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05/08/2024

Debby threatens to unleash days of heavy rain and flooding on the US East Coast after slamming into Florida as a hurricane, knocking out power to thousands https://trib.al/uo2qo4P

05/08/2024

Uranium explorers are calling on Australian state governments to lift bans on mining the fuel, which is set for a long-term jump in demand as decarbonization spurs a nuclear energy revival

Uranium explorers are calling on Australian state governments to lift bans on mining the fuel, which is set for a long-term jump in demand as decarbonization spurs a nuclear energy revival.

05/08/2024

The electric vehicle arm of embattled property developer China Evergrande Group said Monday that two subsidiaries have started bankruptcy procedures, in the latest blow to the failing automaker.

05/08/2024

An LNG tanker that’s docked at a sanctioned Russian gas facility has no known insurer, is managed by a little known Indian company and is pretending to be somewhere else

A liquefied natural gas tanker that’s docked at a sanctioned Russian gas facility has no known insurer, is managed by a little known Indian company and is pretending to be somewhere else.

05/08/2024

Extreme heat is blanketing Spain and parts of southern Europe.

Extreme heat is blanketing Spain and parts of southern Europe as sea temperatures soar in parts of the Mediterranean.

05/08/2024

Hurricane Debby slammed into Florida southeast of Tallahassee as a Category 1 storm after intensifying over warm waters.

Hurricane Debby slammed into Florida southeast of Tallahassee as a Category 1 storm after intensifying over warm waters, the latest evidence that this will be a robust season for tropical cyclones.

05/08/2024

Punishing heat throughout southern China is stressing power networks and farmland as extreme weather continues to exact a deadly toll in the world’s second-biggest economy.

05/08/2024

LATEST: Tropical Storm Debby strengthens into a hurricane as it approaches Florida, where residents have fled ahead of a potential week-long disaster.

Debby strengthened into a hurricane as the system neared a Monday landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region, where residents have fled ahead of a potential week-long disaster across the South.

05/08/2024

Billionaire Gautam Adani speaks exclusively to Bloomberg, addressing concerns about his perceived ties to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government https://bloom.bg/3LWYyM4

05/08/2024

Inside India's Adani family.

In a series of exclusive interviews, controversial billionaire Gautam Adani and his successors discuss the transfer of power and the controversies that still loom over the group https://trib.al/NJYtBsU

05/08/2024

EXCLUSIVE: "The transition must be organic, gradual and very systematic," says Gautam Adani.

In a rare interview, the 62-year-old billionaire outlines his retirement and succession plans for the first time, even as controversy continues to loom over the business.

The leadership transition is fraught with risks for the billionaire clan and may have major ramifications for India’s economy and beyond.

04/08/2024

At least 2,700 people in Butte and Tehama counties remain under evacuation orders

CHICO, Calif. (AP) — Fire crews battling California's largest wildfire this year have corralled a third of the blaze aided in part by cooler weather, but a return of triple-digit temperatures could allow it to grow, fire officials said Sunday.

04/08/2024

These are three overlooked challenges the world will need to address to lower emissions and adapt to climate change.

BloombergNEF has identified new areas where startups can fill climate tech innovation gaps as part of its annual Pioneers award.

04/08/2024

A few geoscientists convinced a reluctant Exxon to explore what would become a $1 trillion discovery in Guyana. Their bet opened an oil frontier.

A few geoscientists pushed a reluctant energy giant to take a chance on Guyana.

04/08/2024

It's already been an active storm season.

Tropical Storm Debby will rip into Florida’s Big Bend as a hurricane on Monday as it continues to increase in strength crossing the eastern Gulf of Mexico, forcing residents in the area to evacuate.

04/08/2024

Debby is likely to bring drenching rain and coastal flooding to much of Florida’s Gulf Coast by Sunday night.

MIAMI (AP) — A tropical depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Debby north of Cuba on Saturday and was newly predicted to become a hurricane as it moves through the Gulf of Mexico on a collision course with Florida.

03/08/2024

Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva approved legislation establishing a legal framework for low-carbon hydrogen, but vetoed language that would have granted certain tax credits

Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva approved legislation establishing a legal framework for low-carbon hydrogen, but vetoed language that would have granted certain tax credits.

03/08/2024

A storm currently over Cuba is gathering strength while moving across the Gulf of Mexico.

Florida’s Big Bend coast may be battered by a hurricane early on Monday as a storm currently over Cuba gathers strength while moving across the Gulf of Mexico.

03/08/2024

As Frankfurt’s summers grow hotter and with AC scarce, city planners try to make the most of local winds that offer relief

One of Germany’s hottest cities captures the airflow between office towers and through residential neighborhoods to cool down

03/08/2024

Shanghai said temperatures in parts of Pudong district will exceed 40C

A heat wave in eastern China prompted warnings in Shanghai and pushed another major city, Hangzhou, to a record as extreme weather continues to sweep across the country.

03/08/2024

Softening demand for EVs weighed on China’s automakers in July, with several posting steep month-on-month declines.

Tesla Inc.’s China deliveries likely rose 15.3% in July, reversing a slump for the US electric vehicle maker in Asia’s largest economy.

03/08/2024

Five people are missing in China’s southwest Sichuan province after a bridge connecting two tunnels along a highway collapsed

Five people are missing in China’s southwest Sichuan province after a bridge connecting two tunnels along a highway collapsed on Saturday amid flooding in the area, local government said in their official Wechat account.

03/08/2024

The death toll from China's bridge collapse in Shaanxi province two weeks ago has risen to 38, with two dozen still missing, via AP

BEIJING (AP) — The death toll has risen to 38 from the partial collapse of a highway bridge that plunged two dozen vehicles into a rushing river two weeks ago, China's state broadcaster CCTV reported Friday evening, while a separate tunnel collapse and landslides in southwestern Sichuan province i...

03/08/2024

The world desperately needs high-voltage cables to power the energy transition. That's a boon for one French company.

Investors are thrilled—customers and antitrust regulators, not so much

03/08/2024

Singapore's latest efforts to battle the effects of extreme weather are costing a fortune. It may be one of the few places that can afford it.

That and more in this week's free Singapore Edition newsletter.

03/08/2024

Florida’s West Coast is bracing for a potential tropical storm this weekend as a system gathers strength in the Atlantic near Cuba.

02/08/2024

Twice the size of Manhattan, the controversial $1 billion Lake Texcoco Ecological Park is emerging out of the foundations of Mexico City’s canceled airport.

02/08/2024

Australian pension fund Mercer was ordered to pay a $7.3 million fine for greenwashing.

Australian pension fund Mercer Superannuation Australia Ltd. was ordered to pay an A$11.3 million fine ($7.3 million) for greenwashing, bringing the corporate regulator’s first court action over the issue to a close.

02/08/2024

There's a rush to mine the ocean floor for EV battery metals. After a contentious election, the seabed's top regulator could slow things down.

A Brazilian oceanographer was named secretary-general of the International Seabed Authority, which is tasked with completing regulations around mining the seabed for minerals used in EV batteries.

02/08/2024

Environmental design professor Emily Schlickman had been studying the Big Chico Creek area before it was burned by the Park Fire. She is still looking at ways to make it more resilient to wildfires.

Environmental design professor Emily Schlickman studies land use in the Big Chico Creek watershed, which has been devastated by the Park Fire in California.