by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Britain's new target to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 became law on Thursday, making it the first among the major G7 countries to set such a goal. Outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May had announced the target earlier this month, say...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Britain on Thursday became the world's first major economy to adopt the tough new target of lowering fossil fuel emissions to a level of net zero by 2050. Energy and Clean Growth Minister Chris Skidmore signed the order paper enacting the legislatio...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Michael Tran/GettyRichard Branson is finally close to riding his rocket ship.After a decade in which he repeatedly announced his imminent departure into space as the first passenger aboard Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, only to then call it off, it...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Shares in German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer soared early Thursday, after the company's supervisory board announced moves to address a wave of US lawsuits over flagship herbicide glyphosate. Investors sent Bayer stock shooting up 8.2 per...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
There are many threats posed by climate change – rising seas, melting ice caps, bleached coral reefs. But there's another that we're just beginning to come to terms with: the rise of Lyme disease. In England and Wales reported cases rose from...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
A forest fire in Spain raged out of control on Thursday amid a Europe-wide heatwave, devouring land despite the efforts of hundreds of firefighters who worked through the night, local authorities said. The blaze broke out on Wednesday afternoon in T...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
A total of 535 people have been killed since 2010 after being hit by trains while wearing headphones on tracks in and around the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, police said Thursday. "Walking on railway tracks and putting on headphones is banned in the c...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
G20 negotiators are wrangling over the wording of a summit communique on combatting climate change, with the United States pushing to downgrade the language against European opposition, according to sources and drafts of the text. The arguments are...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
A desert-based carnivorous dinosaur that used claws to capture small prey 90 million years ago has been unearthed in southern Brazil, scientists said Wednesday. Just over a meter and a half in length (five feet), the fossil remains of the Vespersaur...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Bold ideas on the debate stage in Miami - and an unexpected breakout star. Here’s the verdict from our panelists The Democratic candidates for president clashed in a live televised debate in Miami. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Kate Aronoff: L...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Colon cancer took a heavy toll on Loren McCabe's family. McCabe's mother died, too, after choosing treatment so she could see her son graduate from college but having to travel far to receive it. None had the option of being treated on their reserv...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
The number of people at risk of contracting an agonising eye disease has fallen dramatically, with experts hoping it could soon be eliminated. According to new figures released by the World Health Organization the number of people at risk of blinding...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
(Bloomberg) -- Sign up for Next China, a weekly email on where the nation stands now and where it's going next.Several Huawei Technologies Co. employees have collaborated on research projects with Chinese armed forces personnel, indicating closer...
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Candidates made no mention of a Green New Deal but talked green industrial plans, carbon pricing and hurricane victims in Puerto Rico.
by Heidi Harley - 4 years ago
Ten Democrats kicked off the presidential debate season with a sober rendering of policy that featured a smattering of missteps on climate change, the economy and more but no whoppers. JAY INSLEE, Washington's governor: "We are the first generation...