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A lackluster response to North Carolina flooding disasters is eroding Republican support in one county

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:41 +0000

At more than $52m, the race has become the most expensive in US history, but residents are fed up with flooding

Aida Havel mulled her fate over coffee after working the early voting polls all day in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. “We are trapped,” she concluded.

The Dare county commission candidate lives about 50 miles (80km) south, on Hatteras Island on the state’s Outer Banks.

Europe could face colder weather as polar vortex weakens

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:00:54 +0000

Disruption to winds above Arctic threatens to alter weather patterns across parts of continent in coming weeks

The stratospheric polar vortex over the northern hemisphere is facing the prospect of an unusually early weakening. Forecast models suggest it could weaken significantly over the next 10 days, when it would typically be strengthening.

Google search has gone from being very handy to useless | First Dog on the Moon

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 05:54:05 +0000

Google’s AI summary is punching a huge hole in their own profits – is this good?

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‘They have schedules to follow’: how fast ferries can threaten endangered whales in the Mediterranean

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 05:00:32 +0000

A Guardian investigation has found that despite a recommendation to slow down, leading shipping companies continue to travel above advised speeds in a key habitat for cetaceans

Marine biologist Alice Barbarioli waits with her camera trained on the horizon. A few minutes earlier, the hydrophone beneath the Pelagos research vessel detected codas – the sequence of clicks sperm whales use to communicate.

Cryosphere faces permanent damage when world overshoots 1.5C, scientists warn

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:01:25 +0000

UN-backed report finds even temporary rises above Paris agreement target could cause harm to glaciers and polar ice sheets

Earth’s icy regions face such dangerous melting that global heating should be brought back below 1C after an inevitable period of overshooting global temperature targets, a UN report has found.

Colorado community fights plan to use drones to spray weed killer

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 14:00:18 +0000

Officials in Boulder County, Colorado, say they have a safe plan to wipe out invasive weeds, but some locals are concerned

Soon, weed-killing chemicals will start falling from the sky over the Red Hill area of Boulder county, Colorado.

Northern Territory water plan condemned as ‘blatant and shameless’ attack on nature

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 14:00:13 +0000

Exclusive: Move to scrap legal requirement to set aside water for environment is ‘extreme even for the NT CLP government’, green group says

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Trump boosted half of US coal plants with taxpayer dollars and ‘free passes to pollute’, report says

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:00:42 +0000

Environmental Defense Fund analysis shows administration handed out $950m and Clean Air Act exemptions

It’s a good time to be a coal plant in the US. The Trump administration has given support to almost half of the nation’s coal plants, helping them to continue operating despite economic and regulatory headwinds, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Defense Fund.

Mill 19: a creative hub built into a former steel factory

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:00:42 +0000

In Pittsburgh, Pennsylviania, a post-industrial site gets a second life

Healey to veto new offshore wind projects if they will not lower bills

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:48:14 +0000

UK chancellor’s plans add to concerns government is moving away from pro-renewables agenda

John Healey has said he will veto new offshore wind projects if they will not lower bills, adding to concerns that the government is moving away from the pro-renewables agenda.

Announcing his plans, the chancellor said clean power is “how we break the grip of international gas prices on our bills”, but added the shift towards it “has to come at the right pace, in the right places, with the grid to carry it”.