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Australia’s Great Barrier Reef suffers major coral bleaching
SYDNEY – Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has been hit by a major coral bleaching event, with the results consistent with patterns of heat...
Rivian shows off smaller, less expensive EVs, hastens delivery plans
LAGUNA BEACH, California – Rivian on Thursday introduced its smaller, less expensive electric R2 SUVs and R3 crossovers with plans to start producing...
Alberta coal mine moves ahead without permits federal officials say are needed
Environmental groups are asking Ottawa to enforce its rules on an Alberta coal site that has started building an underground test mine without...
Multibillion-pound UK tidal energy scheme would see barrage built across Mersey
A multibillion-pound tidal scheme to generate renewable energy from the River Mersey would see a barrage built linking Liverpool and Wirral, it has...
EU underprepared as climate change risks mount, draft report says
BRUSSELS – Europe is in urgent need of stronger measures to prepare healthcare systems, farming and critical infrastructure for increasingly severe climate change,...
Generative AI could ‘supercharge’ climate disinformation, report warns
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to “supercharge” climate disinformation, a report has warned. The Climate Action Against Disinformation coalition (CAAD), which includes...
Global hot streak continues with record-breaking high temperatures
WASHINGTON — For the ninth straight month, Earth has obliterated global heat records — with February, the winter as a whole and the...
China gives green light to Stellantis-Leapmotor joint venture, sources say
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) – A proposed joint venture that would allow world No. 4 automaker Stellantis to build and sell Leapmotor’s...
US Republican states, industry groups challenge EPA’s new soot pollution rule
Republican-led states and industry groups on Wednesday filed three lawsuits challenging a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule that toughens air quality standards for...
Nobel laureates sound alarm as Argentina cuts science funding
BUENOS AIRES – Sixty-eight Nobel laureates in chemistry, medicine, economics, and physics sent a letter on Wednesday to Argentine President Javier Milei voicing...
