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JALALPUR PIRWALA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say rescuers backed by troops have evacuated more than 25,000 people from a city in eastern Pakistan as rising rivers threatened to flood the region. The latest evacuations from Jalalpur Pirwala came two…
Renewables are thriving, with Africa breaking solar energy records – but action is needed to plug financing gap The first signs of a takeoff of Africa’s green economy are raising hopes that a transformation of the continent’s fortunes may be…
The Nature Conservancy and the College of William and Mary are researching potential conflicts with Dominion Energy’s offshore wind project. By Charles Paullin QUINBY, Va.—There’s the whimbrel. It’s a large brown and tan shorebird with long legs and a curved…
Critics say the Trump administration’s willingness to greenlight any of the fossil fuel industry’s requests allows it to spend less on lobbying. By Aidan Hughes The energy and natural resource sector has spent hundreds of millions of dollars lobbying the…
Seventeen years ago, Californians bet on a grand vision of the future. They narrowly approved a $10 billion bond issue to build a high-speed rail line that would zip between San Francisco and Los Angeles in under three hours. This…
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Exclusive: stroke risk is 7% higher and heart failure risk increases by 27% in areas with worst level of pollution, research shows Millions of Britons face a higher risk of stroke or heart failure because of dirty air where they…
Concerns abandoned coal boreholes in Queensland and NSW could be emitting ‘equivalent of 65m cars’ worth of methane Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter…
Labor’s koala strategy doesn’t go far enough, Coalition says, but environmentalists hail park a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ decision Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The long-awaited great koala national park in the north of New South Wales,…
Sam Shoemaker’s record-setting voyage shows the promise – and limits – of fungi as a plastic alternative On a clear, still morning in early August, Sam Shoemaker launched his kayak into the waters off Catalina Island and began paddling. His…