Vermont becomes the first state to make oil companies pay for climate change damage
Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the…
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Memorial Day weekend severe weather kills 21, as storms move east
A series of powerful storms swept over the Central and Southern U.S. over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, killing at…
Samsung union holds a rally for fair wages
Against a backdrop of K-pop performances and dance music, more than 2,000 unionised workers from Samsung Electronics gathered in Seoul…
California ‘cloud brightening study’ isn’t a health risk, a new report confirms
After being halted over safety concerns, a study related to cloud brightening—a form of geoengineering that could one day be…
In this tiny town near Pittsburgh, an abandoned factory is now home to a modern battery plant
When a huge Westinghouse factory shut down in a small town near Pittsburgh in the 1980s, the community was hit…
Extreme heat hits U.S., Mexico, Central America—raising concerns for wildlife and hurricane season
Extreme heat in Mexico, Central America and parts of the U.S. South has left millions of people in sweltering temperatures,…
Iowa tornadoes: More severe weather to hit an already ravaged Midwest
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds praised FEMA’s response Thursday as she sought a disaster declaration for multiple counties, saying at least…
Jackson, Mississippi’s drinking water has been brown for 2 years. The EPA could have prevented the crisis
Late in the summer of 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency sent the Mississippi state government a routine report assessing its…