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A man rows a makeshift boat through an inundated street flooded by heavy rains, in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere
In sweltering Brazil, flooding killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of about 4 million people. Voters and politicians in India, amid national elections, are faint... (photo: AP / Andre Penner) Independent Online
Brazil Floods   Climate Change   Extreme Weather   Photos   Wikipedia: Climate change  
File - In this Jan. 30, 2009, file photo, an Exxon tanker truck makes a refueling stop at an Exxon station in Arlington, Va. Reportedly, in the second quarter of 2022, Exxon made a profit of $17.9 billion. New report accuses fossil fuel companies of greenwashing, but profits are up
A new report by the Senate Committee on the Budget details how fossil fuel companies have avoided tackling the climate crisis. | Last week, US Democrats released a report... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite, file) Offshore Technology
Climate change   Fossil Fuels   Oil   Photos  
IKEA store in Portland, Oregon Ikea is guiding its customers toward sustainable consumption. Here’s how
Close to 860 million people visited Ikea stores last year, helping it generate more than $50 billion in sales. The world’s largest furniture retailer is using that expo... (photo: Creative Commons / MB298) GreenBiz
Climate change   Environment   Photos  
Air pollution CO2 emissions from city building in the early morning light produced by private heating and apartments The great corporate decarbonization derby is on
To tackle big risks requires big imagination and big bucks. And, except for annihilation from global thermonuclear warfare, no set of risks loom larger than the continuin... (photo: European Community / Mauro Bottaro) GreenBiz
Climate change   Environment   Photos   Science  
Chinese and Serbian flags fly on lampposts, days before the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Xi will visit France, Serbia and Hungary this week as Beijing appears to seek a larger role in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine that has upended global political and economic security.(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) Hungary and Serbia’s autocratic leaders to roll out red carpet for China’s Xi during Europe tour
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend the bulk of his five-day tour in Europe this week in two small countries at the continent’s eastern half... (photo: AP / Darko Vojinovic) Wtop
China   Hungary   Photos   Serbia  
Dust storm in Dubai (Al Kazim Towers in the background) Climate is one culprit in growth and spread of dust in Middle East
Climate change is transforming dust storms—a natural phenomenon in the Middle East—into a more frequent and widespread threat to health and economies throughout the r... (photo: GFDL / Nepenthes) Phys Dot Org
Climate change   Environment   Middle East   Photos  
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