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Iceland volcano erupts with lava fountains, disrupts heating and roads
By Frank Nieuwenhuis and Stine Jacobsen NORTH OF SYLINGARFELL, Iceland (Reuters) -A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted on Thursday for the third time...
Postal Service, once chided for slow adoption of EVs, announces plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions
The U.S. Postal Service announced sweeping plans Tuesday to reduce greenhouse emissions by diverting more parcels from air to ground transportation, boosting the...
Globe breaks heat record for 8th straight month. Golfers get to play in Minnesota’s ‘lost winter’
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the eighth straight month in January, Earth was record hot, according to the European climate agency. That...
France drops renewables targets, prioritises nuclear in new energy bill
Critics are deriding as a step backward a new French energy bill that favours the further development of nuclear power and avoids setting...
New UN weather agency chief says rate of global warming is speeding up
BALTIMORE (AP) — The new chief of the World Meteorological Organization said it looks to her that the rate of human-caused climate change...
Biden sets tighter standards for deadly soot pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for deadly soot pollution, saying that reducing fine particle matter from tailpipes, smokestacks...
How climate change contributes to wildfires like Chile’s
At least 112 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile, leading its president to declare two days of national mourning. The...
Climate Glimpse: Fires in Chile, California rains and Spain drought spread pain of weather extremes
Camila Lange, who is 7-months-pregnant, on Monday sat with her husband and dog in what used to be their home in Vina del...
Business funding on climate action needs to “rise exponentially”: RBC report
TORONTO — A report from RBC says business funding for climate action needs to “rise exponentially” for the country to be on course...
