Quebec, Canada wildfires made twice as likely through climate change
CNN — The weather conditions that fueled record-shattering wildfires in eastern Canada earlier this summer – and sent plumes of hazardous air into the US – were made more likely…
Ecuador votes in historic referendum that could democratize climate policy
CNN — The people of Ecuador are heading to the polls – but they’re voting for more than just a new president. For the first time in history, the people…
Chinese people are living two years longer thanks to ‘war on pollution,’ report says
Hong Kong CNN — Ten years ago, China’s capital was often covered in dense yellow and gray smog, so thick it shrouded nearly everything from view. People locked their windows,…
Greece wildfires: A losing battle to save the lungs of Athens
Athens, Greece CNN — In Agia Paraskevi, one of the villages dotted around Mount Panitha, just 15 miles north of Greece’s capital, Athens, we found a familiar sight: a woman…
About 4 million children in Pakistan have no safe water, one year after deadly floods
CNN — One year after catastrophic floods devastated swathes of Pakistan, some 4 million children in the South Asian nation remain without access to safe water, the United Nations children’s…
Fukushima nuclear waste water: China bans all seafood from Japan after release begins
CNN — China announced Thursday it was banning all seafood from Japan in response to Tokyo’s decision to begin releasing treated radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant, dramatically escalating…
Fukushima: What we know about the treated radioactive water Japan is releasing
Tokyo CNN — After months of controversy and anticipation, Japan is set to begin releasing treated radioactive wastewater from its Fukushima nuclear plant later this week despite fierce objections from…
Melting Austrian glacier gives up body of long-dead man
CNN — A mountain guide found the body of a man believed to have died more than 20 years ago on a glacier in Austria, police announced on Tuesday. The…
Japan to start releasing Fukushima wastewater as soon as Thursday
Tokyo CNN — Japan will begin releasing treated radioactive water from Fukushima into the ocean as early as Thursday, officials announced on Tuesday, following months of heightened public anxiety and…
Jakarta is the world’s most polluted city. And Indonesia’s leader has the cough to prove it
Hong Kong CNN — Indonesia’s capital Jakarta is the world’s most polluted city, according to a new study, and the country’s president may have the cough to prove it. Ministers…