Environment

Brazil is rejecting an offer of $20mn that was pledged at the G-7 summit in France to help the country after the devastating Amazon fires, CNN reported. According to news site G1 Globo, the chief of […]

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Renewable energy production in the U.S. has surpassed coal for the first time in the country’s history, the latest figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show. Twenty-three percent of the American electricity in April […]

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The Trump administration’s decision to repeal an Obama-era rule on power plant pollution is sure to be met with a legal challenge by Democrats and environmental groups, who believe that the administration’s new rule will […]

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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that he would donate half a billion dollars to close the remaining coal plants in the United States by 2030 so as to help fight climate […]

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Authorities responded after a Boeing 737 aircraft went in the St. Johns River in Florida on Friday night near Naval Air Station Jacksonville, though no serious injuries were reported, according to The Hill. Naval Air […]

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The states of Alabama and Georgia were struck by tornadoes Sunday, resulting in at least 23 deaths just in Lee County, Alabama. The county’s sheriff Jay Jones said at least 12 of those deaths occurred […]

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal would not score in Congress since it was very unfocused and too broad, adding that now is a time when climate change needed “focused, […]

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The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which has been without a permanent leader since President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, is in the midst of a leadership shake-up, Nature writes. Timothy […]

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Very rare black panthers were discovered in Laikipia County, Kenya, which is close to the setting of Marvel’s Oscar-nominated “Black Panther.” “Our researchers spotted rare black leopards–sometimes called black panthers–in Laikipia County, Kenya,” the San […]

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Edward Markey are allegedly revealing their legislation for the upcoming Green New Deal. According to The Hill, the office of the senator confirmed that Markey was collaborating with Ocasio-Cortez to […]

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A single-engine plane crashed on Christmas evening in a residential area in Sioux Falls, leaving at least one person dead, Fox News reported. Reports came into Metro Communications shortly after 5 p.m. that a plane […]

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Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that gun deaths in the United States have reached a record high in almost 40 years. The analysis of the data shows that last year […]

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Nearly two in three Australian women have been sexually harassed in the workplace, according to a survey of more than 9,600 conducted by the Australian Council of Trade Unions, one of the country’s largest groups […]

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It’s the world’s biggest crude exporter, pumps from the largest oil field on the planet and holds the keys to the most abundant reserves of black gold globally. The Saudi Arabian Oil Company, or Aramco, […]

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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention warns against a tick that is spreading widely across the United States. According to USA Today, nine states have reported finding the Asian longhorned tick, which is known […]

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Robert Spangle didn’t shower for five days. He barely slept. He was on a mission to make sure his Malibu hometown didn’t burn to the ground, CNN reports. “I would set my alarm to go […]

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The death toll from the devastating fires that ravaged Northern California rose to 56 as the remains of eight individuals were found on Wednesday when authorities poured into the ruined communities in an effort to […]

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According to state officials, at least five people are confirmed dead in a Northern California wildfire that began Thursday. The Hill reported that Captain Scott McLean of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection […]

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A federal judge blocked the Keystone XL pipeline which was approved by the Trump administration last year, arguing that the justification for its approval was incomplete. Judge Brian Morris of the District Court for the […]

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Hurricane Michael is still rolling across the Southeast after it hit and devastated Florida and parts of Georgia, despite coming down to a tropical storm. At least seven people were reported to be dead, one […]

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GOP lawmakers have dismissed the recent United Nations report which issued dire warnings about the imminent consequences of climate change. Several Republican senators said they had looked at the report but did not read it […]

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