Fossil fuel companies are forcing governments to compensate them for lost revenue in the transition to a low-carbon global economy and destroying the world’s ability to counter their harmful activities, former senior officials have warned. of the UN. Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland, who was a two-time UN climate envoy, said she …
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco is considered one of the most beautiful cities in America. But sometimes beauty hides the beast that is the city’s bureaucracy. For a large city, San Francisco has a pretty good number of trash cans. But we have a problem. Trash tends to find its way onto city streets, …
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Ottawa – Quebec Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette added his voice to the Bloc Québécois and Conservatives in Ottawa, who are outraged by comments made by Liberal MP Angelo Iacono, who said Quebec would benefit from officially becoming a province. bilingual instead of having only French as an official language. “What a lack of respect,” said Barrette, …
(Idaho Capital Sun) – Idaho Department of Water Resources Director Mathew Weaver issued a curtailment order Thursday afternoon requiring 6,400 new groundwater rights holders who pump the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer to shut off their water. theirs. The order will affect groundwater users that the Idaho Department of Water Resources said are not in compliance …
Another solar storm is forecast for Earth, meaning residents of several US states may have another chance to see the aurora borealis on Friday night. The Space Weather Prediction Center has predicted a possible geomagnetic storm to arrive on Friday, May 31 and last until the early hours of Saturday morning. According to the organization, …
Sink your teeth into this news. Sharks may be more useful than meteorologists when it comes to long-term forecasting of hurricanes, experts say — and the clues can be found in their migration patterns. Like dogs and birds before a storm, sharks that smell trouble usually move en masse to deeper waters weeks in advance, …