Signage is seen at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, released long-awaited regulations Wednesday on some toxic “forever chemicals” found in drinking water. Known as PFAS, the chemicals are per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances. They are … Read more
An excavator drives past a dried-up pond in Vietnam’s southern Ben Tre province on March 19, 2024. Nhac Nguyen | Afp | Getty Images Scientists on Tuesday confirmed that last month was the hottest March on record, extending an extraordinary run of global heat that has renewed calls for an urgent reduction in planet-warming greenhouse … Read more
Protesters hold a banner reading “The climate’s seniors” during a rally before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decides in three separate cases if states are doing enough in the face of global warming in rulings that could force them to do more, in Strasbourg, eastern France, on April 9, 2024. Frederick Florin | … Read more
Toilet paper wipes out thousands of acres of Canadian forest each year, and demand for it is growing. So too is the demand for a more sustainable alternative, and the competition is on a roll. Toilet paper is most often made of wood pulp, which, in the U.S., is generally sourced from Canada. Some of … Read more
A range of new and growing options exist on the car dealer lot when it comes to hybrid and electric vehicles, but if you’ve been following the headlines lately, decisions made by major automakers reflect a market tilting more hybrid than EV. Ford just announced it’s delaying an EV pickup and in the short-term focusing … Read more
Testing done by ADEM, Butler said, also did not assess water samples taken from sites closest to the dump. And while PFAS compounds are certainly common, he said, experts have concluded that elevated levels in the human body can be a warranted health concern. At this month’s meeting, many residents agreed with Butler, expressing a … Read more
Spire Global at the New York Stock Exchange, August 17, 2021. Source: NYSE Artificial intelligence has been instrumental to weather forecast modeling for years. Recent breakthroughs in generative AI dangle the possibility of it finally becoming more accurate. That’s what Spire Global is betting on in its recently announced partnership with AI darling Nvidia. “What … Read more
Economic losses in the Asia Pacific region soared to $65 billion due to natural disasters, mainly fueled by floods in China and droughts in India, as reported by insurance company Aon. Hadynyah | E+ | Getty Images Economic losses in the Asia Pacific region due to natural disasters soared to $65 billion in 2023, mainly … Read more
People sitting by a pier during sunset in Singapore. Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty Images Singapore’s economic losses due to heat stress could nearly double to $1.64 billion in 2035 from pre-pandemic 2018 due to a decline in labor productivity, a recent study by the National University of Singapore showed. Back in 2018, heat … Read more
BurnBot RX burns unwanted vegetation without emitting plumes of smoke. Lora Kolodny for CNBC Last year’s record heat wave worsened drought and dry conditions across the globe, a particularly calamitous situation for California, which has seen 13 of the state’s 20 most destructive wildfires in history break out since 2017. In South San Francisco, a … Read more
