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Dozens injured and buildings damaged as tornadoes hit Sicily

Marsala on island’s west coast badly affected after powerful storm approached from MediterraneanTwo tornadoes have struck the coastal town of Marsala in western Sicily, injuring dozens of people, damaging buildings including a school, and overturning cars.A series of videos began

Brief theguardian.com · 6d ago · 1 min
How a reluctant Iowa farming county undid a ban on battery storage

The soil in northwest Iowa is so fertile it’s referred to as “black gold.” “It’s incredibly rich, wonderful topsoil from thousands of years of silty deposits from the Missouri River,” said Luke Seaberg, a researcher at Iowa State University’s extension program. So rich that some

Brief canarymedia.com · 9d ago · 1 min
A storm may be brewing in the Gulf

And in the Pacific, Super Typhoon Choi-Wan is the planet's eighth Category 5 as another potential powerhouse, Koguma, begins organizing.

Brief yaleclimateconnections.org · 11d ago · 1 min
British government ‘complacent about food as a national security matter’

Experts say country does not have plan to feed people in a crisis and is unprepared for future shortagesBritain does not have a plan for how to feed people in a crisis and is unprepared for potential future food shortages, according to a warning from more than 150 experts deliver

Brief theguardian.com · 12d ago · 2 min
California to Vote on Landmark Tribal Petitions for Coastal Protections

Drive the Pacific Coast Highway, spearfish alongside Great White sharks, surf in Santa Cruz, dive for lobster, cast a line or set a crab pot: California is defined by its 840-mile coastline. Managing the miles of beach, reef and cliffsides that define the state is a complicated a

Brief insideclimatenews.org · 14d ago · 2 min
The Colorado River is shrinking. What happens next?

Lake Mead is at its lowest level since it was filled nearly 90 years ago, Lake Powell also at a historic lowIt was 42C (108F) degrees as we motored across Nevada’s Lake Mead in our rented pontoon boat. Colby Pellegrino with the Southern Nevada Water Authority wanted to show us so

Brief theguardian.com · 15d ago · 1 min

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US EV sales are rising again. Here’s why the recovery is set to last.

This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. It’s a great time to have an electric vehicle — and more Americans are getting the message. Despite President Donald Trump’s pledge to refrain from striking Iran befor

canarymedia.com · 5h ago
Floundering North Carolina Fisheries Agency Endangers Workers and Wildlife

On a misty and breezy morning last fall, Marc Hamric, a North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries veteran, and two other technicians were conducting field work in Turnagain Bay, a remote area near Cedar Island. They had brought their boat ashore, but because the water was so ro

insideclimatenews.org · 11h ago
Modern Aquaculture’s Invisible Cost: Its Putrid Stench

This story is part of an investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project. Read the other stories here. In August 2022, dozens of protesters spilled into the streets of Kayar, a fishing town on Senegal’s Atlantic coast, demanding t

insideclimatenews.org · 11h ago
US clean energy jobs fell in 2025 for the first time in years

See more from Canary Media’s ​“Chart of the Week” column . Clean energy installations have persisted at record levels despite President Donald Trump’s best efforts to stop them. But the first year of Trump’s second term did leave a mark on U.S. jobs in the sector. Clean energy

canarymedia.com · 12h ago

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