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Flooding and rock slides close heavily damaged I-40 section in Smoky Mountains
Read full article: Flooding and rock slides close heavily damaged I-40 section in Smoky MountainsHeavy rain, flooding and a rock slide have again closed a section of the major cross country highway Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains.
Conservation group makes $60M land deal to end mining threat outside Okefenokee Swamp
Read full article: Conservation group makes $60M land deal to end mining threat outside Okefenokee SwampA conservation group says it will pay $60 million to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company that spent years battling environmentalists over its plans to extract minerals there.
Health officials issue warnings as UK and Northern Europe bake in the first heat wave of 2025
Read full article: Health officials issue warnings as UK and Northern Europe bake in the first heat wave of 2025British and French authorities have issued health warnings related to hot weather this weekend as northern Europe bakes under an early summer heat wave.
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Mexico assesses damage from Hurricane Erick as rising rivers leave at least 1 dead
Read full article: Mexico assesses damage from Hurricane Erick as rising rivers leave at least 1 deadAuthorities in southern Mexico were still assessing damage and watching rising rivers as rain from the remnants of Hurricane Erick doused the region.
Erick turns rainmaker after hitting Mexico's Pacific coast as a strong hurricane. 1 dead
Read full article: Erick turns rainmaker after hitting Mexico's Pacific coast as a strong hurricane. 1 deadAcapulco residents and remaining tourists have emerged to walk outside or visit the few open businesses as the remnants of Hurricane Erick scraped by just inland of the resort.
California is to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from Ecuador
Read full article: California is to examine its Amazon oil ties following pleas from Indigenous leaders from EcuadorThe California Senate has introduced a landmark resolution to have the state examine its crude imports from the Amazon, following a visit this week by Indigenous leaders from Ecuador who urged lawmakers to help stop oil expansion in their territories.
Heat dome will blanket much of the US, with worrisome temperatures in Midwest
Read full article: Heat dome will blanket much of the US, with worrisome temperatures in MidwestSummer will make a dramatic entrance in the U.S. this week with a heat dome that will bring stifling heat and uncomfortable humidity to millions.
A wild bear enters Lithuania's capital. Hunters refuse a government request to shoot the animal
Read full article: A wild bear enters Lithuania's capital. Hunters refuse a government request to shoot the animalLithuanian hunters have refused to shoot a wild bear that was spotted roaming around the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius and criticized the government for issuing a permit to kill a member of the protected species.
Erick strengthens into a Category 3 major hurricane approaching Mexico's coast
Read full article: Erick strengthens into a Category 3 major hurricane approaching Mexico's coastHurricane Erick has intensified into a dangerous Category 3 major hurricane as it closes in on the southern coast of Mexico.
Here's why Hurricane Erick is quickly strengthening into dangerous storm
Read full article: Here's why Hurricane Erick is quickly strengthening into dangerous stormDoubling in strength in less than a day and expected to further grow further, Hurricane Erick is chugging through the ideal environment to power up quickly as it approaches Mexico's southern Pacific Coast.
Scientists warn that greenhouse gas accumulation is accelerating and more extreme weather will come
Read full article: Scientists warn that greenhouse gas accumulation is accelerating and more extreme weather will comeA team of 60 international scientists report that by early 2028 society will have emitted enough greenhouse gases that the Earth will be pretty much locked into hitting the internationally agreed upon preferred limit for global warming.
In rural Alaska, a village turns to solar and biomass energies to cut diesel and save money
Read full article: In rural Alaska, a village turns to solar and biomass energies to cut diesel and save moneyOn a former military base in Galena, Alaska, a school that houses about 200 high school students teaches sustainability among many things.
Under a hot summer sun, South Carolina's governor says energy law will keep air conditioners humming
Read full article: Under a hot summer sun, South Carolina's governor says energy law will keep air conditioners hummingSouth Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has held a ceremonial bill signing in the hot summer sun to assure the air conditioners across the state will keep humming well into the future.
Federal judge to deny Trump administration's motion to dismiss lawsuit over block on wind projects
Read full article: Federal judge to deny Trump administration's motion to dismiss lawsuit over block on wind projectsA federal judge in Massachusetts said Wednesday he plans to deny a motion by the Trump administration to dismiss a lawsuit over its blocking of wind energy projects, siding with a coalition of state attorneys general.
Supreme Court clears the way for temporary nuclear waste storage in Texas and New Mexico
Read full article: Supreme Court clears the way for temporary nuclear waste storage in Texas and New MexicoThe Supreme Court has restarted plans to temporarily store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico, even as the nation is at an impasse over a permanent solution.
Berliners jump into the Spree River to show it's clean enough for swimming
Read full article: Berliners jump into the Spree River to show it's clean enough for swimmingSwimmers have jumped back into a Berlin waterway where swimming was banned a century ago because its pollution could make people ill.
Brazil auctions off several Amazon oil sites despite environmentalists and Indigenous protests
Read full article: Brazil auctions off several Amazon oil sites despite environmentalists and Indigenous protestsBrazil has auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River, aiming to expand production in untapped regions despite protests from environmental and Indigenous groups.
Senate Republicans double down and target clean energy in draft tax bill
Read full article: Senate Republicans double down and target clean energy in draft tax billA proposal by Senate Republicans would adjust the pace at which some crucial home energy efficiency and electric vehicle tax credits are phased out in timelines different from what House Republicans proposed in the multitrillion-dollar tax bill they passed last month.
EPA will revisit Biden-era ban on the last type of asbestos used in US
Read full article: EPA will revisit Biden-era ban on the last type of asbestos used in USThe Environmental Protection Agency will reconsider a Biden administration ban on the last type of asbestos used in the United States.
NAACP, environmental group notify Elon Musk's xAI company of intent to sue over facility pollution
Read full article: NAACP, environmental group notify Elon Musk's xAI company of intent to sue over facility pollutionThe NAACP and an environmental group say they intend to sue Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI over concerns about air pollution generated by a supercomputer near predominantly Black communities in Memphis.
The world's most trafficked mammal is the pangolin. US officials say it's an endangered species
Read full article: The world's most trafficked mammal is the pangolin. US officials say it's an endangered speciesThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing added protections for seven species of pangolin under the Endangered Species Act.
Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950
Read full article: Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950A new study says climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years.
Trump fires Democratic commissioner of independent agency that oversees nuclear safety
Read full article: Trump fires Democratic commissioner of independent agency that oversees nuclear safetyPresident Donald Trump has fired a Democratic commissioner for the federal agency that oversees nuclear safety as he continues to assert more control over independent regulatory agencies.
Mining project near the Okefenokee Swamp has stalled over a $2M permit requirement
Read full article: Mining project near the Okefenokee Swamp has stalled over a $2M permit requirementA hotly debated mining project near the federally protected Okefenokee Swamp has stalled over a $2 million permit requirement needed before Georgia regulators make a final decision.
Men hit by lightning plucked from mountain in record-high Colorado helicopter rescues
Read full article: Men hit by lightning plucked from mountain in record-high Colorado helicopter rescuesTwo men who were struck by lightning on a Colorado peak were flown to safety in what is believed to be the highest helicopter rescues on record in the mountainous state.
South Africa's president visits flood sites with death toll at 78 and expected to climb
Read full article: South Africa's president visits flood sites with death toll at 78 and expected to climbSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa has visited the sites of devastating floods that have left at least 78 people dead in the southeast of the country.
In the Arizona desert, a farm raising fish raises questions about water use
Read full article: In the Arizona desert, a farm raising fish raises questions about water useIn landlocked Arizona, where the Colorado River crisis has put water use under a microscope, a new inland desert fish farm is growing barramundi — a tropical species native to Australia.