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Mango adapts as climate change makes fashion less seasonal
MADRID – Spanish retailer Mango is honing in on adaptable clothing to help customers adjust to wild swings in temperature as climate change...
Smog and sick kids: Thai pupils endure air pollution
Hundreds of Thai children strain to sing the national anthem, reedy voices and fragile lungs competing against eight lanes of belching traffic next...
IAEA chief reassures residents that water discharge at Fukushima is safe
TOMIOKA, Japan — The head of the U.N. atomic agency on Wednesday told local Japanese representatives at a meeting in Fukushima that the...
Australian farmer confidence bounces back after rains douse dry pastures
CANBERRA – Widespread rainfall and improving livestock prices have lifted confidence levels among Australian farmers to their highest in two years, a survey...
Colombia’s Caribbean jewel slowly sinking as sea waters rise
A skeleton lies exposed to the elements as turquoise Caribbean waters lap the shores near a shattered tomb – a grisly reminder that...
In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, the lure of the city grows amid climate shocks
CAN THO, Vietnam — Dao Bao Tran and her brother Do Hoang Trung, 11-year-old twins growing up on a rickety houseboat in the...
Efforts to adapt to climate risks ‘falling far short’, Government warned
Efforts to make the UK resilient to the impacts of climate change fall “far short” of what is needed, independent advisers have warned....
Teck Resources mulls British Columbia battery recycling plant
WASHINGTON – Copper and zinc miner Teck Resources is considering building a lithium-ion battery recycling facility in British Columbia, CEO Jonathan Price said...
Italian firm tests energy-saving maglev technology on railway track
ROME – An Italian company has conducted what it says is the first test of magnetic levitation (maglev) transport on an existing railway...
Alberta power market headed for shakeup as province commits to restructuring by 2027
CALGARY — Alberta’s electricity market is headed for a major shakeup, and some industry players are fearful that a lengthy period of uncertainty...
