Canadian mother and daughter dead after suspected grizzly bear attack on hiking trail
Jennifer Balcarras and Selah Reed went missing on a hiking trail minutes from their Bella Coola home before a suspected grizzly bear attack.
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Navajo voters hop tractors, make extraordinary efforts to vote after widespread flooding
Four weeks of flooding washed out roads and sent thousands fleeing their homes on the Navajo Reservation. But many worked hard to get to polling places and voting day became part of the recovery process.
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS ENVIRONMENT
Corpus Christi Approves Water Fines for Industrial Giants as Landslide Election Rocks Texas
This story was produced in partnership by Inside Climate News and the Texas Newsroom, the state’s network of public radio stations. Amid a spate of historic political upsets across Texas, voters in the industrial port city of Corpus…
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH HUMAN RIGHTS
COP31: Human Rights Critical for Climate Action
Click to expand Image A girl in her fishing boat off the coast of Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. © 2025 NowHere Media/Human Rights Watch (Istanbul) – Governments participating in the 31st annual United Nations climate change conference…
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH HUMAN RIGHTS
COP31: Human Rights Critical for Climate Action
Click to expand Image A girl in her fishing boat off the coast of Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. © 2025 NowHere Media/Human Rights Watch (Istanbul) – Governments participating in the 31st annual United Nations climate change conference…
THE GUARDIAN — WORLD INTERNATIONAL
Mother and daughter both killed in grizzly bear attack, Canadian authorities confirm
Conservation officers say the women reported missing over the weekend, were found near a trail near their home Search teams in Canada have discovered the body of a 20-year-old woman and confirmed that both she and her mother were killed in…
THE NEW YORK TIMES — POLITICS POLITICS
How Trump’s Energy Policies Helped Trigger Midterm Rout
The war in Iran, efforts to promote fossil fuels and attacks on renewable energy contributed to higher prices for gas and electricity that drove voter discontent.
US lawmakers will go to UN climate talks in Turkey
An American congressional delegation will travel to Turkey for the annual UN climate summit, a Democratic lawmaker said Wednesday, a day after his party's landslide midterm victory. The United States is not taking part in the negotiations…
Water rationing in Recife, Brazil, falls along racial lines
RECIFE, Brazil — In Ibura de Baixo, a neighborhood tucked into the South Zone region of Recife, Northeast Brazil, 27-year-old Jeyne Araújo’s day begins well before dawn. At 4 a.m., while the Pernambuco state capital sleeps, she scrapes…
Mapping the ‘lines of life’ of South Sudan’s vast antelope migration
The lines on the map resemble the gossamer threads of dense spiders’ webs. Conservationists in South Sudan call them the “lines of life.” The map was made by joining up millions of points of data recorded by GPS collars attached to 262…
Activists Hope Midterm Wins Set the Stage for Renewed Energy and Climate Policy
Environmental advocates point out voters are angry at Big Oil, which is making record profits while families struggle.
COP30 adaptation pledge would meet under a third of poorer nations’ needs, UN warns
Even tripled by 2035, adaptation finance would reach $85-120bn a year against $420bn in needs – and rich nations’ real contribution could barely grow The post COP30 adaptation pledge would meet under a third of poorer nations’ needs, UN…
GOP's midterm defeat sparks bold claims from foreign leaders who've clashed with Trump
Pedro Sánchez says Americans voted against hate and climate denial as European leaders react to the Democratic Party's 2026 midterm victories.
The great disaster divide: How the super-rich are profiting from global climate suffering
New research from Oxfam shows the wealthiest 0.1% are making money from the climate crisis their pollution has caused, while buying protection for themselves The post The great disaster divide: How the super-rich are profiting from global…
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Lesson From Lansing: To Win in Swing Districts, Fight Data Centers
Left-aligned candidate Will Lawrence declared victory over a Republican incumbent after battling new AI infrastructure in his purple Michigan district. The post Lesson From Lansing: To Win in Swing Districts, Fight Data Centers appeared…
Democrat immediately threatens subpoenas for tech executives in wake of midterms
Ed Markey signaled plans to subpoena Big Tech executives after Democrats captured the Senate and House, promising "forests" of new subpoenas.
COP31 must deliver finance for Africa or there will be no implementation
Without real progress in Antalya on finance for adaptation and energy transition, next year's Africa-hosted COP will inherit the same unmet promises The post COP31 must deliver finance for Africa or there will be no implementation appeared…
Vermont Was Supposed to Get an Audit of Its Lake Champlain Cleanup. It Never Happened.
The post Vermont Was Supposed to Get an Audit of Its Lake Champlain Cleanup. It Never Happened. appeared first on ProPublica.
Vermont Has Spent Nearly a Billion Dollars to Clean Up Lake Champlain. But the Green Slime Keeps Coming Back.
The post Vermont Has Spent Nearly a Billion Dollars to Clean Up Lake Champlain. But the Green Slime Keeps Coming Back. appeared first on ProPublica.
Do You Live Near Lake Champlain? Help Seven Days and ProPublica Investigate Algae Blooms.
The post Do You Live Near Lake Champlain? Help Seven Days and ProPublica Investigate Algae Blooms. appeared first on ProPublica.
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What the Democratic Midterm Sweep Means for Climate and Clean Energy
Expect investigations of Trump officials and companies, and a complicated path on permitting reform.
THE GUARDIAN — WORLD INTERNATIONAL
Endangered giant burrowing frog returns to wild after tadpoles rescued from ashes of black summer fires
Tadpoles collected from puddles in East Gippsland were transported to Melbourne zoo, where they were raised to metamorphosis and successfully bred in captivity for the first time After the 2019-20 black summer bushfires, scientists in…
THE GUARDIAN — WORLD INTERNATIONAL
‘Discontent and distrust’: annual social cohesion checkup shows exactly what’s making Australia angry
Cost of living and AI outrank climate change and war as top concerns for future, but support for multiculturalism remains strong Get our daily political email, free app or daily news podcast The vast majority of Australians support…
Zendure plug-in solar kit gets a price cut in Black Friday sale
The energy technology company is offering discounts of up to £500 on its plug-in solar and home battery storage systems