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Environment‘Life-threatening’ floods bring Nascar race through downtown Chicago to screeching halt
BYThe Associated Press
EnvironmentChicago’s $100 million-plus Nascar payday gets rained out as record downpour cuts short street race
BYIsis Almeida and Bloomberg
EnvironmentJuly 4th is an explosive day—for starting wildfires
BYMojtaba Sadegh and The Conversation
CommentaryTwo-thirds of the U.S. is at risk of power outages this summer—but it’s not stopping Americans from electrifying everything in their homes
BYChris Hopper
EnvironmentWhy smoky skies are ‘the new abnormal’ and ‘wildfire’ is a dated term: They’re part of life in the climate change era
BYSeth Borenstein and The Associated Press
EnvironmentWinged aphids invade New York in just the latest airborne assault on a city that’s also choking from Canada’s wildfire smoke
BYBobby Caina Calvan and The Associated Press
EnvironmentIt’s too hot for 4th of July fireworks in some Missouri towns
BYChris Morris
FeaturesA Washington startup has built tiny homes for unhoused people in 100 communities. Now it’s going international
BYKinsey Crowley
EnvironmentNew Mexico fines oil company $40 million for burning off massive amounts of natural gas
BYMorgan Lee and The Associated Press
CommentaryNancy Pelosi: ‘Americans deserve safe, efficient, and clean transportation’
BYNancy Pelosi
EnvironmentCoast Guard locates ‘presumed human remains’ from wreckage of Titan sub vessel
BYPatrick Whittle and The Associated Press
NewslettersSustainability isn’t values-driven anymore
BYPeter Vanham
EuropeThe biggest water company in the U.K. is also polluting its rivers. Now, it desperately needs a government rescue to turn things around
BYPrarthana Prakash
EnvironmentCanadian wildfire smoke is drifting over the Midwest and heading east with ‘hazardous’ pollution in one city and a warning to stay indoors
BYMike Householder, Corey Williams, and others
EnvironmentIt could be hotter in Texas today than 99% of the rest of the world
BYChris Morris
EnvironmentNew York City drivers will soon pay big tolls to drive into the most visited parts of Manhattan in first-in-the-nation plan to reduce congestion
BYThe Associated Press
EnvironmentTrain carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur spills into Montana’s Yellowstone River as bridge collapses, drinking water shut off downstream
BYMatthew Brown, Gene Johnson, and others
EnvironmentDiscovery Channel camera operator who rode on the missing Titan sub 2 years ago sensed trouble: ‘I 100% knew this was going to happen’
BYBen Finley, Holly Ramer, and others
EnvironmentJames Cameron rips search for missing Titan sub as ‘nightmarish charade,’ claims wreck was preventable
BYJill Lawless and The Associated Press
SuccessRestaurants are recycling ‘ugly’ food that has been getting thrown away for years: ‘Instead of calling this food waste, we need to call it wasted food’
BYHaven Daley and The Associated Press
Environment3M will pay more than $10 billion to settle lawsuits over the contamination of public drinking water systems with ‘forever chemicals’
BYJohn Flesher and The Associated Press
CommentaryThe ‘S’ in ESG could change the world. We just don’t know how to measure it
BYDaryl Collins
NewslettersAre chief sustainability officers ready to evolve?
BYPeter Vanham
EuropeRetired businessman who paid OceanGate $110,000 for a Titanic dive 2 years ago says it was a ‘kamikaze operation’
BYFrank Jordans and The Associated Press
EuropeThe missing Titan sub search has passed the critical 96-hour mark: ‘Just a needle in a haystack situation’
BYPatrick Whittle, Holly Ramer, and others
EuropeParis is becoming the epicenter of talks on climate change and poverty—but it’s all talk so far
BYFatima Hussein, Paul Wiseman, and others
EnvironmentNo forks, ketchup, or napkins for your New York City takeout unless you specifically ask for it under new anti-waste law
BYLaura Nahmias and Bloomberg
EnvironmentNevada town is using brooms, snow plows, and leaf blowers to wage war against blood-red crickets that are ‘almost like a biblical plague’
BYRio Yamat, Rick Bowmer, and others
EuropeThe world just blew past the Paris climate talks’ maximum temperature threshold: ‘I feel like I am watching a global train wreck in slow motion’
BYThe Associated Press
CommentaryRailroad critics don’t see the full picture–and how much safer rail is becoming
BYIan Jefferies

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