climate change

By Nadia Lopez | Bloomberg The US is getting its first commercial facility to soak up carbon dioxide from the ambient air for permanent storage, a nascent technology that’s been both lauded as crucial in fighting climate change and derided…
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The plan for the first small-scale US nuclear reactor was exciting, ambitious, and unusual from the get-go. In 2015, a group of city- and county-run utilities across the Mountain West region announced that they were betting on a new…
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Massive wildfires in Canada, Greece and Hawaii. All-time record heat waves. Hurricanes with surprising ferocity, like the one that devastated Acapulco last week. This year has presented stark evidence that Earth is already in “uncharted…
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BANGKOK  — California Gov. Gavin Newsom had a surprise meeting with China’s leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday after being warmly welcomed by other senior leaders in a display of friendliness that stands in sharp contrast to the…
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By Sam Kemmis | NerdWallet Travelers encountered many weather surprises this summer, from wildfires in Europe to knee-deep mud at Burning Man. Indeed, it was the hottest summer on record around the globe, according to the European Union’s…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom gained widespread attention Saturday for signing a first-in-the-nation law to require corporations doing business in California to add up how many tons of greenhouse gases they emit each year, and make the information…
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8:37 Eco-grief: Coping with our climate crisis Something happened this summer, we all…
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Tourists wait in the airport during wildfire evacuations on the Greek island of Rhodes on July 23, 2023.Will Vassilopoulos | Afp | Getty ImagesInsurance models are being upended by extreme weather. Whether it's wildfires or tropical storms,…
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Canada has been successful in significantly reducing emissions, but the progress is being undercut by rising emissions in three sectors, a new report by the Canadian Climate Institute says. According to the report, climate policy and…
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SAINTE-CROIX du VERDON, France -- At the pristine southern French lake of Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon, tourists in pedal boats and on white water rafts — and the businesses that welcome them — have been buoyed by generous rainfall and good water…
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