Planet Earth - Page 175

January 12, 2023

Tornado touches down in California town as destruction from onslaught of storms continues

While Thursday marked a brief respite for waterlogged California residents, storms impacts were forecast to continue on Friday, through the weekend and into next week.

January 12, 2023

Mississippi wastewater hauling business pleads guilty to federal illegal dumping

A Mississippi wastewater hauling business has pleaded guilty to federal illegal dumping. The company was discharging industrial waste into Jackson's sewer system.

January 12, 2023

CO man says he set a fire at a NV solar power site to show support for clean energy

A Colorado man who allegedly set a fire at a solar power site near Las Vegas said he wanted to send a message supporting clean energy. The suspect could face decades in prison.

January 12, 2023

Dems join GOP in vote to block Biden from selling strategic oil reserves to China

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to prevent the sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Chinese-owned entities in response to Biden's drawdown of SPR reserves.

January 11, 2023

NASA's James Webb Telescope finds first exoplanet almost exactly the same size as Earth

The James Webb Telescope hit another milestone on Wednesday, identifying its first exoplanet 41 light-years away that is almost exactly the same size as Earth.

January 11, 2023

German police surround and crack down on camp of anti-coal protesters

Protesters in the German town of Luetzerath are being forcefully removed from the town by police as authorities attempt to ready it for an expansion of coal mining.

January 11, 2023

CNN climate correspondent says gas stoves can affect 'cognitive abilities' in young kids

CNN climate correspondent Bill Weir said Wednesday that gas stoves can affect "cognitive abilities" in young kids. 

January 10, 2023

Mending ozone layer shows we can solve environmental problems when driven by innovation: Bjorn Lomborg

Copenhagen Consensus Center President Bjorn Lomborg celebrates a report showing the ozone layer is improving and discusses a potential ban on gas stove sales.

January 10, 2023

Dangerous weather conditions continue in California as tens of thousands forced to evacuate

More wet weather and dangerous conditions are forecast up and down California on Tuesday, with storms knocking out power for over 192,000 homes and businesses.

January 10, 2023

German climate activists protest the demolition of an abandoned village that's set to be turned into a mine

Climate activists in Germany tried to block the entry of machinery into a village that is set to be turned into a mine. The climate activists had a standoff with the police.