New Kia EV4 revealed at last! Volkswagen ID.3 rival incoming
First official images of Kia’s electric family car have surfaced, and it looks all but identical to the concept
‘Into the Thaw’: Jon Waterman on a Changing Alaska
With each new federal administration, energy priorities shift. With the election of Donald Trump in 2024, one of his administration’s key promises, enforced by an executive order on January 20 this year and as promised in Project 2025, was to try to ramp up oil and gas drilling in the continental U.S. A key location […]
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Climate Crisis Is Causing a Chocolate Market Meltdown: Study
According to a new report by independent research group Climate Central, the climate crisis has driven weeks of hot temperatures in West Africa’s “cocoa belt,” where roughly 70% of the cocoa in the world is produced, impacting harvests and likely causing record chocolate prices. Between July of 2022 and February of last year, cocoa prices […]
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NOAA Imposes Restrictions on Scientists, Raising Concerns Over Global Forecasting
The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has placed new restrictions on scientists that those inside the agency have said could hamper the availability and quality of global weather forecasts. Current and former high-level scientists with the federal agency said the new rules have created unease and caused alarm with partners at European […]
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U.S. Wildfire Suppressants Revealed as Major Sources of Toxic Metal Pollution
Some wildfire suppressants in the U.S. contain levels of toxic metals up to 2,880 times the regulator limits set for drinking water, according to a recently published study. Further, researchers found that wildfire suppressants may have contributed to around 850,000 pounds of toxic metal pollution in the western U.S. from 2009 to 2021. When toxic […]
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