Back-to-back winter storms begin a punishing week of extreme weather to come in the US
CNN By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A winter storm is plowing through the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Saturday, and there’s another stronger one…
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Back-to-back winter storms begin a punishing week of extreme weather to come in the US
CNN By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A winter storm is on a collision course with the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Saturday, and there’s another…
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Could vertical farming change the local food landscape?
Findbusinesses4sale explored what the rise of vertical farming can mean for domestic food production, using Department of Agriculture…
Continue ReadingWho will see snow this weekend? First big winter storm of the season targets Northeast and mid-Atlantic
CNN By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A substantial storm is poised to smack the Northeast and parts of the mid-Atlantic with winter’s first dose…
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City of El Paso awards Chicago company $1.2 million environmental contract
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Wednesday, El Paso City Council voted to pass a measure aimed at making the Sun City greener. In August of 2023, the city…
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Germany’s CO2 emissions are at their lowest in 7 decades, study shows
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A study shows that carbon dioxide emissions in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, dropped to their…
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States that produce the most greenhouse emissions from agriculture
Findbusinesses4sale used Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Agriculture data to explore emissions from agriculture across the…
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Native Hawaiian salt makers combat climate change and pollution to protect a sacred tradition
By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press HANAPEPE, Hawaii (AP) — On a warm summer afternoon, Tina Taniguchi was on her hands and knees scraping dirt off…
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In Michigan, not-so-sunny prospects for solar farms
Grist visits some rural areas in Michigan, where residents are concerned that solar installations could compromise their small-town…
Continue ReadingHuge waves to hit California coast for third day, bringing flooding and life-threatening conditions
CNN, KCBS, KCAL, KION, KGO By Elizabeth Wolfe and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Massive waves and coastal flooding are wreaking havoc for a third…
Continue ReadingMore monster waves will collide with the California coast after injuring onlookers and causing serious flooding
CNN, KCAL, KCBS By Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford, Mary Gilbert and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A series of powerful storms in the…
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As tree species face decline, ‘assisted migration’ gains popularity in Pacific Northwest
By NATHAN GILLES, Columbia Insight PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest…
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The year in clean energy: Wind, solar and batteries grow despite economic challenges
By ISABELLA O’MALLEY, JENNIFER McDERMOTT and ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press Led by new solar power, the world added renewable energy at…
Continue ReadingTreacherous travel underway as blizzard conditions and ice blast parts of central US
CNN, STRINGER, NEBRASKA STATE PATROL, @NEBRASKADO, WBBM, WLS By Nouran Salahieh and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — A blizzard-fueling winter storm is…
Continue ReadingA driver dies after his vehicle hydroplaned amid heavy rain in Los Angeles area
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Continue ReadingThousands of homes and businesses without power as cold weather and ‘significant’ storm damage torment Maine
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Continue ReadingMillions across Southern California are under flood threat that could snarl travel ahead of the holiday weekend
KFSN By Aya Elamroussi, Robert Shackelford, Sara Tonks and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — An atmospheric river continues to unload a deluge of…
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At least 100 elephants die in drought-stricken Zimbabwe park, a grim sign of El Nino, climate change
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — At least 100 elephants have died in Zimbabwe’s largest national park in recent…
Continue Reading As climate warms, that perfect Christmas tree may depend on growers’ ability to adapt
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — For decades, Christmas tree growers and breeders have been preparing for a future of hotter…
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A volcano erupts in southwestern Iceland and spews magma in a spectacular show of Earth’s power
By MARCO Di MARCO and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano has erupted in southwestern Iceland, sending a flash of…
Continue Reading Colorado releases first 5 wolves in reintroduction plan approved by voters to chagrin of ranchers
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press GRAND COUNTY, Colorado (AP) — Somewhere on a remote mountainside in Colorado’s Rockies, a latch flipped on a…
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Mining company agrees with court decision ordering Guatemala to grant property rights to community
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Solway Investment Group, a Switzerland-based mining company with interests in Guatemala,…
Continue ReadingAt least 4 dead after powerful Northeast storm knocks out power, floods roads and prompts an evacuation
CNN, WCSC By Mary Gilbert, Elizabeth Wolfe and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — At least four people died across four states as a powerful storm…
Continue ReadingIntense storm hits East Coast with damaging winds and heavy rain
CNN By Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — A strengthening storm that hit Florida with heavy rains and powerful winds this weekend is roaring its way…
Continue ReadingHeavy rain drenches Florida as strong storm with gusty winds heads up East Coast
CNN, WESH By Mary Gilbert and Taylor Ward, CNN (CNN) — A powerful storm started drenching Florida Saturday and is expected to strengthen as it…
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Judge denies cattle industry’s request to temporarily halt wolf reintroduction in Colorado
Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A federal judge has allowed the reintroduction of gray wolves in Colorado to move forward after representatives of…
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Landfills in Washington and Oregon leaked 'explosive' levels of methane last year
Grist investigated EPA inspection reports that found methane exceedances are more common than operators say in the states of Washington and…
Continue Reading International court rules against Guatemala in a landmark Indigenous and environmental rights case
By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Guatemala violated Indigenous rights by permitting a huge nickel mine on tribal land almost…
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Experts at odds over result of UN climate talks in Dubai; ‘Historic,’ ‘pipsqueak’ or something else?
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The climate negotiations that just finished in Dubai hit upon the essence…
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The last residents of a coastal Mexican town destroyed by climate change
By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press EL BOSQUE, Mexico (AP) — Flooding driven by some of the world’s fastest sea-level rise and increasingly brutal…
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