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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
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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
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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
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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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CommentaryI’m a 3-time NBA champion turned climate entrepreneur. Global warming could soon be out of control–but a comeback is always possible
By Rick FoxAugust 2, 2023
Susan Linder
EnvironmentScientists face impossible choice over preservation of priceless blue crab blood: Let vital medicines wither or an endangered bird
By Patrick Whittle and The Associated PressJuly 31, 2023
Climate change
EnvironmentThe heat, the rain and the smoke: July’s record-setting weather is just the beginning of the summer of Earth’s discontent
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressJuly 31, 2023
EnvironmentTexas braces for more record heat, as temps soar as high as 112
By Chris MorrisJuly 31, 2023
Daniella Levine Cava
SuccessMiami’s ‘Mount Trashmore,’ overflowing septic tanks pose a $4 billion challenge to its efforts to woo America’s financial elite
By Michael Smith and BloombergJuly 31, 2023
The Klamath River runs brown with mud after flash floods hit
Environment$500 million dam removal restoring river that local tribes call ‘our church’ is the biggest in U.S. history
By Adam Beam and The Associated PressJuly 31, 2023
Arizona heat
EnvironmentPhoenix is about to see high temps fall under 110 degrees—but only because monsoon rains are coming
By Anita Snow and The Associated PressJuly 30, 2023
Silver thermometer leaning against red background shows high temperature
EnvironmentClimate change is killing summer traditions like vacationing and going outside—extreme temperatures may be here to stay
By Paige HagyJuly 28, 2023
CommentaryThere’s no such thing as a new nuclear golden age–just old industry hands trying to make a buck
By Stephanie CookeJuly 28, 2023
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
EnvironmentMexico’s president is feuding with an American company about a crocodile-infested gravel pit. He’s offering $385 million and they want $1.9 billion
By The Associated PressJuly 28, 2023
Extreme heat
EnvironmentDangerous heat is moving from the southwest to the eastern half of the U.S. with 60% of Americans facing heat or flood warnings
By Drew Costley and The Associated PressJuly 28, 2023
Extreme heat
EnvironmentIt’s not just climate change: Here’s how El Niño and a huge underwater volcanic eruption led to extreme heat in 2023, from an expert who’s mapped various sections of the Earth
By Michael Wysession and The ConversationJuly 27, 2023
EnvironmentThe family that made $7.6 million from recycling cans and bottles was just charged with fraud
By Chris MorrisJuly 27, 2023
CommentaryMicrosoft and Google’s chief sustainability officers: ‘CSO Barbie makes us proud, and a little worried. Here’s why’
By Melanie Nakagawa and Kate BrandtJuly 26, 2023
EnvironmentSouthwest heat wave is so intense that roads and doorknobs are sending people to the hospital with burns
By Chris MorrisJuly 26, 2023
EnvironmentFlorida ocean temperature hits 100-degree hot-tub levels, potentially setting the record for the hottest seawater ever measured
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressJuly 26, 2023
CommentaryIt took 30 years for climate tech investments to pay off. Now they’re best placed to survive the VC winter
By Michael SonnenfeldtJuly 26, 2023
Greenland ice sheet
EnvironmentThe scientists who figured out exactly when Greenland was ice-free reveal what it shows about our warming planet
By Paul Bierman, Tammy Rittenour and The ConversationJuly 24, 2023
CommentaryWhy AT&T and Verizon’s infrastructure woes run much deeper than lead cables
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianJuly 24, 2023
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SuccessNBCUniversal cut down the tree branches that striking actors and writers used for shade, and got just a $250 fine
By Chris MorrisJuly 24, 2023
FinanceNearly 80 major clean energy factories announced in year since Biden’s IRA passed: ‘It seems like every week there’s a new factory facility somewhere’
By Isabella O'Malley, Michael Phillis and The Associated PressJuly 24, 2023
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EnvironmentA paleoclimate scientist explains why he cringes at the 100,000-year heat—and how far back in prehistory it was really this hot
By Darrell Kaufman and The ConversationJuly 23, 2023
EnvironmentAs renewable-energy demand soars amid extreme heat, rising costs are making offshore wind projects so expensive that ‘it doesn’t make sense to continue’
By Will Mathis and BloombergJuly 22, 2023
Environment‘We’re all grieving and heartbroken’: Farmers are devastated by recent Northeast flooding that swept away crops
By Steve LeBlanc and The Associated PressJuly 21, 2023
CommentaryWhy is healthy food so expensive in America? Blame the Farm Bill that Congress always renews to make burgers cheaper than salad
By Gene BaurJuly 21, 2023
EnvironmentBiden administration plans to raise the commission paid by oil and gas companies that drill on public land by more than 33%
By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressJuly 21, 2023
Upstate New York coyote
EnvironmentNew York’s ‘imaginary divide’ exposed by proposed ban on cash-prize hunting contests: ‘These are people that are upstate’
By Michael Hill and The Associated PressJuly 20, 2023
King Charles III
EnvironmentKing Charles makes so much from offshore wind farms that he told the UK to use a $1.3 billion profit for the ‘wider public good’
By Sylvia Hui and The Associated PressJuly 20, 2023
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EnvironmentThe government’s habit of rounding up wild mustangs by helicopter is under fire after 11 wild horses die in grisly stampede
By Scott Sonner and The Associated PressJuly 20, 2023
Jimmy Patronis
PoliticsFlorida’s CFO blames wokeness for insurers leaving the state: ‘I do call them the Bud Light of the insurance industry’
By Chris MorrisJuly 20, 2023
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