Executives overseeing the development of a long-disputed copper and gold mine in Alaska were recorded saying they expected the project to become much bigger, and operate for much longer, than
Firefighters on the US west coast reported more progress in the battle against wildfires that have killed more than 30 people and destroyed entire communities. But much of the region
Egypt is building two highways across the pyramids plateau outside Cairo, reviving and expanding a project that was suspended in the 1990s after an international outcry. The Great Pyramids, Egypt’s
For only the second time in recorded history, five tropical cyclones are churning in the Atlantic Ocean at the same time. Louisiana and Mississippi residents were under evacuation orders on
The effects of global warming in the Arctic are so severe that the region is shifting to a different climate, one characterized less by ice and snow and more by
For years, those on the left in Britain have been arguing that the government should be more aggressive in its use of state aid to revitalise those parts of the
Record-breaking wildfires are threatening thousands of acres one of the most biologically diverse areas on the planet, Brazil’s Pantanal region. ‘Sometimes we are a bit frustrated, but we try to
German farmers have been ordered to enact a series of crisis measures after the discovery of the country’s first case of African swine fever (ASF). The arrival of the highly
11.34am EDT 11:34 The death toll from the wildfires burning out of control in, particularly, California, Oregon and Washington is bound to rise, unfortunately. Media reports currently say at least
With rare exceptions, however, the practice remains infrequent in the West. California intentionally burned just 50,000 acres in 2017. In August, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a memorandum with the Forest
