Environment
Mpox is ‘not the new Covid’ and the disease can be stopped, WHO director says
Health workers walk between wards at the Mpox treatment centre at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of Goma on August 17, 2024. With around 16,000 cases recorded since the beginning of the year, the DRC is the focus and epicentre of the epidemic that led the World Health Organisation (WHO) to trigger its highest level […]
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India launches app to lower deaths caused by wild elephants
Elephants in Orang National Park in Assam, India. Dinodia Photo | Corbis Documentary | Getty Images The state of Assam, in northeastern India, has launched a mobile app that warns people of incoming herds of wild elephants in an effort to reduce violent encounters between humans and the land giants. Clashes between humans and elephants […]
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Monaco is 1 of 6 locations hosting the star-studded E1 — a race thought ‘impossible’ before it began
Monaco’s connection to car racing and boating is stamped all over it, from the hairpin turns of its Formula One circuit to the five-deck superyachts docked at Port Hercule. But its desires to be known as a sustainability destination are less apparent. Monaco’s “Green is the New Glam” campaign, launched in 2018, highlighted many of […]
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This startup will sell methane-eating microbes to Whole Foods
Much energy and effort is spent on reducing carbon emissions in the fight against global warming, but methane, while less abundant, is more destructive to the planet. It is far more efficient than carbon at trapping heat. Getting rid of it is essential to reaching global climate goals. Methane is emitted from, among other things, […]
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Musk embraces Trump and scorns subsidies. But Tesla still lobbies for US benefits
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., right, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images When Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president last month, the Tesla founder and chief executive backed a candidate who vows to “drill, baby, drill,” “end […]
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Ukraine’s incursion into Russia gathers pace as 11,000 evacuated from second border region
Ukrainian servicemen drive a Soviet-made T-64 tank in the Sumy region, near the border with Russia, on August 11, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia on August 11 acknowledged Ukrainian troops had pierced deep into the Kursk border region in an offensive that a top official in Ukraine said aimed to “destabilise” Russia […]
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Tech companies want nuclear power. Some utilities are throwing up roadblocks
A cooling tower at the Constellation Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station in Scriba, New York, US, on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Lauren Petracca | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tech companies are increasingly looking to directly connect data centers to nuclear plants as they race to secure clean energy to power artificial intelligence, sparking resistance from […]
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SoftBank-backed Indian EV startup Ola Electric pops 20% on debut valuing firm at $4.8 billion
Bhavish Aggarwal, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ola Cabs and founder of Ola Electric speaks during a press conference ahead of the Initial Public Offer (IPO). Ashish Vaishnav | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of Ola Electric surged 20% on their market debut on Friday, valuing the Indian electric vehicle startup at […]
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Elon Musk’s support for Trump pushes a corporate customer away from Tesla
Model Y cars are pictured during the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleul | Pool | Via Reuters European drugstore giant Rossmann announced Tuesday it will no longer buy Tesla‘s electric vehicles for its fleet, effective immediately, citing CEO Elon Musk’s pro-Trump political […]
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Tropical Storm Debby moving through Gulf toward Florida
A man fishes on the beach at the southern residential area in the Continental United States in the wake of Hurricane Michelle in Key West, Florida Nov. 5, 2001. That hurricane just brushed the Keys and South Florida after hitting Cuba. Marc Serota for Reuters A tropical depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Debby north of […]
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