EXTREME HEAT PUTS WORKERS IN DANGER. A NEW REPORT CALLS FOR ACTION
Every year, heat causes at least 170,000 work-related injuries and as many as 2,000 fatalities. It's one of the top five causes of...
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE ECONOMY? CLIMATE CHANGE, FOR ONE
It's hard to wrap your head around the toll that climate change is taking on the economy. Last year, floods, wildfires, and other weather-related...
LOGGING IS DESTROYING SOUTHERN FORESTS - AND DIVIDING US ENVIRONMENTALISTS
In the fight against climate change, the $300-billion U.S. logging and woods products industry has positioned itself as a purveyor...
CLIMEWORKS IS BUILDING A BIGGER CARBON REMOVAL PLANT - AND GETTING SOME NEW COMPETITION
Last fall, an emerging climate solution hit a milestone when the Swiss company Climeworks switched on its “Orca” plant , an array of...
WITH ‘REAL ZERO,' NEXTERA PUSHES BACK AGAINST DECEPTIVE CARBON OFFSETS
As companies around the world pledge to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, a major U.S. energy company is charting a different...
JUNE HEAT WAVES SMASH RECORDS ACROSS THE GLOBE
It's just a few days into summer, and heat waves have already toppled records across the globe, from the Russian Arctic to the muggy...
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: BIDEN ADMINISTRATION UNVEILS NEW PUSH FOR OFFSHORE WIND
The Biden administration and 11 states on the East Coast are working together to accelerate the construction of offshore wind projects...
THE DISEASE AFTER TOMORROW
Many of us have spent the last two-and-a-half years worried about the health risks posed by other people. In the United States alone,...
POLLEN AND HEAT: A LOOMING CHALLENGE FOR GLOBAL AGRICULTURE
This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last...
LOUISIANA'S INSURANCE MARKET IS COLLAPSING, JUST IN TIME FOR HURRICANE SEASON
Last week, Louisiana insurance commissioner Jim Donelon held a press conference to announce some very bad news. A few months earlier,...
LOW-COST SENSORS ARE HELPING COMMUNITIES FIND GAPS IN AIR QUALITY DATA
For years, residents of Belmont County in Eastern Ohio suspected something was wrong with their air. Their corner of rural Appalachia...
FIVE MONTHS LATER, THE ANCÓN OIL SPILL'S EFFECTS LINGER
This story was originally published by Hakai Magazine and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The port in...
INDIGENOUS OGIEK WIN ‘LANDMARK' REPARATIONS RULING FROM AFRICAN COURT
The Republic of Kenya must pay the Indigenous Ogiek people reparations for decades of illegal evictions from their ancestral land in...
THE PUSH TO BAN NEW GAS STATIONS IS COMING TO LOS ANGELES
A couple of years ago, banning the construction of new gas stations anywhere in the United States would have seemed like a far-fetched...
BIDEN'S NEW VISION FOR THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
The Biden administration is proposing a major overhaul to the National Flood Insurance Program, or NFIP - the main source of insurance...
A RULE TO MAKE CORPORATE CLIMATE ACTION MORE TRANSPARENT IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY
Labels like “carbon neutral” and “climate positive” can make it seem like some brands have climate action all figured out. But anyone...
NEW JERSEY'S LANDMARK ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LAW ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY
New Jersey is one major step closer to implementing a groundbreaking environmental justice law. Two years ago, the state passed legislation...
ONE FAMILY, THREE GENERATIONS OF CANCER, AND THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF OIL REFINERIES IN CALIFORNIA
This story was produced in collaboration with High Country News . When I visited Christina Gonzalez and her family in April, she sat...
NO FRIEND OF THE COAL MINER
While working at a West Virginia mine, Gary Hairston dashed up a set of stairs to get out of the rain, but he only made it halfway....
IN NEW JERSEY, FORD FACES LAWSUIT OVER POLLUTING TRIBAL LAND
New Jersey is suing Ford Motor Company, one of the country's largest automobile manufacturers, for allegedly dumping waste on the homelands...
Star Trek Strange New Worlds: Anson Mount on the 'chills' he got playing...
STAR TREK STRANGE NEW WORLDS star Anson Mount opened up about his reaction to portraying Christopher Pike. Read more ...
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace: 'Vladimir Putin is a lunatic with small man...
Vladimir Putin is a 'lunatic' with 'small man syndrome', the Defence Secretary declared yesterday. He added that he does not believe Russia is winning the war. Read more ...
TikTok star Ophelia Nichols' son was dealing marijuana when he was shot dead...
TikTok influencer Ophelia Nichols from Alabama revealed how her son was shot dead during a drug deal gone wrong. Randon Lee, 18, was killed on Sunday at around 7:45am in... Read more ...
Naturopath and Smart Cleanse founder Savannah Daisley from Sydney charged...
Savannah Daisley, 45, from Double Bay, faced Waverley Local Court on Tuesday charged with four counts of allegedly having sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old child between... Read more ...
Newly engaged Jaime Winstone seems in high spirits as she enjoys night out...
The actress, 37, couldn't contain her excitement as she beamed alongside singer Daisy Lowe, 33, as the pair enjoyed drinks at the Grey Goose Essences Picnic event in London on... Read more ...
Jesy Nelson wows in a busty red bikini as she poses seductively for sizzling...
The former Little Mix star, 30, turned up the heat as she posed up a storm for a sizzling snap on Instagram on Wednesday in an eye catching bikini. Read more ...
Fuel prices drive up forecourt thefts as incidents of motorists driving away...
Fuel thefts at forecourts have surged by up to 61 per cent as drivers struggle to afford spiralling pump prices. Read more ...
AFL in mourning as four-time premiership-winning footy legend dies in car...
Neil Kerley - one of South Australian football's most influential figures - died on Wednesday night after smashing through a fence at Walker Flat in the Murraylands region. He... Read more ...
Peston: Kwasi Kwarteng won't ‘rule himself out' of leadership bid after by...
KWASI KWARTENG has said he would "never rule out" of running for leadership of the Conservative Party. Read more ...
Tony Armstrong reveals the real reason he joined OnlyFans
Tony Armstrong shocked his fans when he joined OnlyFans last year. Read more ...