animal frozen back in the 1980s.
New study calculates climate change's economic bite will hit about $38 trillion a year by 2049
A new study says climate change will reduce future global income by about 19% in the next 25 years compared to a fictional world thatโs not warming, with the poorest areas and those least responsible for heat-trapping gases taking the biggest monetary hit.
Storm dumps heaviest rain ever recorded in desert nation of UAE, flooding roads and Dubai's airport
Heavy thunderstorms have lashed the United Arab Emirates, dumping the heaviest rain ever recorded in the country in the span of hours as it flooded out portions of major highways and Dubaiโs international airport.
Maui Fire Department report on deadly wildfire details need for more equipment and mutual aid plans
When wildfires broke out across the Hawaiian island of Maui last August, some firefighters carried victims piggyback over downed power lines to safety and sheltered survivors inside their fire engines.
Coal miners have long faced risk of black lung disease. Now they're getting new protections
The Labor Department has issued a new rule intended to protect coal miners from poisonous silica dust that has contributed to the premature deaths of thousands of mine workers from a respiratory ailment known as โblack lungโ disease.
2023 was a record year for wind installations as world ramps up clean energy, report says
The world installed 117 gigawatts of new wind power capacity in 2023, a 50% increase from the year before, making it the best year for new wind projects on record, according to a new report by the industryโs trade association.
Colombia's capital announces new measures to cut water consumption as dry weather persists
The mayor of Colombiaโs capital has announced new measures to reduce water consumption in the city of eight million people, where a drought associated with the El Niรฑo weather pattern has already prompted officials to ration water in most neighborhoods and ask residents to change their showering habits.
Water guns are in full blast to mark Thai New Year festivities despite worries about heat wave
Itโs water festival time in Thailand where many are marking the countryโs traditional New Year, splashing each other with colorful water guns and buckets in an often raucous celebration that draws thousands of people, even as this year the Southeast Asian nation marks record-high temperatures causing concern.
Lawyers want East Palestine residents to wait for details of $600 million derailment settlement
The lawyers who negotiated a $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern over that railroad's disastrous 2023 derailment in eastern Ohio want residents to talk with them before deciding the historic deal isn't enough.
Farmers in India are hit hard by extreme weather. Some say expanding natural farming is the answer
India's southern Andhra Pradesh state has become a positive example of the benefits of natural farming, a process of using organic matter as fertilizers and pesticides that makes crops more resilient to bad weather, and advocates say active government support is the primary driver for the stateโs success.