Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont becomes 1st state to enact law requiring oil companies pay for damage from climate change.
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Ancient three-eyed reptiles get new home at Chester Zoo
Tuataras are one of the world’s oldest surviving species and lived on Earth before the dinosaurs.
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Judge who ordered Trump to pay $454 million says he was ‘accosted’ by lawyer and won’t recuse himself from case
The judge who found Donald Trump liable for fraud and ordered the former president to pay $454 million said he will not recuse himself from the case.
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How decline of Indian vultures led to 500,000 human deaths
A new study links the vulture decline in India to deadly bacteria spread, causing about 500,000 deaths.
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World first footage shows endangered shark struck by boat just hours after being tagged
The shark never resumed feeding or other normal behavior after the collision, researchers say
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Taiwan races to rescue sailors stranded by Typhoon Gaemi as China warns of wide impacts: Live updates
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Watch: the terrifying moment a shark is spotted in the River Thames in London
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'Back to zero': Manila flood victims clean up, start again
Manila street vendor Zenaida Cuerda said Thursday she is "back to zero" after floodwaters washed away the food she sells for a living and swept through her house.We're now back to zero.
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Gina Carano Beats Disney’s Move To Kill ‘Mandalorian’ Firing Suit; Trial Looms
“Unless you want to go another round, one of us is going to have to leave, and I was here first,” Gina Carano’s former Rebel shock trooper Cara Dune says in Season 1 of Disney+’s The Mandalorian. Those scripted words from the ex-MMA fighter have an added resonance today, as Disney failed to get Carano’s …
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Typhoon Gaemi weakens as it leaves Taiwan for China
Typhoon Gaemi passed through Taiwan overnight and was headed towards eastern China on Thursday, leaving two dead as heavy rains and strong gusts continued to lash the island in its wake. Taiwan is accustomed to frequent tropical storms from July to October, but experts say climate change has increased their intensity, leading to heavy rains, flash floods and strong gusts.
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California will host a billion-dollar 'hydrogen hub.' What it means for our energy future
In the race to decarbonize energy and fuel, the federal government is spending billions to create hydrogen economies. California will be one of several hydrogen hubs — here's what that will mean.
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'Never Again': Ed Miliband Launches Energy Plan To Get 'Putin's Boot' Off 'Our Throat'
Labour claims the UK will not face another energy crisis as a result of this new company.
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Typhoon Gaemi mapped: Storm heads for China after pounding Taiwan and Philippines
Chinese weather forecasters say Typhoon Gaemi’s impact will be felt by a wide region, including areas not directly on its path
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Black bear and cub destroy car in Connecticut after getting trapped inside
Trapped inside a car, the adult black bear and cub thrashed about. Outside the car, a second cub ran around in apparent distress by the Connecticut home. State environmental conservation police were called by the startled vehicle owner on the morning of July 15.
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Federal control board sues Puerto Rico's governor over net metering law
A federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances filed a lawsuit Friday challenging amendments to the island’s net metering law, which compensates solar-equipped households for their contributions to the grid, triggering a backlash. The lawsuit filed against Gov. Pedro Pierluisi aims to protect the independence of the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau so it “can continue to operate free from political influence,” the board said. The board said that it is not seeking to end net metering as alleged, nor impose changes to the net metering program.
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Flash floods and landslides kill seven in Vietnam
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Missouri Supreme Court blocks release of man with overturned conviction as he was about to go free
The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked the immediate release of a man whose murder conviction was overturned — just as the man was about to walk free.
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Warning over ‘worryingly hot’ classrooms as climate change worsens heatwaves
Research showed six out of seven schools had temperatures above a recommended maximum of 26C during a recent heatwave.
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Starmer: I will not force you to get rid of your gas boiler
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted the Labour Government will not force people to rip out their gas boilers as part of its net zero plans.
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Citing climate change, a federal court in Brazil halts rainforest highway paving
In an unusual action, a Brazilian federal court halted progress on a project to pave a dirt highway that connects the major city of Manaus to populous regions, ruling it likely will contribute to climate change. The court suspended on Wednesday a key environmental permit after the Climate Observatory — a network of 107 environmental, civil society and academic groups — argued that the preliminary permit could lead to mass clearing of pristine rainforest. Amazon deforestation is the major source of Brazil's climate-changing carbon emissions, and most of it occurs along roads, where access is easier and land value is higher.