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Reduce, reuse, recycle: Celebrating Earth Day on April 22
Read full article: Reduce, reuse, recycle: Celebrating Earth Day on April 22With the threat of global warming and climate change looming large, Earth Day encourages people to take steps to reduce their carbon footprint and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Jacksonville native, musician Samuel Herb plants a tree for every 1K streams, releases new song on Earth Day
Read full article: Jacksonville native, musician Samuel Herb plants a tree for every 1K streams, releases new song on Earth DayHerb is preparing to plant his 1,000th tree soon and is releasing a new single, “To the Trees,” on April 22 in honor of Earth Day.

2022 was fifth or sixth warmest on record as Earth heats up
Read full article: 2022 was fifth or sixth warmest on record as Earth heats upGovernment science teams say that 2022 didn't quite set a record for heat, but it was in the top five or six warmest on record depending on who's doing the measuring.

G7 vows to step up moves to renewable energy, zero carbon
Read full article: G7 vows to step up moves to renewable energy, zero carbonEnergy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations have vowed to work to hasten the shift toward cleaner, renewable energy, but set no timetable for phasing out coal-fired power plants.

As Earth warms, more 'flash droughts' suck soil, plants dry
Read full article: As Earth warms, more 'flash droughts' suck soil, plants dryA new study finds that climate change is making droughts faster and more furious — and especially one fast-moving kind of drought that can take farmers by surprise.
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Parts of Juneau brace for flooding from water slipping past Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier
Read full article: Parts of Juneau brace for flooding from water slipping past Alaska's Mendenhall GlacierSections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier.

Vietnam wants to be the next Asian tiger and it’s overhauling its economy to make it happen
Read full article: Vietnam wants to be the next Asian tiger and it’s overhauling its economy to make it happenVietnam is launching its biggest economic overhaul in a generation, aiming to become Asia’s next “tiger economy.”.

Judge to hear arguments on halting 'Alligator Alcatraz' construction over environmental concerns
Read full article: Judge to hear arguments on halting 'Alligator Alcatraz' construction over environmental concernsA federal judge will hear closing arguments in a hearing over whether to stop construction indefinitely at an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as she considers whether it violates environmental laws.

Great white shark is seen near popular beaches in Maine, sparking a warning from police
Read full article: Great white shark is seen near popular beaches in Maine, sparking a warning from policeReports of a large great white shark near popular beaches in Maine have prompted a warning to beachgoers.

Some Juneau residents urged to evacuate as Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwater
Read full article: Some Juneau residents urged to evacuate as Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier releases floodwaterResidents in some parts of Juneau evacuated ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater after a huge upstream basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier started to escape.

Takeaways from AP's reporting on armed groups recruiting children in Colombia
Read full article: Takeaways from AP's reporting on armed groups recruiting children in ColombiaThe Indigenous Guard of the Nasa people formed in Colombia in 2001 to protect Indigenous territories from armed groups and from environmental destruction such as deforestation and illegal mining.

Violent guerrillas are taking Colombia's children. Unarmed Indigenous groups are confronting them
Read full article: Violent guerrillas are taking Colombia's children. Unarmed Indigenous groups are confronting themThe Indigenous Guard of the Nasa people formed in Colombia in 2001 to protect Indigenous territories from armed groups and from environmental destruction such as deforestation and illegal mining.

Groups seek to influence plastic pollution treaty talks at the UN as negotiations wind down
Read full article: Groups seek to influence plastic pollution treaty talks at the UN as negotiations wind downEnvironmentalists and Indigenous leaders held signs in front of the United Nations buildings in Geneva where talks for a global accord to end plastic pollution are taking place.

Scientists search for DNA of an endangered salamander in Mexico City’s canals
Read full article: Scientists search for DNA of an endangered salamander in Mexico City’s canalsScientists from a university are filtering Mexico City's waters for traces of the DNA of an endangered salamander, the axolotl.

Why more women are switching to reusable menstrual products
Read full article: Why more women are switching to reusable menstrual productsReusable menstrual products, including cups, discs and period underwear, have gained traction as a cost-effective, long-lasting, environmental alternative to single-use products.

Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks
Read full article: Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talksAs nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution, an artist heaped piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the United Nations office.

Massive mudslide kills 7 volunteers repairing flood damage in northern Pakistan
Read full article: Massive mudslide kills 7 volunteers repairing flood damage in northern PakistanA massive mudslide has killed seven volunteers in northern Pakistan as they repaired a drainage channel damaged by flash floods.

Henriette becomes a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean but is not forecast to threaten land
Read full article: Henriette becomes a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean but is not forecast to threaten landTropical Storm Henriette has rapidly strengthened into a hurricane in the central Pacific Ocean with further strengthening expected but poses no threat to land.

6.1 earthquake hits Turkey's Balikesir province, killing 1 and collapsing buildings
Read full article: 6.1 earthquake hits Turkey's Balikesir province, killing 1 and collapsing buildingsA magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir, killing at least one person and causing about a dozen buildings to collapse.

Feel sticky this summer? That's because it's been record muggy East of the Rockies
Read full article: Feel sticky this summer? That's because it's been record muggy East of the RockiesMore than 70 million Americans have experienced the muggiest start to summer on record, with climate change increasing humidity in the Eastern U.S. An Associated Press analysis shows that parts of 20 states and Washington, D.

Commercial fishing in a vast Pacific nature area is halted after a judge blocks a Trump order
Read full article: Commercial fishing in a vast Pacific nature area is halted after a judge blocks a Trump orderCommercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again after a judge in Hawaii sided with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections.

Thousands march against plan to build massive bridge linking Sicily to Italy's mainland
Read full article: Thousands march against plan to build massive bridge linking Sicily to Italy's mainlandThousands of people have marched in Messina, Sicily, to protest a government plan to build a bridge connecting the Italian mainland with Sicily.

Firefighters battle to prevent reignition of France’s largest wildfire as residents return home
Read full article: Firefighters battle to prevent reignition of France’s largest wildfire as residents return homeAbout 1,400 firefighters have been deployed in France's southern Aude region to prevent the country's largest wildfire in decades from reigniting.

US at plastics treaty talks is rare international participation under Trump. What's the goal?
Read full article: US at plastics treaty talks is rare international participation under Trump. What's the goal?Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States has withdrawn from international negotiations and commitments, particularly around climate.

Flash floods kill at least 10 people and leave 33 missing in northwestern China
Read full article: Flash floods kill at least 10 people and leave 33 missing in northwestern ChinaChinese state media reports flash floods have left at least 10 people dead and 33 missing in Yuzhong County in China’s northwestern Gansu province.

Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center
Read full article: Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention centerA federal judge has ordered a two-week halt to construction at an immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as she considers whether it violates environmental laws.

July was slightly cooler than the last 2 years, but extreme weather impacts continue, scientists say
Read full article: July was slightly cooler than the last 2 years, but extreme weather impacts continue, scientists sayThe European Union agency that tracks global warming says last month was the third-warmest July on record, with temperatures easing slightly for the month as compared with the record high two years ago.

Trump's push for drilling, mining sharpens debate for Alaska Natives about land they view as sacred
Read full article: Trump's push for drilling, mining sharpens debate for Alaska Natives about land they view as sacredWhen Alaska Natives debate proposals to drill and mine the landscape of the nation’s largest state, it involves more than an environmental or economic question.