Climate change
Invoice Gates says loaded countries will have to drive local weather change innovation, even while bad countries emit much more CO2
Invoice Gates, co-chairman of the Invoice and Melinda Gates Foundation, speaks for the duration of the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. The very first-at any time Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit brings collectively local weather leaders to showcase transformative methods that repair service and regenerate the planet. Bloomberg […]
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Flooding in Nigeria kills more than 600 people, officials say
Flood water breaks a river bank and overflows into a settlement in Lokoja, Nigeria October 13, 2022. Afolabi Sotunde | Reuters More than 600 people have died and more than 1.3 million have been displaced in the worst floods Nigeria has experienced in over a decade, according to the country’s humanitarian affairs department. Thousands of […]
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California approves desalination plant as historic drought hits water supplies
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (R) tastes wastewater that was treated at the Antioch Water Treatment Plant with Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe (L) on August 11, 2022 in Antioch, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images California regulators this week approved a $140 million desalination plant that could convert up to 5 million gallons of seawater each […]
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Oil protesters arrested just after throwing tomato soup at Van Gogh portray
Activists of “Just End Oil” glue their palms to the wall right after throwing soup at a van Gogh’s painting “Sunflowers” at the Countrywide Gallery in London, Britain October 14, 2022. Just Halt Oil | Reuters LONDON — Two activists from marketing campaign team Just End Oil were arrested Friday immediately after throwing tomato soup […]
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Biden unveils plan to pay farmers and cities for Colorado River water cuts
The Hoover Dam water intake towers at Lake Mead, the country’s largest man-made water reservoir, formed by the dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States, has dropped 2 inches every day since February (26 feet in one year), are viewed at approximately 25% capacity on July 12, 2022 near Boulder City, Nevada. […]
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European countries face an air-conditioning Catch-22 after its red hot, record-breaking summer
Europe is facing a tough winter, as inflation and energy prices continue to rise. The continent also faces tough decisions following its scorching hot summer Heat waves in Europe broke records, sparked widespread wildfires and even damaged a busy runway at a London airport. Unlike the U.S., European countries don’t rely on air conditioning to […]
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Why the ESG vs. GOP war over energy and climate change is going nowhere
Wall Street is no stranger to culture wars, dating to William Jennings Bryan and the 19th-century free silver movement. Today’s version: The push by conservative states to make state pension funds stop doing business with money managers who use their power to press companies to cut carbon emissions. There’s a list of reasons to suspect […]
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Photos show massive recovery days after Hurricane Ian hit Florida, Carolinas
People carrying gas containers look for gas at a distribution center organized by the community after Hurricane Ian caused widespread destruction in St James City, Florida, U.S., October 2, 2022. Marco Bello | Reuters Days after Hurricane Ian hit Florida and the Carolinas, residents are struggling to navigate flooded roads and neighborhoods and federal emergency management […]
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All 50 states get green light to build EV charging stations covering 75,000 miles of highways
A man charges his car at a Tesla super charging station in Arlington, Virginia on August 13, 2021. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday said it approved electric vehicle charging station plans for all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico covering roughly 75,000 miles of highways. Earlier […]
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EV charge points in Britain are now nearly as expensive as gasoline, research shows
The U.K. has laid out plans to ramp up the number of electric vehicles on its roads over the next few years. Coldsnowstorm | E+ | Getty Images Electric car drivers in the U.K. have seen the cost of using a public, “rapid” charger on a pay-as-you-go tariff rise by 42% since May, according to […]
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