Zinc Roofs Give Paris Its Signature Look. But They Are a Nightmare in Heat.
As climate change helps fuel more severe heat waves, the city is struggling between maintaining its architectural heritage and keeping apartments livable.
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US environment agency could end reporting of greenhouse gas emissions
The mandatory program, which required 8,000 facilities to report their release, will be ended to reduce ‘bureaucratic red tape’ The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed on Friday a rule to end a mandatory program requiring 8,000 facilities to report their…
Climate Change-Driven Floods Continue to Displace Millions in Pakistan
Global warming brings wetter monsoons and catastrophic harm to countries that have not caused the crisis. Pakistan is bearing the brunt of it. By Keerti Gopal More than 2 million people have been displaced in Pakistan since June of this…
Forests on Indigenous lands help protect health in the Amazon
Healthy forests are more than climate shields; in the Amazon, they also serve as public-health infrastructure. A Communications Earth & Environment study spanning two decades across the biome links the extent and legal status of Indigenous Territories to 27 respiratory,…
Unusual Climate Case Accusing Oil Giants of Racketeering Is Dismissed
Citing laws more commonly used against organized crime, the lawsuit argued that fossil fuel companies were responsible for devastating hurricane damage in Puerto Rico.
Global Warming Is Fueling Dengue Fever Outbreaks
Rising temperatures have caused as many as 4.6 million extra dengue cases each year, and will cause many more by 2050, a new study finds. By Anika Jane Beamer Global cases of flu-like dengue fever reached a historic high last…
Floodwaters begin receding in a major Pakistani city but nearby towns face evacuations
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say floodwaters that threatened a major town in eastern Punjab province have started receding, sparing its 700,000 residents. However, rising waters on Friday swamped villages near two nearby cities, forcing panicked evacuations. The Disaster Management…
Amid Water Restrictions, U.K. Residents Express Outrage as Blackstone C.E.O. Fills Private Lake
A local water company said tankers of its water would no longer be sent to the American billionaire’s estate to fill his lake.
RFK Jr. Is Making America Safe for Debilitating ‘Neglected’ Tropical Diseases
Trump administration cuts to programs that study, track and prevent infectious diseases many Americans have never heard of could spell disaster, experts say. By Liza Gross Pathogens around the world just got a helping hand from the Trump administration.
Countries shorten tuna fishing closure at Pacific summit with few conservation ‘wins’
2024 was a record year for tropical tuna catch in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, thanks to a big increase in skipjack (Katsuwonus pelamis) catch, and stocks are considered healthy. So when the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), a multilateral body…