Mass funerals held after more than 300 die in floods across India and Pakistan

More than 300 people have been killed by flash flooding across Pakistan and India-controlled Kashmir, local authorities say. Rescuers began a third day of scouring the mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwestern Pakistan, while others looked...

Countries are trying to negotiate a groundbreaking international treaty on combating plastic pollution

OP-ED: Pa. has chance to reduce pollution and save lives

If you find yourself thinking the weather keeps getting more frightening, you’d be right. The frequency and severity of weather events — heat waves, floods, windstorms, wildfires, droughts, etc.-are getting worse. By now, you’ve probably been...

Abia Secures $125m IsDB Loan for Massive Infrastructure Projects in Aba, Umuahia

The coast is now clear for the Abia State Government to access the long-awaited loan facility of $125 million from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), in order to execute the state’s integrated infrastructure development (ABSIID) projects. The...

Pollution in Byrnihat has come down: CM

By Our Reporter SHILLONG, Aug 7: Byrnihat’s pollution levels have significantly decreased compared to earlier readings, according to Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma. He said state government has initiated the installation of a live pollution...

Strippers dramatically flee as Nairobi County raids Pipeline estate club over noise complaints

Strippers in Nairobi’s Pipeline Estate fled in panic during a late-night raid by Nairobi City County officials acting on residents’ complaints over noise pollution. The women, some in skimpy outfits and high heels, leapt from their poles and...

Letters to the Editor: Week of August 14, 2025

RESPONSE TO BILL STEWART LETTER ON REP. MIKE LEVIN PAUL A. WEHRLE, San Clemente Despite considerable and accurate data confirming global warming and climate change, I remain astounded that so many people continue to deny this reality. I presume...

EPA Seeks To Revoke Scientific Basis For Greenhouse Gas Rules

IRA FLATOW: This is Science Friday. I’m Ira Flatow. This week, the Trump administration indicated that they’ll seek to roll back a key EPA finding that allows the agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from things like cars and power plants....

Which are the deadliest European cities in a heatwave?

Selected cities, % increase in risk of death on days with 99th percentile temperature 99th percentile temperature, °C Source: “Impact of population ageing on future temperature- related mortality at different global warming levels”, by K. Chen et...

EPA to revoke "endangerment finding," legal basis for regulating greenhouse gases

The Environmental Protection Agency has decided to revoke a key scientific finding it published 16 years ago that six greenhouse gases are a threat to public health and must be regulated under the Clean Air Act. This is the key legal mechanism...

Vietnam’s Catholics lead battle against plastic pollution

Anton Le Van Phuoc, right, and another volunteer collect waste on the beach at Sao Cat Parish in Hue, Vietnam (UCA News) Along the central coast of Vietnam, a peaceful environmental movement is underway, led by local Catholics with dedication and...

Amazon launches high-tech solution to major household issue: 'This is an ambitious and creative project'

It's a meaningful step. by Katie DupereAugust 16, 2025 Amazon has partnered with the nonprofit EnergyCloud to bring free hot water to 500 low-income families in Fingal, Ireland. It's all courtesy of a nifty smart device harnessing surplus wind...

Sustainable DevOps in 2025: Green Practices Cut Carbon Emissions

In the fast-evolving world of software development, where speed and efficiency once reigned supreme, a new imperative is reshaping priorities: sustainability. As of 2025, tech leaders are increasingly recognizing that the environmental toll of...

Let’s build on what works for the supply chain, not failed regulations

California’s global leadership on environmental policy is something to be proud of—but only when those policies work. Unfortunately, one growing regulatory approach aimed at the state’s supply chain—warehouse Indirect Source Rules, or ISRs—is...

Who is Brian O’Kelley? The Computer Science engineer from Princeton who sold a $1.6 billion company for 'social good'

In 2018, Brian O’Kelley achieved what many tech entrepreneurs dream of: the sale of AppNexus, the ad-tech company he co-founded in 2007, to AT&T for $1.6 billion. But unlike the typical billionaire narrative of yachts, private jets, and sprawling...

New York faces bad combo of heat and air pollution that has health officials concerned

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City’s air quality will suffer Sunday and Monday as pollutants fill the air. According to AirNow, a website run by the Environmental Protection Agency and its partners, New York City’s air is — and will continue to...

I’ve been a thought leader on operationalizing AI for over 35 years and I’m concerned. There’s a catastrophe in the making

In a speech last month, President Donald J. Trump outlined three executive orders he signed to promote American dominance of AI technology. He promised, in fact, that as America is the country that started the AI race, “I’m here to declare that...

New study highlights ‘grave, growing’ danger of plastic pollution to world’s health

John Yang: In Geneva, negotiators from 175 nations are trying to hammer out the first ever legally binding treaty on plastic pollution. The key sticking point is whether it should mandate cuts in plastic production. Oil producing nations including...

Indigenous communities plead for action at plastic pollution talks

Indigenous communities from North America are at talks on a global treaty on plastic pollution in Geneva, pleading the case for the environment they depend upon, which is slowly being choked by microplastics. In the grounds of the United Nations...

Who moved my oxygen?

It took humanity a long time to recognize that, despite our apparent insignificance compared to the vastness of Earth, we are capable of fundamentally altering the planet’s ecological systems. This realization, shaped by decades of scientific...