Today: September 23, 2026
Today: September 23, 2026

climate change

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This year's El Nino-driven heat could cause nearly half a million more deaths, group says

This year's powerful El Nino and the record heat it's driving could lead to nearly half a million more heat-related deaths worldwide by the end of February

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US judge dismisses Michigan climate lawsuit against oil companies

A US judge on Tuesday dismissed an antitrust lawsuit in which Michigan accused four major oil companies of colluding to forestall competition in

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Climate disasters are growing. So are cuts to programs that prepare for them

Millions of people face deadly climate-related disasters as international aid programs are slashed

Arts

New York, California sue to block Trump administration deals canceling offshore wind projects

Democratic attorneys general from California and New York are suing the Trump administration over its plans to buy back offshore wind leases as it seeks to discourage expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels

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Hurricane Polo explodes into rare Category 5 monster after feasting on hot El Niño water

Hurricane Polo explodes into rare Category 5 monster after feasting on hot El Niño water

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Trump signs US-Denmark-Greenland agreement to bolster Arctic security after prolonged tensions

The United States, Denmark and Greenland have signed an agreement to strengthen security in the Arctic and North Atlantic

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Rare September nor’easter could bring coastal flooding, gusty winds to the Northeast

Rare September nor’easter could bring coastal flooding, gusty winds to the Northeast

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UN leaders' meeting convenes with secretary-general calling for 'world built on interdependence'

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is pleading for “a world built on interdependence” as he makes his final address to the General Assembly gathering of world leaders

Technology

UN chief calls for AI curbs and end to wars in his last assembly address

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used his final address to the General Assembly on Tuesday to urge world leaders to regulate

Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

EPA says repealing power plant emissions rules will save billions – but its estimate leaves out health and climate costs

Keeping aging coal plants open, building new gas plants and choices about pollution controls affect electricity bills. Pollution adds health costs and climate damage that may not appear on those bills.

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This state is likely to get the worst of El Niño

This state is likely to get the worst of El Niño

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Messy, troubled, unpredictable: Diplomats describe a world in turmoil as UN opens annual meeting

There is not much diplomats can agree on these days

Economy|Environment

A carbon-credit land rush is hollowing out New Zealand farm country

 At the start of lambing season, Fiona Ramsden's farm near the New Zealand village of Pongaroa is a picture of rural life: newborn lambs trailing their

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Climate Week talks balance hope for clean energy against uncertainty over artificial intelligence

World and business leaders this week will grapple with the urgent costs of climate change

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As cities prepare for 2026’s super El Niño, some crucial blind spots can’t be ignored

Aging levees and dams are only the beginning of the risks communities face. One of the biggest challenges is helping people manage the heat and storms.

Business|Food|Science

Asia’s fruit wars: The secretive world of plant invention and seed smuggling

Asia’s fruit wars: The secretive world of plant invention and seed smuggling

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Italy sees mosquitos spread the West Nile virus farther and longer as Europe warms

Italian health authorities are seeing evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the year

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Florida confirms a death from dengue as the state struggles with one of its worst recent outbreaks

Florida is experiencing one of its worst surges of dengue in decades, and the toll now includes a death

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Scientists hope deeper-rooted soybeans can withstand climate extremes and store more carbon

For years, scientists have explored ways to remove carbon from the atmosphere, including through direct air capture, changes to ocean chemistry so seawater can absorb more carbon and reforestation

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Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program

Anthropic has quietly set up a laboratory to do physical biology work as it pushes its artificial-intelligence ambitions into the

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Nepal isn’t the only disaster-struck country waiting for money from the global climate Loss and Damage Fund

At least 119 countries have asked for aid from the fund set by major greenhouse gas emitting nations four years before the deadly Nepal flood. It has paid zero claims.

Arts

FAA waives emissions rules to let Boeing sell 35 additional 777F freighters

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it approved a waiver of airplane emissions rules to allow Boeing to sell another 35 777F

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Summer heat, drought could impact Minnesota's fall leaf outlook, DNR says

Summer heat, drought could impact Minnesota's fall leaf outlook, DNR says

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Why are world leaders at the UN next week and what will they talk about?

World leaders gather in New York every September for several days of high-level debate starting on Tuesday at the United Nations General