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Arts|Election|Environment|Finance

Protester interrupts Maine Senate debate and confronts GOP Sen. Collins on data centers

During Maine's Senate debate Thursday night, a protester shouted at GOP Sen. Susan Collins about the impact of data centers, claiming they are “destroying” the climate. Collins immediately accused her Democratic opponent Troy Jackson of planting the protester, but Jackson said he did not know who the person was. The debate took a brief pause to remove the individual and then resumed.

October 16, 2026

Economy|Environment|Finance|Science

Fundraising to protect oceans, forests and other key nature sites falling short ahead of UN summit

Promises by nations to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to finance nature and increase protections for oceans around the globe are falling short ahead of a key U.N. biodiversity conference

October 16, 2026

Health|Science

Pennsylvania’s aging prisons weren’t built for today’s extreme weather – leaving women and seniors especially at risk of illness and death

Extreme hot and cold temperatures are associated with higher rates of deaths, infirmary admissions and transfers to external medical facilities, researchers found.

October 16, 2026

Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

US is reviving shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing electricity demand and to power data centers

The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet growing demand, especially from data centers

October 16, 2026

Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

Exactly how much of an environmental menace is AI? Here’s what we know

October 16, 2026

Crime|Environment|US

Body found in barrel in Lake Mead identified as Arkansas man after DNA testing, Las Vegas authorities say

October 15, 2026

Hurricane Trudy looms over Mexico's Pacific coast, severe rainfall expected

Hurricane Trudy moved parallel to Mexico's western coast on Thursday, threatening further rain and strong winds in a region already battered in recent weeks by storms

October 15, 2026

Uncategorized

Nepal’s devastating flood exposes the risks of resettling disaster survivors

Chheku Lama ran uphill, urging people to flee when floodwaters hit his village, Khalte, in Nepal's Rasuwa district

October 16, 2026

Environment|Science

US winter is likely to be wetter and warmer, forecasters say. If you want more snow, look south

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the U.S. winter will likely be wetter and warmer, but not necessarily snowier, due to El Niño

October 15, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology

A super El Niño winter is coming and the first official forecast is in

October 15, 2026

Environment|Science

Brazil investigates Amazon wildfires that disrupt daily life and have fueled political attacks

Brazilian authorities are investigating whether a recent surge in Amazon wildfires was orchestrated

October 15, 2026

Environment|Health|Science

Why is the haze so bad in Southeast Asia this year?

Months of sustained wildfires in Indonesia have caused a spike in respiratory illnesses and blanketed several Southeast Asian countries in hazardous haze, with Singapore

October 15, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology

Scientists knew the Doomsday Glacier was melting. They didn’t realize how ‘aggressively’

October 15, 2026

Environment|Science

Study says global warming did more than El Niño to turbocharge Hurricane Polo

Both climate change and a strong El Niño combined to cause Hurricane Polo to explosively intensify from a tropical storm to a Category 5 monster in just 24 hours

October 15, 2026

Science|Technology

Greenland contradicts Trump’s claim that ‘massive’ oil and gas drilling is about to begin there

October 14, 2026

Business|Political|Science|Technology|World

Trump says oil, gas and mineral exploration in Greenland is set to begin. It's not that simple

U.S. President Donald Trump says “massive” oil, gas and mineral exploration is set to begin in Greenland

October 14, 2026

Asia|Environment|Science|World

Singapore pollution spikes, East Timor shuts schools as Indonesia wildfire haze intensifies

Pollution readings in Singapore reached their highest level this year on Wednesday while East Timor shut its schools for three days in response to

October 14, 2026

Barbados joins push for global panel to tackle inequality

Barbados is joining a group of countries calling for the establishment of an international panel to address inequality, at a time when heightened geopolitical

October 14, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology

From climate-driven disasters to Rohingya refugee camps, solar kits help keep the lights on

Mohammed Saber and his family rely on a solar kit for electricity at the bamboo-and-tarpaulin shack they call home at a camp for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

October 14, 2026

Environment|Science

A big cooldown will drop temperatures to their lowest levels in months

October 13, 2026

Finance

UN development agency teams up with World Bank, others as funds grow scarce

The United Nations Development Programme on Tuesday announced new initiatives to help attract investors and jobs to developing countries, which are being

October 13, 2026

Arts|Environment|Opinion|Science|Technology

Across the US, people don’t want data centers coming to their communities

Opposition to data centers is widespread across the US, uniting people despite other differences on political and environmental issues.

October 13, 2026

Arts|Environment|Science|Technology|World

Environmentalists picket African Energy Week, urging an end to new oil and gas exploration

Climate activists in South Africa have picketed outside the African Energy Week conference, demanding an end to new oil and gas exploration across the continent

October 13, 2026