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Opinion: Nobel prize-winning economics of climate change is misleading and dangerous, and here's why
While climate scientists warn that climate change could be catastrophic, economists such as 2018 Nobel prize winner William Nordhaus assert that it will be nowhere near as damaging. In a...
Search for survivors ongoing as wildfires rage in western U.S. and officials warn of mass casualties
Search and rescue teams, with dogs in tow, were deployed across the blackened ruins of southern Oregon towns on Sunday as smoldering wildfires continue to ravage the U.S. west and...
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Monday
The steady rise of coronavirus cases in Ontario — an uptick largely fuelled by the province's most-populated areas — is cause for concern among provincial officials, and could lead to targeted measures aimed at...
Earth’s rarest diamonds form from primordial carbon in the mantle
Most diamonds are made of carbon recycled over and over again between Earth’s surface and its crust. But diamonds with the deepest origins — such as the famed Hope Diamond — are...
Extreme heat, rare summer snow brought unprecedented West Coast firestorms
To understand why so many fires are burning out of control in the West, you have to go back to Labor Day — and the freak snowstorm that hit Colorado.
A stranded plastic pollution researcher maps COVID litter in her backyard
When her plan to research plastic pollution on an island in Alaska was canceled due to the global pandemic, one researcher turned her attention to COVID litter on the streets...
New wildlife tunnels installed near Tofino, B.C., save amphibians from a deadly game of Frogger
The Pacific Rim National Park Reserve recently installed three new wildlife tunnels under a highway on the west coast of Vancouver Island to allow amphibians to avoid being hit by...
B.C. to protect 353,000 hectares of forest with old-growth trees from logging until new plan is developed
In what it's calling a new approach to forest management in B.C., the province says it will protect 353,000 hectares of forest in nine old-growth areas throughout the province from logging.
How a million old plastic bags and 64 km of fishing rope became a new dock
A new dock has been built in Hubbards, N.S., that uses boards made out of recycled plastic. The owner of the company that makes them says he hopes it will...
Hurricane Paulette makes rare landfall in Bermuda as Cat 1
Hurricane Paulette made a rare landfall in Bermuda early Monday as a strong Category 1 storm just hours after the wealthy British territory shuttered schools, government agencies and air and...
Tropical Storm Sally gains strength in Gulf ahead of U.S. landfall
Tropical Storm Sally is strengthening as it moves up the Gulf of Mexico and forecasters say it could grow into a hurricane before it makes landfall between western Alabama and...
Hurricane Paulette batters Bermuda
Hurricane Paulette was battering Bermuda with "strong damaging winds" and "torrential rains" early Monday, downing power for tens of thousands of residents, forecasters said.
Give us green post-Covid recovery, urges CBI boss
The head of the industry body is urging government to create new green jobs to lift productivity.
Australians hope to save whale from crocodile-infested river
Marine authorities were puzzling on Monday over how to persuade at least one wayward humpback whale to leave a murky, crocodile-infested river in northern Australia and continue an annual migration...
Paulette batters Bermuda as it nears landfall
Hurricane Paulette was battering Bermuda with "strong damaging winds" and "torrential rains" early Monday, downing power for tens of thousands of residents, forecasters said.
Hitchhiking seeds pose substantial risk of nonnative plant invasions
Seeds that float in the air can hitchhike in unusual places—like the air-intake grille of a refrigerated shipping container. A team of researchers from the USDA Forest Service, Arkansas State...
11 killed, dozens missing in Nepal landslide
A landslide triggered by a recent deluge of rainfall has killed at least 11 people in Nepal, officials said as they search for dozens still missing.
On This Day: Pope canonizes Elizabeth Ann Seton, first American-born saint
On Sept. 14, 1975, Pope Paul VI canonized Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint.
Philippines deports U.S. Marine convicted of killing transgender woman
A U.S. Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman in 2014 has been released from prison and deported from the Philippines.
Hurricane warnings in effect for parts of Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Sally gathers strength
Hurricane and tropical storm warnings were in effect for portions of the U.S. Gulf Coast as AccuWeather meteorologists on Sunday continued monitoring the latest threat to the U.S.: Tropical Storm...
Climate change: Warmth shatters section of Greenland ice shelf
A big chunk of ice breaks away from the Arctic's largest remaining ice shelf - 79N, or Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden.
New England Patriots top Miami Dolphins in Cam Newton's debut
Playing in their first game in the post-Tom Brady era, the New England Patriots opened the 2020 season with a 21-11 win over the AFC East rival Miami Dolphins on...
Western leaders blame climate change as wildfires burn 4.6 million acres
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti declared Sunday that climate change has contributed to the wildfires that have burned 4.6 million acres...
Western leaders blame climate change as wildfires burn 4.6 million acres
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti declared Sunday that climate change has contributed to the wildfires that have burned 4.6 million acres...
What did we learn from the Deepwater Horizon disaster?
10 years after the largest accidental oil spill in history, scientists look back on insights gained about how microbes and chemical processes degrade oil. And they still see gaps that...
Taylor Swift to perform on ACM Awards broadcast
Taylor Swift is set to perform on the ACM Awards for the first time in seven years Wednesday.
New rule to further smog-forming-pollutant reduction in heavy-duty trucks in California adopted
The below Aug. 28, 2020 press release is from the California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board. The California Air Resources Board late yesterday [Aug. 27, 2020] approved a multi-pronged...
NFL teams open season devoid of fans
The NFL season opened Sunday at stadiums throughout the United States mainly without fans because of coronavirus.