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Climate protesters under fire in Europe: UN expert
Environmental activists are increasingly facing hostility across Europe, a UN expert said, warning that the very right to protest...
![Methane emissions from energy sector rose in 2023: IEA](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/13/66/25/Methane-emissions-from-energy-secto-373177_small.jpg)
Methane emissions from energy sector rose in 2023:...
Planet-heating methane released by the fossil fuel industry rose to near record highs in 2023 despite technology available to curb...
![Britain vows to build new gas power stations](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/0e/fe/8f/Britain-vows-to-build-new-gas-power-610100_small.jpg)
Britain vows to build new gas power stations
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government pledged Tuesday to build new gas-fired power stations to boost energy security, dr...
![Four dead, three missing after French weekend storms](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/6b/6c/20/Four-dead--three-missing-after-Fren-110828_small.jpg)
Four dead, three missing after French weekend stor...
Four people died over the weekend when violent storms swept southern France, authorities said Monday, as rescue services continued...
![Europe must do more against 'catastrophic' climate risks: EU](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/0b/b5/81/Europe-must-do-more-against--catast-111429_small.jpg)
Europe must do more against 'catastrophic' climate...
Europe could suffer "catastrophic" consequences from climate change if it fails to take urgent and decisive action to adapt to ris...
![2023-24 winter warmest on record for mainland US](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/4e/84/06/2023-24-winter-warmest-on-record-fo-118911_small.jpg)
2023-24 winter warmest on record for mainland US
The 2023–24 winter season was the warmest ever recorded for the mainland United States, official data showed Friday, in the latest...
![UN, France co-host forum to decarbonise construction sector](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/c9/ea/ee/UN--France-co-host-forum-to-decarbo-097787_small.jpg)
UN, France co-host forum to decarbonise constructi...
France and the UN Environment Programme co-host a two-day conference starting Thursday to find ways to cut the sizeable carbon foo...
![Spekboom bushes protect earth but can they cool Earth?](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/66/79/0b/Spekboom-bushes-protect-earth-but-c-466060_small.jpg)
Spekboom bushes protect earth but can they cool Ea...
Andre Britz pulled over his pick-up truck on a rocky mountain track to show off the nature-preserving powers of southern Africa's...
![Sinking US cities more exposed to rising seas: study](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/f8/d5/75/Sinking-US-cities-more-exposed-to-r-097919_small.jpg)
Sinking US cities more exposed to rising seas: stu...
Sea level rise could hit major US cities like New Orleans and San Francisco harder than expected by mid-century because coastal la...
![Icy reception for plan to 'save' Venezuela's last glacier](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/56/c5/a9/Icy-reception-for-plan-to--save--Ve-976869_small.jpg)
Icy reception for plan to 'save' Venezuela's last...
A small patch of ice among bare rock is all that remains of Venezuela’s last glacier, which the government hopes to restore to its...
![Hanoi chokes as Vietnam capital tops most polluted cities list](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/89/d7/e9/Hanoi-chokes-as-Vietnam-capital-top-232767_small.jpg)
Hanoi chokes as Vietnam capital tops most polluted...
Vietnamese capital Hanoi was blanketed by a thick haze of pollution on Tuesday that obscured high-rise buildings and left the city...
![California man first in US charged with smuggling greenhouse gases](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/g0/84/11/California-man-first-in-US-charged--491646_small.jpg)
California man first in US charged with smuggling...
A California man has become the first person in the United States charged with illegally smuggling greenhouse gases into the count...
![Sounding warning, Kerry urges new ways on climate finance](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/d1/b1/c2/Sounding-warning--Kerry-urges-new-w-551119_small.jpg)
Sounding warning, Kerry urges new ways on climate...
Veteran envoy John Kerry called Friday for the United States to find major new climate finance methods, warning of "huge disappoin...
Winds threaten to fuel huge Texas wildfire as bliz...
Gusty weekend winds were threatening to worsen a million-acre wildfire that has already killed two people in the southern US, as a...
One death reported as wildfires rage across Texas...
Wildfires raging across north Texas reportedly killed at least one person Wednesday, as firefighters struggled to control one of t...
![Oranges wither, cows go hungry in drought-hit Sicily](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/67/50/f7/Oranges-wither--cows-go-hungry-in-d-270017_small.jpg)
Oranges wither, cows go hungry in drought-hit Sici...
Marilina Barreca has two grim options: feed her cows tainted fodder or set them to graze on barren hillsides as Sicily battles a c...
![Vietnam's 'rice bowl' cracks in monster heatwave](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/1a/94/2a/Vietnam-s--rice-bowl--cracks-in-mon-118111_small.jpg)
Vietnam's 'rice bowl' cracks in monster heatwave
Southern Vietnam, including business hub Ho Chi Minh City and its "rice bowl" Mekong Delta region, suffered an unusually long heat...
![Winter drought grips southern Europe, northern Africa](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/05/36/d2/Winter-drought-grips-southern-Europ-511784_small.jpg)
Winter drought grips southern Europe, northern Afr...
Drought plaguing the Mediterranean has failed to recede over winter months that brought below-average rainfall, the EU's Copernicu...
![China issues highest weather alert as temperatures plunge](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/db/7f/a6/China-issues-highest-weather-alert--158788_small.jpg)
China issues highest weather alert as temperatures...
Severe weather warnings were in place across swathes of China on Wednesday as temperatures plummeted across the south and Beijing...
![Rampant water pollution threatens Iraq's shrinking rivers](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/28/77/91/Rampant-water-pollution-threatens-I-442372_small.jpg)
Rampant water pollution threatens Iraq's shrinking...
Stricken by drought and depleted by upstream dams, Iraq's once mighty rivers the Tigris and Euphrates are suffocating under pollut...
![Lack of rain leaves Italy gasping](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/a8/2d/5a/Lack-of-rain-leaves-Italy-gasping-006030_small.jpg)
Lack of rain leaves Italy gasping
A blanket of smog covers Milan, empty reservoir bake in Sicily and wine production is down in Piedmont as a lack of rain across It...
![Big firms with $7 tn exit climate investment pressure group](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/07/1f/2e/Big-firms-with--7-tn-exit-climate-i-436084_small.jpg)
Big firms with $7 tn exit climate investment press...
A pair of large investment companies with nearly $7 trillion in assets, said Thursday they exited a climate change investor initia...
![Polar bears struggling to adapt to longer ice-free Arctic periods](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/ed/d4/2a/Polar-bears-struggling-to-adapt-to--877101_small.jpg)
Polar bears struggling to adapt to longer ice-free...
Polar bears in Canada's Hudson Bay risk starvation as climate change lengthens periods without Arctic Sea ice, despite the creatur...
![Climate protesters target Botticelli painting in Florence](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/80/db/34/Climate-protesters-target-Botticell-084847_small.jpg)
Climate protesters target Botticelli painting in F...
Italian activists on Tuesday stuck photographs of climate change devastation to a glass panel protecting Botticelli's famed Birth...
![Travel chaos as US northeast hit by snowstorm](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/d2/f3/82/Travel-chaos-as-US-northeast-hit-by-117466_small.jpg)
Travel chaos as US northeast hit by snowstorm
Millions of people in the northeastern United States were engulfed by snow on Tuesday as a powerful winter storm battered the regi...
![France suspends subsidised electric car scheme after surge](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/31/f2/2f/France-suspends-subsidised-electric-655377_small.jpg)
France suspends subsidised electric car scheme aft...
The French government said Monday it was suspending a scheme to lease electric cars from just 100 euros ($109) a month after subsi...
![Greta Thunberg marches in France against oil drilling](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/d7/50/c2/Greta-Thunberg-marches-in-France-ag-768786_small.jpg)
Greta Thunberg marches in France against oil drill...
The "Stop Petrole Bassin d'Arcachon" group, which opposes oil drilling in the area around the seaside resort of Arcachon, claimed...
![Quiet revolution? UK sees new breed of 'green' narrowboats](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/09/1b/cb/Quiet-revolution--UK-sees-new-breed-302030_small.jpg)
Quiet revolution? UK sees new breed of 'green' nar...
Motoring down the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal in England's West Midlands, Neil Cocksedge's narrowboat at first sight look...
!['Miracle' rescue nearly 60 hours after Philippine landslide](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/5e/37/6e/-Miracle--rescue-nearly-60-hours-af-747077_small.jpg)
'Miracle' rescue nearly 60 hours after Philippine...
The rescue of a child on Friday nearly 60 hours after a landslide hit a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines has been h...
![US banking system 'well-capitalized' despite risks: Yellen](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/27/03/d3/US-banking-system--well-capitalized-416614_small.jpg)
US banking system 'well-capitalized' despite risks...
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday that the country's banking system is "well-capitalized" even as some banks face s...
![Scientists in UK set fusion record](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/ca/8d/c1/Scientists-in-UK-set-fusion-record-060906_small.jpg)
Scientists in UK set fusion record
Scientists in Britain announced Thursday they had smashed a record for generating fusion energy in the final experiment using the...
![Spain sees warmest January on record](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/83/b4/da/Spain-sees-warmest-January-on-recor-309072_small.jpg)
Spain sees warmest January on record
Spain has just experienced its warmest January since current records began in 1961, national weather office Aemet said Wednesday,...