A growing battle over carbon capture and climate change riles Iowa
Carbon capture projects have sprung up around the country as a way to curb greenhouse gases. Opponents say it's a false solution and a waste of money. In September, Bonnie…
Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists
Antarctic areas reach 40C above normal at same time as north pole regions hit 30C above usual levels Startling heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles are causing alarm among climate…
Russian invasion of Ukraine means green light for green energy in Europe
The invasion of Ukraine has exposed the European vulnerability to the supply of Russian oil and natural gas. Many countries in East and Central Europe receive 40 percent of their natural…
US decries ‘disturbing’ accounts of Ukrainians deported to Russia
The US ambassador to the United Nations says it would be ‘unconscionable for Russia to force Ukrainian citizens into Russia’. Accounts that thousands of residents of Ukraine’s besieged port city…
UN refugee agency: 10 million people displaced in Ukraine, or have left country
Over 3.5 million people have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion began The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said on Sunday that 10 million people have either been displaced…
Indigenous conservation could mean richer wildlife tourism in Canada
In British Columbia, traditional Indigenous conservation practices show how humans and bears can share territory. That’s good news for both grizzlies and tourists. Our raft bobs down the Atnarko River…
South Sudan: ‘hellish existence’ for women and girls, new UN report reveals
Widespread sexual violence against women and girls in conflict is being fueled by systemic impunity, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan said on Monday. The Commission’s new report, based…
UN chief warns against ‘sleepwalking to climate catastrophe’
The goal to limit future warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, highlighted in the Paris Agreement on climate change, and driven home in last November’s COP26, gathering in Glasgow, is now on “life support” and…
S. Korean slavery victim seeks UN justice as time runs out
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thirty years after going public with her story of abduction, rape and forced prostitution by Japan’s wartime military, Lee Yong-soo fears she’s running out of…
Kuwait, among world’s hottest places, lags on climate action
JAHRA, Kuwait (AP) — It was so hot in Kuwait last summer that birds dropped dead from the sky. Sea horses boiled to death in the bay. Dead clams coated…
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