On March 6, at the start of the still-simmering trade war between the U.S. and Canada, hydropower generator Hydro‑Québec quietly stopped exporting electricity to New England. At a time of year when Canadian hydropower typically supplies up to a tenth of New England’s power, the region has instead gone almost a month with virtually...
The Rio Grande Valley was once covered in forest. One man is trying to bring it back.
Jon Dale’s love affair with birds began when he was about 10 and traded his BB gun for a pair of binoculars. Within a year, he’d counted 150 species flitting through the trees that circled his family’s home in Harlingen, Texas. The town sits in the Rio Grande Valley, at...
The world is heating up. How much can our bodies handle?
In the summer of 2023, a dozen people willingly walked into a steel chamber at the University of Ottawa designed to test the limits of human survival. Outfitted with heart rate monitors and temperature probes, they waited in temperatures of 42 degrees Celsius, or 107 degrees Fahrenheit, while the humidity...
Saints’ Dowson says English clubs hampered by ‘dysfunctional’ schedule
Director wants fewer club games in international window Cardiff on the brink of entering administration English club rugby is being undermined by a “dysfunctional” fixture schedule that is making it harder to compete with other top European sides, according to Northampton’s director of rugby, Phil Dowson. Saints are the only...
NRL takeover of Super League depends on keeping French sides
Australian powerbrokers ready to take 33% stake London club also favoured to play in a 10-team format Any potential deal for the NRL to take control of Super League depends on the continued presence of French clubs in the British game. Australian powerbrokers are likely to abandon plans to buy...
McIlroy says accepting ‘heartbreak’ at Augusta can aid Masters pursuit
Previous victory at a major was in 2014 McIlroy more comfortable in being ‘vulnerable at times’ Rory McIlroy believes acceptance of the “heartbreak” that has accompanied his occasionally painful quest for Masters glory could be the key to finally laying his hands on a Green Jacket. McIlroy’s latest bid to...
Nuggets announce shock firing of Malone less than two years after NBA title
Team say decision ‘not taken lightly’ Malone was on run of eight straight winning seasons Michael Malone, who coached the Denver Nuggets to the NBA title in 2023 and has led the team to eight consecutive winning seasons, was fired on Tuesday in a stunning move that comes with less...
San Sebastián locals write to Fifa saying they don’t want to host 2030 World Cup
Six neighbourhood associations join forces in letter Fears it would add to ‘touristification’ of city Six neighbourhood associations in the Basque city of San Sebastián have asked Fifa to withdraw it as a venue for the 2030 men’s World Cup. The letter – which was criticised by the city’s mayor...
Aston Villa’s Emi Martínez riles PSG by wearing World Cup triumph cap
Argentinian provokes French club on arrival in Paris Emery praises ‘mature’ goalkeeper before quarter-final Unai Emery insisted Emiliano Martínez will handle the heat in Aston Villa’s Champions League quarter-final at the Parc des Princes, after the Argentina goalkeeper riled Paris Saint-Germain by wearing a cap showing off his World Cup...
Augusta National finds place in heart of city after ravages of Hurricane Helene
Georgia is still recovering from the impact six months on and the famed Masters course will look different as a result Hurricane Helene made landfall in the early hours of Friday 27 September, in Big Bend, Florida. Meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center had been watching it building for a...