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Climate and environment
Weather’s unwanted guest: Nasty La Nina keeps popping up
Something weird is up with La Nina, the natural but potent weather event linked to more drought and wildfires in the western United States...
China’s FM visits Kiribati, where fishing ground is at stake
WELLINGTON, New Zealand ((DailyNews)) — China’s foreign minister on Friday arrived on the remote Pacific nation of Kiribati, where the future of a vast...
‘We don’t have food’: African leaders meet as crises grow
DJIBO, Burkina Faso ((DailyNews)) — African leaders gathered for a summit Friday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to address growing humanitarian needs on the continent,...
Housekeepers struggle as US hotels ditch daily room cleaning
HONOLULU ((DailyNews)) — After guests checked out of a corner room at the Hilton Hawaiian Village resort on Waikiki beach, housekeeper Luz Espejo collected...
An ocean first: Underwater drone tracks CO2 in Alaska gulf
SEWARD, Alaska ((DailyNews)) — In the cold, choppy waters of Alaska’s Resurrection Bay, all eyes were on the gray water, looking for one thing...
At Davos, Kerry cites progress on China-US climate group
DAVOS, Switzerland ((DailyNews)) — John Kerry, America’s top official on climate change, said Tuesday that the U.S. and China were making progress on putting...
Stormy repeat: NOAA predicts busy Atlantic hurricane season
Federal meteorologists are forecasting a record-shattering seventh straight unusually busy Atlantic hurricane season.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted Tuesday that the summer in...
Davos updates | Kerry: US, China working on emissions group
DAVOS, Switzerland ((DailyNews)) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says the U.S. and China are making progress on putting together a group to work...
Security concerns, lack of support stall Africa’s Green Wall
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso ((DailyNews)) — A series of complex challenges, including a lack of funding and political will as well as rising insecurity linked...
Zelenskyy urges ‘maximum’ sanctions on Russia in Davos talk
DAVOS, Switzerland ((DailyNews)) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for “maximum” sanctions against Russia during a virtual speech Monday to corporate executives, government officials...