Environment
Why the Spokane wildfires became so catastrophic
Three large wildfires raced through neighborhoods in and around Spokane, Washington, the weekend of Aug. 1, 2026, destroying at least 600 homes and other structures and threatening many more. Tens of thousands of people, including...
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Trump administration moves to block public from enforcing environmental protection laws
Reducing rampant pollution across the United States was so important that when Congress passed many environmental protection laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act, it didn’t want to...
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HOAs are often barriers to sustainable landscaping and solar energy – here’s how they could be bridges instead
If you build a house in the United States today, there’s a good chance you’ll be living under the dictates of a neighborhood homeowners association – roughly two out of every three new homes are...
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Find funding and save Jodrell Bank Observatory, stars say
The open letter was signed by a number of figures who have played concerts or broadcast from the observatory, including guitarist Johnny Marr, electronica pioneer Ralf Hütter of Kraftwerk, the bands New Order, Elbow and Doves, comedian Dara Ó...
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Beavers helping to reduce drought with wetlands
Beavers, often described as "ecosystem engineers", were once widespread in Britain but were hunted to extinction about 400 years ago.In 2015, the semi-aquatic mammals were reintroduced to the wild in the River Otter, Devon, and in February this year...
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Leaving vehicle engines idling is unhealthy, expensive – and often illegal
A bus company that left its buses’ engines running while parked in Boston neighborhoods has settled a lawsuit by agreeing to pay US$5.6 million in damages for the resulting air pollution.The settlement came in a...
Environment
Hedgehog road deaths ‘devastating’ populations
But with smaller populations with fewer than 15 individuals, even a low number of deaths could have a significant impact.Lead researcher Dr Lauren Moore, from NTU, said: "Hedgehogs are declining in the UK and we have found how even...
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Connecting research to policy on Capitol Hill
This spring, 25 MIT students and postdocs traveled to Washington to meet with congressional staffers and advocate for sustained federal investment in scientific research. With recent cuts to National Science Foundation programs and continued uncertainty surrounding the federal research budget,...
Environment
What Britain’s air-con row tells us about fighting climate change
Against him stand those who think Britain's hostility to cooling has curdled into a type of masochism.David Lawrence, of the Centre for British Progress think tank, puts it plainly: we don't tell people to insulate their homes in winter...
Environment
French climate lawsuit offers a window into the next round of the global legal fight
A recent decision by a French court requires a major European oil and gas company to report not only its own climate-warming emissions and those of its contractors but also those of its customers, who...
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Toronto mayor calls tariff fight “unnecessary,” says “we feel like we’re being bullied”
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow told CBS News that the escalating tariff fight between the U.S....
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