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![From wave to washout? Greens face tough time at EU vote](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/2b/8e/df/From-wave-to-washout--Greens-face-t-509957_small.jpg)
From wave to washout? Greens face tough time at EU...
Five years ago Green parties swept to their best results ever at elections for the European Union's parliament, before helping to...
![Africa could help 'decarbonise' global economy, Kenyan president tells AFP](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/1d/61/7a/Africa-could-help--decarbonise--glo-177157_small.jpg)
Africa could help 'decarbonise' global economy, Ke...
Kenyan President William Ruto told AFP on Wednesday that Africa could help decarbonise the global economy -- but developed countri...
![Global warming accelerating at 'unprecedented' pace: study](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/be/f0/3b/Global-warming-accelerating-at--unp-441705_small.jpg)
Global warming accelerating at 'unprecedented' pac...
Global warming has accelerated at an "unprecedented" pace as the window to limit rising temperatures within internationally-set ta...
Rescue worker dies in southern Germany flooding
A volunteer firefighter died during a rescue operation amid heavy rain and flooding in the south of Germany, local police said Sun...
![Fed up with inaction, Germany's climate activists contest EU elections](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/72/e4/38/Fed-up-with-inaction--Germany-s-cli-781167_small.jpg)
Fed up with inaction, Germany's climate activists...
German activist Lina Eichler regularly used to stick her hands to roads to block traffic in protest at what she saw as inaction in...
India court urges heatwave emergency declaration a...
An Indian court has urged the government to declare a national emergency over the country's ongoing heatwave, saying that hundreds...
India court urges heatwave emergency declaration
An Indian court has urged the government to declare a national emergency over the country's ongoing heatwave, saying that hundreds...
![Pakistan farmers pin poor mango crop on climate change](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/b1/60/b6/Pakistan-farmers-pin-poor-mango-cro-677156_small.jpg)
Pakistan farmers pin poor mango crop on climate ch...
Pakistan's mangoes are normally a source of national pride and much-needed income, but farmers are blaming climate change for the...
![World's biggest companies snap up 'likely junk' carbon offsets: analysis](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/7a/9b/fc/World-s-biggest-companies-snap-up---221712_small.jpg)
World's biggest companies snap up 'likely junk' ca...
Globally recognized companies -- from oil and gas majors to the banking sector and tech -- are contributing to greenwashing by sna...
![Experts warn of heat risks as India's temperatures climb again](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/75/b0/da/Experts-warn-of-heat-risks-as-India-371371_small.jpg)
Experts warn of heat risks as India's temperatures...
Extreme temperatures across India are having their worst impact in the country's teeming megacities, experts said Thursday, warnin...
![Floating walkways a lifeline for Brazilians after floods](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/fb/4f/a9/Floating-walkways-a-lifeline-for-Br-154212_small.jpg)
Floating walkways a lifeline for Brazilians after...
To get to his doctor's appointment, Paulo Roberto Heineck limps across a floating walkway -- the only access to a neighboring town...
![Delhi temperature hits highest ever in India: weather bureau](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/08/b8/e8/Delhi-temperature-hits-highest-ever-571897_small.jpg)
Delhi temperature hits highest ever in India: weat...
Temperatures in India's capital soared to a national record-high of 52.3 degrees Celsius (126.1 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday, figures...
![US announces 'guardrails' for controversial carbon markets to succeed](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/19/d9/b2/US-announces--guardrails--for-contr-705516_small.jpg)
US announces 'guardrails' for controversial carbon...
President Joe Biden's administration announced new "guardrails" it says will ensure that carbon offset markets effectively reduce...
![Cases of bacterial disease rise in Brazil's flooded south](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/e8/fe/62/Cases-of-bacterial-disease-rise-in--164446_small.jpg)
Cases of bacterial disease rise in Brazil's floode...
Brazilian authorities on Tuesday reported an increase in cases of leptospirosis, a bacterial disease transmitted by rats, in the f...
![Key tiger habitat swamped by deadly Bangladesh cyclone](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/fe/11/45/Key-tiger-habitat-swamped-by-deadly-994996_small.jpg)
Key tiger habitat swamped by deadly Bangladesh cyc...
Bangladesh forest experts warned Tuesday a key tiger habitat hit by a deadly cyclone had been submerged by seawater deeper and lon...
![Submerged homes, heat waves fuel Mexico climate angst](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/74/b2/e2/Submerged-homes--heat-waves-fuel-Me-661618_small.jpg)
Submerged homes, heat waves fuel Mexico climate an...
Waves wash over abandoned homes in a Mexican village slowly being swallowed by the sea -- a symbol of the climate change effects b...
![Rights court takes climate crisis hearing to Brazilian Amazon](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/e7/ed/31/Rights-court-takes-climate-crisis-h-161417_small.jpg)
Rights court takes climate crisis hearing to Brazi...
Academics, activists and Indigenous people gathered Monday in the Brazilian Amazon to weigh in on a key legal question: What respo...
![Exceptionally early heatwave hits Finland](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/e0/48/9f/Exceptionally-early-heatwave-hits-F-511617_small.jpg)
Exceptionally early heatwave hits Finland
Finland has been experiencing unusually warm weather this May, prompting the Meteorological Institute to issue a heat warning on M...
![Three dead after cyclone batters Bangladesh and India](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/31/fe/84/Three-dead-after-cyclone-batters-Ba-639737_small.jpg)
Three dead after cyclone batters Bangladesh and In...
Residents of low-lying areas of Bangladesh and India surveyed the damage on Monday as an intense cyclone that lashed the coast wea...
![More than 115,000 flee as cyclone approaches Bangladesh](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/00/9c/7b/More-than-115-000-flee-as-cyclone-a-227671_small.jpg)
More than 115,000 flee as cyclone approaches Bangl...
More than 115,000 Bangladeshis left their coastal villages on Sunday for concrete storm shelters further inland as the low-lying n...
![Thousands flee as cyclone heads towards Bangladesh](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/00/9c/7b/Thousands-flee-as-cyclone-heads-tow-114181_small.jpg)
Thousands flee as cyclone heads towards Bangladesh...
Tens of thousands of Bangladeshis left their coastal villages Sunday for concrete storm shelters further inland as the low-lying n...
![Brazil farmer who lost everything to floods recalls water's fury](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/43/a1/88/Brazil-farmer-who-lost-everything-t-113197_small.jpg)
Brazil farmer who lost everything to floods recall...
It was 6:00 in the morning when Brazilian farmer Vernei Kunz heard the roar of water as the Forqueta river overflowed its banks an...
![Tornado leaves five dead in Iowa](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/8f/66/70/Tornado-leaves-five-dead-in-Iowa-887116_small.jpg)
Tornado leaves five dead in Iowa
A tornado that ripped through the midwestern US state of Iowa killed five people and left dozens injured, officials said, with hom...
![Scientists say they can make zero-emission cement](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/96/52/3d/Scientists-say-they-can-make-zero-e-461194_small.jpg)
Scientists say they can make zero-emission cement
Researchers on Wednesday said they were a step closer to solving one of the trickiest problems in tackling climate change -- how t...
![Volunteers race to save Mexico's howler monkeys in heat wave](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/74/1a/43/Volunteers-race-to-save-Mexico-s-ho-613168_small.jpg)
Volunteers race to save Mexico's howler monkeys in...
Volunteers are rushing to hoist food and water up into trees in sweltering southern Mexico, but help came too late for the howler...
![Embryo activist: baby's lawsuit takes on S. Korea climate inaction](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/60/13/ac/Embryo-activist--baby-s-lawsuit-tak-717012_small.jpg)
Embryo activist: baby's lawsuit takes on S. Korea...
When he was a 20-week-old embryo -- before he even had a real name -- Choi Hee-woo became one of the world's youngest-ever plainti...
![Half of mangrove ecosystems at risk: conservationists](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/7b/84/f8/Half-of-mangrove-ecosystems-at-risk-113411_small.jpg)
Half of mangrove ecosystems at risk: conservationi...
Half of the world's mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse due to climate change, deforestation and pollution, according to a...
Hazardous weather sparks chaos and rider anger at...
The Giro d'Italia's 16th stage was twice shortened due to hazardous weather conditions, including heavy snowfall, on Tuesday after...
![Hazardous weather causes Giro 16th stage to be shortened](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/ba/9a/13/Hazardous-weather-causes-Giro-16th--377102_small.jpg)
Hazardous weather causes Giro 16th stage to be sho...
The Giro d'Italia's 16th stage was shortened due to hazardous weather conditions, including heavy snowfall, on Tuesday after rider...
![Canadian oil city lifts wildfire evacuation orders](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/04/84/98/Canadian-oil-city-lifts-wildfire-ev-474176_small.jpg)
Canadian oil city lifts wildfire evacuation orders
Residents forced to flee wildfires threatening a Canadian oil-producing hub were allowed to return home Saturday after evacuation...
US plans to end leasing in its largest coal-produc...
President Joe Biden's government on Thursday announced a plan to end coal leases in the Powder River Basin, the nation's largest c...
![Global coral bleaching event expanding to new countries: scientists](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/59/5d/03/Global-coral-bleaching-event-expand-189813_small.jpg)
Global coral bleaching event expanding to new coun...
The massive coral bleaching episode signaled by US authorities last month is expanding and deepening in reefs around the globe, sc...