Don’t worry, it was only the second-hottest month ever
Great news: July 2024 was not the hottest July in recorded history.Indeed, last month was a whole 0.04 degrees cooler than July 2023. It was,…
Trump returns to X ahead of interview with Elon Musk
Donald Trump returned on Monday to the social media platform X, more than three years after he was banned following his supporters’ Jan. 6, 2021,…
Rights group finds no evidence of Hamas military presence at school massacre site
Palestinians search for victims following an Israeli strike that killed more than 100 people in a school sheltering displaced Palestinians. a medical source said, in…
Philippine court orders regulator to restore licence of news site Rappler | Freedom of the Press News
Rappler calls decision to overturn shutdown order ‘vindication after a tortuous eight years of harassment’.A Philippine court has ordered the country’s corporate regulator to restore…
As California broils, Montana doubles down on coal
Most of the country is phasing out coal power. Montana is trying something different.The state’s largest electric utility, NorthWestern Energy, was already planning to acquire…
Activists, celebrities urge Dodgers to dump Big Oil advertiser
What do Emmy Award-winning actor Kyra Sedgwick, the Rainforest Action Network, the Doors’ former drummer John Densmore, acclaimed climate activist Bill McKibben and “Anchorman” director…
Check out the TV shows nudging people to act on climate
The whole scene lasted just over a minute. The crucial dialogue, not even 15 seconds.But when a character from HBO’s “Sex and the City” ordered…
Change change, the everything story
A week ago Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth. Then Monday was hotter.I was on vacation, hiking near the headwaters of the…
Commentary: Tourists have made Europe a nightmare. I was part of the problem
Ten years ago, in an opinion article for the Los Angeles Times, Rick Steves advised readers to swallow their fears of terrorism and disease, “just…
Donald Trump: Shooter flew drone above rally site
39 minutes agoBy Jaroslav Lukiv, BBC NewsReutersThe gunman who tried to assassinate Donald Trump flew a drone above the site of the shooting ahead of time, law…
Gunman in Trump attack flew drone over rally site before event, official says
WASHINGTON — The gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Trump is believed to have flown a drone around the Pennsylvania rally site ahead of…
Alberta wildfires prompt MEG Energy oilsands site evacuation
Article contentCALGARY — MEG Energy Corp. has had to evacuate non-essential personnel from its Christina Lake oilsands site due to wildfires burning in northern Alberta.The…
Why Los Angeles can’t afford to go third on clean energy
“Utilities race to be second. And sometimes it’s better to be third.”So said Fred Pickel, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s in-house ratepayer…
‘Absolute shambles’ cry shoppers as major card retailer with over 1,000 stores to close ‘amazing’ site in DAYS
SHOPPERS have been left devastated after a major card retailer with more than 1,000 branches announced a store will close in days.The much-loved shop's closure will…
Don’t listen to the Dodgers Foundation. Big Oil is no All-Star
Much of America’s collective consciousness is focused on Major League Baseball this week, as the game’s brightest lights gather in Texas for the All-Star Game.…
Exclusive: Michael Mann unveils behind-the-scenes Archives
Filmmaker Michael Mann is known for his exacting research and exhaustive preparation, work that goes into such moody, existential portraits as “Heat,” “The Insider,” “Ali,”…
‘I loved this place’, exact date major coffee chain with more than 2,000 branches will shut city centre site
A MAJOR coffee chain with 2,000 UK branches is set to close a city centre site this month.The popular chain has already shut the doors to…
Biden praises ‘beloved’ bar’s role in gay history during unveiling at Stonewall site
1 of 3 | Protesters gather outside at the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center grand opening ceremony in New York City. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI…
Sitting in traffic sucks. Climate change is worse
The more time I spend writing about climate change — and air pollution, and freeways, and heat, and nuclear power, and lithium-ion batteries — the…
Glastonbury weather 2024: Met Office gives day-by-day forecast as thousands descend on site with heat warning issued
GLASTONBURY festivalgoers have been given the latest day-by-day forecast as thousands are set to arrive amid a heat warning. A yellow heat health alert has…