Today: July 27, 2024
Today: July 27, 2024

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Brazil seeks support for tropical forest preservation fund

Brazil is gathering support from other countries for the creation of a fund that will send resources to nations with tropical forests in order to preserve them, Finance

Brazil seeks support for tropical forest preservation fund
Economy|Environment|News|Travel

Fire, smoke upend western Canada's summer tourism season

Severe wildfire seasons are increasingly hurting western Canada's lucrative tourism industry, with some visitors beginning to avoid the busy late-

Fire, smoke upend western Canada's summer tourism season
Business|Economy|Environment|Technology

Rio Tinto, BYD and LG Energy show interest in Chile's Altoandinos lithium site

Twelve companies including global miner Rio Tinto and Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD have submitted proposals to extract lithium in Chile's Altoandinos salt flats, the state

Rio Tinto, BYD and LG Energy show interest in Chile's Altoandinos lithium site
Environment|News

Oregon wildfire explodes to half the size of Rhode Island

Winds and lightning strikes have sparked and fanned wildfires across the Pacific Northwest this week, including the largest fire currently burning in the U.S., which was

Oregon wildfire explodes to half the size of Rhode Island
Education|Environment|Science

Student program turns climate change lessons into real-world solutions

Student program turns climate change lessons into real-world solutions

Student program turns climate change lessons into real-world solutions
Americas|Environment|Political

US, Brazil to work together on climate partnership, says Yellen

The U.S. and Brazilian governments announced a climate partnership agenda on Friday, seeking to deepen ties on an issue they seen as key

US, Brazil to work together on climate partnership, says Yellen
Environment|News

Blaze in Canadian tourist town still out of control but rain helping firefighters

A massive wildfire that destroyed about a third of the western Canadian tourist town of Jasper is still out of control but rain and cooler

Blaze in Canadian tourist town still out of control but rain helping firefighters
Environment|Europe|Sports

Olympics-River Seine suitable for swimming six out of seven days from July 17-23

The Seine was suitable for swimming six days out of seven between July 17-23, data showed on the day of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday.

Olympics-River Seine suitable for swimming six out of seven days from July 17-23
Environment|News

California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West

California’s largest active fire has exploded in size, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as firefighters scramble to meet the danger

California's largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West
Environment|News

California’s Park Fire now among state’s top 13 largest ever as it consumes 239,000 acres

California’s Park Fire now among state’s top 13 largest ever as it consumes 239,000 acres

California’s Park Fire now among state’s top 13 largest ever as it consumes 239,000 acres
Environment|News

Video captures moment California home explodes in wildfire

Photojournalists captured the moment a house exploded in California's Park wildfire. 

Video captures moment California home explodes in wildfire
Environment|News

Hurricane season has been on pause. Here’s when that could change

Hurricane season has been on pause. Here’s when that could change

Hurricane season has been on pause. Here’s when that could change
Asia|Environment|News

Typhoon Gaemi weakens to a tropical storm as it moves inland carrying rain toward central China

What was Typhoon Gaemi has weakened to a severe tropical storm and is moving inland toward central China on after making landfall Thursday night on the east coast

Typhoon Gaemi weakens to a tropical storm as it moves inland carrying rain toward central China
Asia|Environment

Philippines plans to siphon off oil cargo from sunken tanker to avert 'environmental catastrophe'

The Philippine coast guard says there has been no indication that a big cargo of industrial fuel oil stored in a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak out

Philippines plans to siphon off oil cargo from sunken tanker to avert 'environmental catastrophe'
Asia|Environment|News

Typhoon Gaemi lashes China after pounding Taiwan, Philippines

Typhoon Gaemi pummelled towns on China's coastal Fujian province on Friday with heavy rains and strong winds as the most powerful storm to hit the country this year began its widely

Typhoon Gaemi lashes China after pounding Taiwan, Philippines
Environment|News

Rebuilding Rome, the upstate New York city that is looking forward after a destructive tornado

A tornado that touched down in the small, upstate New York city of Rome ripped roofs from houses, reduced brick buildings to rubble and toppled steeples from two historic churches

Rebuilding Rome, the upstate New York city that is looking forward after a destructive tornado
Asia|Environment|Science

Climate change causing more change in rainfall, fiercer typhoons, scientists say

Climate change is driving changes in rainfall patterns across the world, scientists said in a paper published on Friday, which could also be intensifying

Climate change causing more change in rainfall, fiercer typhoons, scientists say
Asia|Environment|Science|Technology

Japan nuclear watchdog panel decides against restarting Tsuruga reactor

A panel of Japan's nuclear watchdog decided on Friday against restarting a reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant citing seismic risks, paving the way for the regulator to keep

Japan nuclear watchdog panel decides against restarting Tsuruga reactor
Environment|News|Science

Rescued walrus calf 'sassy' and alert after seemingly being left by her herd in Alaska

A walrus calf seemingly left behind by her herd near Alaska’s northernmost city is receiving treatment at a nonprofit wildlife response center hundreds of miles away

Rescued walrus calf 'sassy' and alert after seemingly being left by her herd in Alaska
Economy|Environment

US promises $240 million to improve fish hatcheries, protect tribal rights in Pacific Northwest

The U.S. government says it will invest $240 million in salmon and steelhead fish hatcheries in the Pacific Northwest

US promises $240 million to improve fish hatcheries, protect tribal rights in Pacific Northwest
Environment|News|Science

Researchers discover site of 1893 schooner wreck in Lake Michigan in just 50 feet of water

Researchers discover site of 1893 schooner wreck in Lake Michigan in just 50 feet of water

Researchers discover site of 1893 schooner wreck in Lake Michigan in just 50 feet of water
Economy|Environment

Citing climate change, a federal court in Brazil halts rainforest highway paving

In an unusual action, a Brazilian federal court has halted a project to pave a dirt highway that connects the major city of Manaus to populous regions, citing the likelihood it will contribute to climate change

Citing climate change, a federal court in Brazil halts rainforest highway paving
Crime|Economy|Environment|Health|Lifestyle|News|Opinion

Governor Newsom orders removal of California homeless encampments

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday said the state would begin removing homeless encampments after a recent Supreme Court decision upheld anti-camping laws used to

Governor Newsom orders removal of California homeless encampments
Environment|News

Black bear and cub destroy car in Connecticut after getting trapped inside

Two black bears are being blamed for causing a bit of a ruckus in Connecticut

Black bear and cub destroy car in Connecticut after getting trapped inside
Americas|Environment

Bolivia's Santa Cruz department declares emergency due to extreme weather

The Bolivian department of Santa Cruz has declared a state of emergency through the end of this year due to extreme weather including wildfires, the departmental government said in a

Bolivia's Santa Cruz department declares emergency due to extreme weather

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