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Four in five people want more climate action: UN survey
Four in five people want their country to strengthen its commitments to addressing climate change, according to a global poll published on Thursday
Fossil fuel use, emissions hit records in 2023: Statistical Review of World Energy
LONDON – Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit all-time highs in 2023, even as fossil fuels’ share of the global energy...
Climate change threat hangs over haj pilgrimage as hundreds perish in heat
Climate scientists say such deaths offer a glimpse of what is to come for the tens of millions of Muslims expected in coming...
Explainer: How extreme heat threatens health and safety
As climate change continues to drive temperatures upward in coming years, the danger of humidity is also expected to rise. Warmer air can...
Study finds coal mine contaminants blown onto snowpack in Alberta, British Columbia
Newly published research has found cancer-causing chemicals downwind from coal mines in southern British Columbia in concentrations that rival those next to oilsand...
Along Peru’s mining corridor, Big Copper faces a snarl of trucks
Surging copper prices have brought startling growth in the number of trucks carrying copper from illegal mines in Peru, jamming roads
Companies setting climate transition plans up 44% in 2023, research shows
The number of companies saying they have a climate transition plan in line with the world's most ambitious goal has jumped by nearly...
Detroit Three automakers should exit China, leading analyst says
John Murphy's guidance for the Big Three came during a discussion of the harsh cost-cutting measures they would have to take to be...
Some medications and heat waves don’t mix, experts say precautions needed
Dr. Samantha Green, a family physician at Unity Health Toronto — a network comprised of three hospitals — said the increasing frequency of...
What’s a heat dome? Here’s why so much of the US is broiling this week
Meteorologists are talking about heat waves and heat domes as extreme summer weather hits the U.S. Both mean it's really hot — and...
