She’s the New Face of Climate Activism—and She’s Carrying a Pickax
By the time I arrive in Lezay my clothes are damp with sweat, my head foggy. I find hundreds of Les Soulèvements de la Terre’s supporters in a field on …
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The New Gods of Weather Can Make Rain on Demand—or So They Want You to Believe
It was questionable how much credit they could take. They had arrived in Texas right at the start of the rainy season, and the precipitation that fell before the experiment …
Climate Change Intensifies Rainfall Patterns, Typhoons, Warn Scientists
Typhoon Gaemi hits Chinese seaboard, widespread flooding feared Singapore: Climate change is driving changes in rainfall patterns across the world, scientists said in a paper published on Friday, which could …
Big support among California voters for climate bond, Adam Schiff
With a recent blistering heat wave where temperatures exceeded 110 degrees in many parts of the state fresh in their minds and severe droughts and massive wildfires common in recent …
Environmental groups file appeal to try to stop California’s largest new reservoir project in 50 years
A plan to build the largest new reservoir in California in 50 years will face a new round of legal challenges. Less than three weeks after a judge rejected a …
China hit by searing temperatures as Asia braces for extreme summer
BEIJING: Temperatures are hitting record highs in parts of north and central China this week while a severe drought in the east is also threatening crops, as countries across Asia …
California’s largest new reservoir project in 50 years moves forward after judge rules against environmental groups
Plans to build the largest new reservoir in California in 50 years have taken a significant step forward, following a judge’s decision to reject a lawsuit by environmental groups opposed …
As Canadian wildfires rage, town prepares for ‘last stand’
Associated Press FORT NELSON, British Columbia — An intense wildfire could reach a town in western Canada this week, fire experts and officials warned, based on forecasts of winds that …
Dozens of cholera cases reported in flood-hit Kenya
NAIROBI: The United Nations voiced concern on Wednesday after dozens of cases of cholera were reported in flood-stricken Kenya.The World Health Organization (WHO) said 44 cases of the disease have …
Communications breakdown exacerbated Maui fire
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Rebecca Boone and Claudia Lauer | Associated Press HONOLULU — As wildfires ripped across Maui last August, the head of the emergency management agency dragged his …