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Star Trek fans and spider enthusiasts have unexpectedly converged on a new frontier. Scientists in Brazil announced that they had identified three new species of spiders and subsequently named them Kirk, McCoy and Spock after some of the main characters of “Star Trek.” The trio of spiders are part of the Roddenberryus genus, a taxonomic…
More than 5,000 people were killed in Libya after torrential rains caused two dams to burst near the coastal city of Derna, destroying much of the city and carrying entire neighborhoods into the sea, local authorities said on Tuesday. Libya, a North African nation splintered by a war, was ill-prepared for the storm, called Daniel,…
Private investment in clean energy projects like solar panels, hydrogen power and electric vehicles surged after President Biden signed an expansive climate bill into law last year, a development that shows how tax incentives and federal subsidies have helped reshape some consumer and corporate spending in the United States. New data being released on Wednesday…
Orsted, the Danish renewable energy giant, has warned that it may write off as much as $2.12 billion because of supply chain problems and other issues at three giant offshore wind installations off the United States’ East Coast. The announcement from the company, which has been a global pioneer in offshore wind energy, is the…
As natural disasters and extreme environmental conditions became more commonplace around the world this summer, scientists pointed repeatedly to a shared driver: climate change. Conspiracy theorists pointed to anything but. Some claimed falsely that the record-smashing heat waves blistering parts of North America, Europe and Asia were normal, and that they had been sensationalized as…
new video loaded: They Prepared for Idalia’s Floods But Lost Their Home in a Fire transcript Back transcript They Prepared for Idalia’s Floods But Lost Their Home in a Fire Heather and David Durst’s children have set up a GoFundMe to help them rebuild their lives. “Something caused a fire to happen in our house.”…
Clean energy has become synonymous with wind and solar, and with good reason. Thanks to improved technology and declining costs, wind turbines and solar panels are producing a rapidly growing share of the world’s electricity. But there are many other sources of clean power that could provide abundant, emissions-free energy and help replace fossil fuels….
On the menu at New York City’s 11 public hospitals is pasta with Bolognese sauce, without the meat. Or Sancocho, a Latin American beef stew, minus the beef. Or maybe a black-eyed peas casserole with cornbread made without butter or eggs. NYC Health + Hospitals, the country’s largest municipal health system, has made plant-based food…
The Energy Department announced on Thursday that it had made $2 billion in grants and $10 billion in loans available to auto companies to convert existing factories that build gas-powered cars and trucks into plants that produce hybrid and electric vehicles. The money, provided under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, is aimed at maintaining jobs…
Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson have donated $10 million to help establish a fund that will give direct cash assistance to Maui residents displaced by catastrophic wildfires that destroyed hundreds of homes on the island, they said on Thursday. The new effort, called the People’s Fund of Maui, is offering payments of $1,200 per month…
