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Meet the African cocoa farmers who are letting their crops rot because the commodity price has fallen so much

Ghana and Ivory Coast are responsible for nearly 70% of the global cocoa bean supply, and many farmers putting their land for other uses.

By Edward Acquah, Ope Adetayo and The Associated PressMarch 9, 2026
The Persian Gulf’s ‘saltwater kingdoms’ rely so much on desalination that damage to the infrastructure could force evacuations
By Annika Hammerschlag and The Associated PressMarch 8, 2026
iran
Bypassing Hormuz: how technology, not territory, will win the new energy war
By Siddharth MisraMarch 6, 2026
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Trump admits the hyperscalers ‘need some PR help’ because the American taxpayer is on the hook for their data centers
By Josh Boak, Matthew Daly and The Associated PressMarch 6, 2026
heat
The last 3 years were the hottest ever recorded. Here’s why we may look back at them as some of the coolest we remember
By Michael Wysession and The ConversationMarch 6, 2026
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CommentarySomething will cause inflation to go up this year, but it’s not oil
By Steve H. Hanke and John GreenwoodMarch 9, 2026
EnergyStocks stage massive upside reversal as oil plunges after Trump says Iran war ‘could be over soon’
By Eva RoytburgMarch 9, 2026
AINobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz warns AI’s hunger for internet comments could degrade the world’s ‘information ecosystem’
By Catherina GioinoMarch 9, 2026
A woman in a red coat holds up a sign that says, “Shouldn’t hurt to be a nurse.”
EconomyHealth care has been propping up a shaky labor market. For the first time in over four years, the sector shed thousands of jobs
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 9, 2026
Real Madrid player Jude Bellingham pours water on his face during a break
Arts & EntertainmentThe 2026 World Cup will bring a uniquely American sports tradition to the beautiful game: Mid-match ad breaks
By Tristan BoveMarch 9, 2026
People wait outside a building
AIAI layoffs are coming. The problem may be compounded because nearly 75% of people don’t apply for unemployment benefits
By Jacqueline MunisMarch 9, 2026
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Middle EastU.S. intel assessment: Iran regime change was unlikely in either short or long war, sources say
By Michelle L. Price, Mary Clare Jalonick and The Associated PressMarch 9, 2026
CryptoStrategy buys $1.3 billion of Bitcoin using mostly common stock
By Melos Ambaye and BloombergMarch 9, 2026
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Gen Z Montana
EnvironmentGen Z activists just won a first-of-its-kind trial against the state of Montana for violating their right to a clean environment
By Matthew Brown, Amy Beth Hanson and The Associated PressAugust 15, 2023
A firefighter puts water on a smoldering stump in California
EnvironmentCalifornia’s fire risk just hit its highest level of the year
By Chris MorrisAugust 14, 2023
Fire jackets
EnvironmentExploding house in Pennsylvania draws at least 18 fire departments: ‘It’s just tragic, I mean, it looks like a war zone — it looks like a bomb hit our neighborhood’
By The Associated PressAugust 13, 2023
Environment‘You can’t do a lot with a closed landfill’: Why a solar farm near London is being built on trash
By Priscila Azevedo Rocha and BloombergAugust 12, 2023
EnvironmentThe Maui fire is affecting and displacing thousands of pets. Here’s how you can help
By Chris MorrisAugust 11, 2023
Trapping ambient CO2 could be a game-changing breakthrough in the fight against climate change.
PoliticsBiden administration makes largest ever investment in ‘engineered carbon removal’, spending $1.2 billion to vacuum up climate-warming gases in the air
By Isabella O'Malley and The Associated PressAugust 11, 2023
Wildfires devasted the island of Maui.
EnvironmentMaui counts at least 55 dead as Lahaina residents had little warning before flames engulfed their town
By The Associated PressAugust 11, 2023
Maui wildfires
EnvironmentMaui wildfire devastates crown jewels of local heritage: ‘All the places that are tourist areas, that are Hawaiian history, are gone, and that can’t be replaced’
By Mark Thiessen, Audrey McAvoy and The Associated PressAugust 10, 2023
Environment‘Nowhere is immune’: Maui’s devastating fires that have killed at least 6 and destroyed a historic tourist town are fueled by climate change
By Claire Rush and The Associated PressAugust 9, 2023
Juneau, Alaska
EnvironmentAlaska’s capital just lost 2 homes to a flash flood from its glacier’s ‘Suicide Basin’—but probably not because of climate change
By Becky Bohrer and The Associated PressAugust 9, 2023
Wild horse gather
EnvironmentJudge bucks horse people, allows program rounding up wildlife by helicopter to proceed despite 31 mustang deaths
By Scott Sonner and The Associated PressAugust 9, 2023
EnvironmentElectric bus maker with a factory that Joe Biden toured just two years ago has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
By The Associated PressAugust 8, 2023
EnvironmentNew York City’s shark attack came despite heightened monitoring—with drones
By Chris MorrisAugust 8, 2023
PoliticsMining companies push back as Biden set to announce new Grand Canyon national monument in Arizona: ‘We need uranium’
By Chris Megerian, Terry Tang and The Associated PressAugust 8, 2023
EnvironmentAutomakers are bashing the EPA plan for emissions limits. Environmentalists contend ‘it isn’t enough’
By Tom Krisher and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2023
Environment‘We repeated ignition’: Lab behind nuclear fusion breakthrough duplicates success after months of near-misses
By David R. Baker and BloombergAugust 6, 2023
Germany forest
Environment‘Book printer’ beetles are wreaking havoc on Germany’s primeval forests because they can live so long in the warmer climate
By Matthias Schrader, Dana Beltaji and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2023
Oregon crab
EnvironmentOregon’s $91 million Dungeness crab market can’t get over the humpback whale entanglement rules
By The Associated PressAugust 6, 2023
Juneau, Alaska
EnvironmentAlaska’s capital built a beautiful tourist center in sight of its epic glacier. Then the glacier began to rapidly shrink
By Becky Bohrer and The Associated PressAugust 6, 2023
Oregon gas
Environment‘It’s about time’:You can now pump your own gas in Oregon for the first time in 72 years
By Andrew Selsky and The Associated PressAugust 5, 2023
EnvironmentWork on Washington Monument-sized wind turbines—the Atlantic’s tallest— is about to start off Martha’s Vineyard
By Will Wade and BloombergAugust 4, 2023
Business woman turning on the thermostat at the office.
CommentaryLower productivity, higher mortality rates, and indoor overcooling. Here’s why heat waves are so much worse for women
By Talia VarleyAugust 4, 2023
Oregon crab vendor
EnvironmentOregon’s veteran crabbers are terrified their work will disappear because activists want to stop ‘extremely rare’ cases of whale entanglement
By Ed Komenda and The Associated PressAugust 4, 2023
EnvironmentStudy finds waves along parts of California coast are getting bigger—with the number of 13-foot waves doubling
By Chris MorrisAugust 4, 2023
CommentaryThe real reason Tesla beat its rivals in the charging wars
By Behnam TabriziAugust 3, 2023
EnvironmentSurf’s up in California as climate change leads to more massive waves
By Julie Watson and The Associated PressAugust 3, 2023
EnvironmentKorea is so hot workers are being given ice vests to cool down
By Heesu Lee and BloombergAugust 3, 2023
Iran
EnvironmentThe heat is so bad in Iran that the government declared a 2-day public holiday amid scorching 122-degree temperatures
By Liza Tetley, Jack Wittels, Arsalan Shahla and BloombergAugust 2, 2023
CommentaryOf pots and kettles: Big Oil and the anti-ESG movement are accusing banks of running ‘climate cartels’
By Cynthia Hanawalt and Denise HearnAugust 2, 2023
heat wave
Environment4 out of 5 people on Earth were hotter this July because of climate change, study finds. That’s over 6.5 billion humans
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressAugust 2, 2023
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