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One year ago, with one of the first strokes of his presidential Sharpie, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring a “national energy emergency,” making good on a campaign promise to “drill, baby, drill.” It was the first of…
Manual for building design aims to encourage low-carbon construction as alternative to steel and concrete An airport made of bamboo? A tower reaching 20 metres high? For many years, bamboo has been mostly known as the favourite food of giant…
Exclusive: Beijing, Delhi, Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro among worst affected, with demand close to exceeding supply Half the world’s 100 largest cities are experiencing high levels of water stress, with 39 of these sitting in regions of “extremely…
It’s not just Tunbridge Wells – a country famous around the world for its rain is in danger of self-imposed drought You get up and go to the loo, only to find the flush doesn’t work. You try the shower,…
In most forests, a visitor’s eye is trained on what can be reached. The trunk can be measured. The leaves can be plucked. A specimen can be pressed, labeled, and filed away. Yet the largest share of life in a…
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has revoked the permits of 28 companies over environmental violations that authorities say exacerbated the deadly floods and landslides that struck the island of Sumatra in late 2025. The revocations follow an audit carried out…
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — For five days last November, the city of Bacolod in the central Philippine province of Negros Occidental became a crossroads of food cultures from across Asia and the Pacific. The aroma of grilled seafood, fermented sauces,…
This image shows NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. NASA’s massive crawler-transporter, upgraded for the Artemis program, carries the powerful SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft on…
In a remote part of Angola’s highlands, a critical natural reservoir or “water tower” has been recognized as a wetland of international importance. Known to locals as lisima lya mwono, or “source of life,” the area supplies water to the…
A banner covered with the signatures of NASA employees and contractors is seen on the perimeter fence of Launch Complex 39B after NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft were rolled out to the launch pad,…