Focus on Climate
Death toll from floods in northern Afghanistan rises to 315
Floods caused by heavy rains have devastated villages in northern Afghanistan, killing 315 people, authorities said Sunday
Indonesia floods, landslides kill 28, four missing
JAKARTA – Heavy rain brought floods and landslides to Indonesia’s province of West Sumatra, killing at least 28, with four still missing, authorities...
Hundreds protest outside German Tesla factory
More than a thousand environmentalists protested outside Tesla's factory near Berlin Saturday, police said, a day after some of them tried to force...
Fort McMurray among communities on evacuation alert after wildfires erupt
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Fort McMurray’s mayor took to social media to deliver a pep talk Saturday as the northern Alberta city once...
Afghanistan floods kill at least 153, Taliban interior ministry says
The official death toll from devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan has risen to 153 people across three provinces, the Taliban's interior ministry...
US energy secretary to visit Saudi Arabia, UAE next week, officials say
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates next week to work on "climate co-operation" and other...
US dedicates $60m to saving water along the Rio Grande as flows shrink and demands grow
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. government is dedicating $60 million over the next few years to projects along the Rio Grande in southern...
Court rejects Republican states’ challenge to SEC’s ESG proxy vote rule
A federal appeals court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by four Republican-led states that sought to block a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...
Opinion: Australia can have a future for the gas industry, or meet its climate commitments – but not both
Opinion: The Australian government has doubled down on gas, but Samantha Hepburn argues the country cannot open new gas projects and still meet...
It’s not a matter of if a hurricane will hit Florida, but when, forecasters say
The 2024 hurricane season is expected to be busier than average. To ensure that people everywhere are prepared, officials visited residents in Sanford,...
