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How Texas’ environmental agency weakened a once-rigorous air pollution monitoring team
Read full article: How Texas’ environmental agency weakened a once-rigorous air pollution monitoring teamFormer employees say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality gutted the unit soon after the fracking boom swept the state oil industry. The operation never returned to what it was before.
The world's rivers faced the driest year in three decades in 2023, the UN weather agency says
Read full article: The world's rivers faced the driest year in three decades in 2023, the UN weather agency saysThe U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the world’s rivers, as the record-hot year underpinned the drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged droughts in many places.
US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism in a Louisiana parish
Read full article: US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism in a Louisiana parishThe Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is set to hear arguments in a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies that placed polluting industries in majority-Black communities.
Milton increases to a Category 2 hurricane as Florida prepares for massive evacuations
Read full article: Milton increases to a Category 2 hurricane as Florida prepares for massive evacuationsMilton has increased to a Category 2 hurricane as Florida gears up for what could be a massive evacuation not seen since 2017.
Samoa warns of 'highly probable' fuel spill after New Zealand navy ship caught fire and sank
Read full article: Samoa warns of 'highly probable' fuel spill after New Zealand navy ship caught fire and sankSamoa's acting prime minister says a fuel spill is “highly probable” after a New Zealand navy ship grounded, caught fire and sank off the coast of the Pacific island nation.
Hurricane Milton is growing stronger as it blows toward Florida's Tampa Bay region
Read full article: Hurricane Milton is growing stronger as it blows toward Florida's Tampa Bay regionThe National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Milton is intensifying and will likely be a major hurricane before it slams into the storm-ravaged Florida coast, most likely on Wednesday.
International rescue teams arrive in Bosnia after devastating floods and landslides
Read full article: International rescue teams arrive in Bosnia after devastating floods and landslidesRescue teams from Bosnia’s neighbors and European Union countries are joining efforts to clear rubble and find people still missing after floods and landslides devastated parts of the Balkan country.
Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227 as grim task of recovering bodies continues
Read full article: Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227 as grim task of recovering bodies continuesThe death toll from Hurricane Helene has inched up to 227 as the grim task of recovering bodies continues more than a week after the monster storm ravaged the U.S. Southeast.
Floods inundate Thailand's northern tourist city of Chiang Mai
Read full article: Floods inundate Thailand's northern tourist city of Chiang MaiChiang Mai, Thailand’s northern city popular with tourists, has been inundated by widespread flooding as its main river overflowed its banks following heavy seasonal rainfall.
FEMA has faced criticism and praise during Helene. Here's what it does — and doesn't do
Read full article: FEMA has faced criticism and praise during Helene. Here's what it does — and doesn't doThe Federal Emergency Management Agency is tasked with helping states and communities hit by disasters like Hurricane Helene.
West Texans split on proposed direct air capture project that could be largest in U.S.
Read full article: West Texans split on proposed direct air capture project that could be largest in U.S.Residents were worried about the impact on their drinking water while business leaders were excited for the new jobs.
Flooding from seasonal rains threatens residents in northern Thailand, including elephants
Read full article: Flooding from seasonal rains threatens residents in northern Thailand, including elephantsFlooding in northern Thailand has forced many residents of the city of Chiang Mai and its outskirts to seek safety on higher ground, with members of the animal world under similar threat.
Supreme Court leaves in place two Biden environmental regulations
Read full article: Supreme Court leaves in place two Biden environmental regulationsThe Supreme Court has left in place two Biden administration environmental regulations aimed at reducing emissions of planet-warming methane and toxic mercury.
Mexico’s new president promises to resume fight against climate change
Read full article: Mexico’s new president promises to resume fight against climate changeIn her first days as Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the fossil fuel reliance promoted by her predecessor, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and vowed to resume an energy transition that he halted.
Helene’s powerful storm surge killed 12 near Tampa. They didn't have to die
Read full article: Helene’s powerful storm surge killed 12 near Tampa. They didn't have to dieHurricane Helene’s storm surge struck Florida fast and hard when it slammed into Gulf Coast communities near St. Petersburg.
Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico
Read full article: Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New MexicoThe Supreme Court has agreed to step into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico.
Work and travel resume across Taiwan after Typhoon Krathon finally dissipates
Read full article: Work and travel resume across Taiwan after Typhoon Krathon finally dissipatesWork, classes and flights resumed across Taiwan after Typhoon Krathon brought torrential rainfall to the island but finally dissipated over a mountain range.
When will the power return? Weary Carolinas residents long for relief after Helene's fury
Read full article: When will the power return? Weary Carolinas residents long for relief after Helene's furyNearly 700,000 homes and businesses in the U.S. Southeast are still without power more than a week after Hurricane Helene blew through the region.
G20 environment ministers back funding for forest conservation
Read full article: G20 environment ministers back funding for forest conservationEnvironment ministers of the Group of 20 nations agreed Thursday to support the creation of funding sources for ecosystem services, acknowledging Brazil’s proposal to establish a trust fund for forest conservation.
Hurricane Kirk strengthens into a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic
Read full article: Hurricane Kirk strengthens into a Category 4 storm in the AtlanticForecasters say Hurricane Kirk has strengthened into a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and waves from the system could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions this weekend.
Spider lovers scurry to Colorado town in search of mating tarantulas and community
Read full article: Spider lovers scurry to Colorado town in search of mating tarantulas and communityIt’s tarantula mating season on the Colorado plains, when male spiders scurry out of their burrows in search of a mate.
Florida communities hit three times by hurricanes grapple with how and whether to rebuild
Read full article: Florida communities hit three times by hurricanes grapple with how and whether to rebuildBrooke Hiers just a month ago left the state-issued emergency trailer where her family had lived after Hurricane Idalia slammed into her home on Florida's Gulf Coast in August of 2023.
The search for the missing hits snags at every corner as Helene's death toll tops 200
Read full article: The search for the missing hits snags at every corner as Helene's death toll tops 200Searchers are combing the remote mountains of North Carolina to locate the missing and those needing supplies nearly a week after Hurricane Helene barreled through the Southeast.
Hurricane Helene brings climate change to forefront of the presidential campaign
Read full article: Hurricane Helene brings climate change to forefront of the presidential campaignThe devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign.
Hurricane Kirk strengthens into a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic
Read full article: Hurricane Kirk strengthens into a Category 3 storm in the AtlanticForecasters say Hurricane Kirk has strengthened into a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to grow rapidly into a major hurricane.