BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s capital Beijing woke up Sunday morning to thick dust carrying extremely high levels of dangerous particles, when a second sandstorm in two weeks hit the city due to …
Read More »Biden invites Russia and China to first global climate talks
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden will include rivals Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China among the guests at his administration’s first major climate talks, an event the United …
Read More »The epidemic’s cleaner air adds warmth to the warming planet
Earth caused a slight fever in 2020, partly due to cleaner air from the epidemic lockdown, a new study has found. For a brief period of time, temperatures in the eastern United …
Read More »BP’s oil discovery team swept into climate revolution
LONDON (Reuters) – Nothing survives the winds of change now through BP, not even the exploration team that drove its profits by discovering billions of barrels of oil for over a century. …
Read More »It is a place on the International Space Station that is dirty – for science
While most of us are now more cautious about keeping our homes and workplaces clean, on the International Space Station, cleanliness is mandatory. There is an anti-bacterial remedy of high importance, as …
Read More »Top US oil lobby on total climate policies
LONDON (Reuters) – France’s Total SE became the first major global energy company to leave the main US oil and gas lobby on Friday due to disagreements over its climate policies and …
Read More »‘Nature is under seas’: Scientists’ sound alarm in insect apocalypses
A collection of new scientific papers written by 56 experts around the world reiterates growing concerns about the bug’s decline and urges people and governments to take immediate action to address the …
Read More »Iran begins 20% uranium enrichment, seizing tanker in straits
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran on Monday began enriching uranium by 20% in an underground facility and seized a South Korean-flagged oil tanker in the significant strait of Hormuz, and …
Read More »Air pollution listed as the cause of girl’s death in Landmark ruling
A 9-year-old girl died in the UK after an asthma attack, believed to be the first in the world to have listed air pollution as the cause of her death. Ella Kissi-Debrah …
Read More »India celebrates Diwali amidst fears of pandemic, pollution
New Delhi (AP) – More than one billion Indians celebrated Diwali on Saturday due to coronovirus infection and rising air pollution and clouds of thick poisonous mist are blowing in the north …
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