Environment

Environment

New England has been suffering from frequent droughts all summer

5:10am August 30, 2022

New England is experiencing more frequent droughts, which threaten farmers, deplete water supplies, and increase the risk of wildfires. This summer's been a tough one.

Republican politicians are critical of Biden's voluntary farm conservation plans

5:10am August 30, 2022

by Elizabeth Rembert

Voluntary conservation is embraced by some farmers who get payments. But some governors are comparing the Biden administration's new plan to step up conservation goals to a government takeover.

People wade through a flooded area in Pakistan, that has been dealing with what people are calling "monster monsoons".

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Why climate change may be driving more infectious diseases

5:00am August 30, 2022

While the impacts of climate change may conjure images of natural disasters, a new study shows that its can also impact humans on a microscopic level.

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Hinds County Emergency Management Operations deputy director Tracy Funches, right, and operations coordinator Luke Chennault, wade through flood waters in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022.

Governor declares water emergency for Mississippi capital

11:38pm August 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

Mississippi's governor says the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency will start distributing both drinking water and non-potable water in the city of 150,000 residents.

Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, an activist from Malawi, was one of six recipients of the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize. Majiga-Kamoto has been campaigning to convince Malawi to implement a ban on thin plastics.

Whatever happened to the Malawian anti-plastic activist inspired by goats?

5:00pm August 29, 2022

by Julia Simon

Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, after seeing goats dying from eating plastic bags, took on the plastic industry and won the Goldman Environmental Prize. But Malawi's plastic industry still poses challenges.

N.C. A&T receives $10M for clean energy research

11:09am August 29, 2022

by Neal Charnoff

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has received a $10 million grant to open a clean energy research center.

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Long overlooked, Oregon's Swastika Mountain may have a new name soon

5:30am August 29, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Swastika Mountain, located about 30 miles outside Eugene, Ore., was named after a local ranch in the early 1900s. Now it's in the process of being renamed.

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Many Sri Lankans have switched to cycling due to fuel shortages

5:09am August 29, 2022

Fuel shortages have forced many Sri Lankans to ditch their cars and cycle instead. Colombo's mayor even opened new bike paths. Doctors and environmentalists call it a silver lining. But will it last?

Tents for flood-affected people are loaded to a helicopter by frontier constabularies, in Swat valley, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022.

International aid reaches Pakistan, where floods have claimed more than 1,000 lives

5:01am August 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

International aid was reaching Pakistan on Monday as evacuations were underway for widespread flooding that have claimed more than 1,000 lives this summer.

To conserve U.S. lands, ecologists want wolves and beavers to 're-wild' the West

7:59am August 28, 2022

by David Gura

David Gura speaks with William Ripple, professor of ecology at Oregon State University, about his proposal to "re-wild" the American West by reintroducing beavers and wolves to public lands.