After taking a beating for the first year of the Trump administration, the beleaguered wind energy industry may finally see a glimmer of hope. Trump and Interior Department chief Doug Burgum have spent months in an all-out assault against the technology, and in particular against offshore wind projects in federal...
What to expect when you’re expecting the end of the world
Jem Bendell had postponed his personal crisis long enough. For years, he’d been setting aside the worrying news about climate change he came across in a folder on his computer, waiting until he had the time (and emotional capacity) to look at it. In 2017, he took leave from his...
Georgia’s forestry industry is in crisis. One solution could be in your medicine cabinet.
Georgia is one of the leading states for forestry, ranking first in annual harvest volume and the export of forest products. The state’s forests that are managed for a commercial product offset about a third of Georgia’s greenhouse gas emissions. But a recent rash of paper mill closures coming on...
In Nebraska, wildfires are turning cattle ranching into a tricky business
For 21 years, Mike Wintz and his wife, Kayla, have worked to maintain their nearly 11,000-acre ranch near Bingham, Nebraska. The couple took over the cow-calf operations from Kayla’s parents, who had been in the business for over 25 years. In less than six hours, nearly all of that land...
Sports quiz of the week: Masters, Tyson Fury, Grand National and Six Nations
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Chess: Sindarov extends Candidates lead and heads for world title challenge
Anish Giri won two games in a row to advance into second place, but has little chance of overhauling the leader Javokhir Sindarov extended his lead at the world championship Candidates in Cyprus on Thursday when the 20-year-old Uzbek grandmaster won for the sixth time at the event to take...
England absences mount for Six Nations opener after pregnancies and injuries
Hannah Botterman ruled out of opener by ankle blow Ellie Kildunne to start as full-back at home to Ireland England are in danger of losing a ninth World Cup winner for the Women’s Six Nations after the prop Hannah Botterman was ruled out of their opener against Ireland with an...
Noa-Lynn van Leuven banned from women-only darts events after transgender ruling
Van Leuven can no longer play in PDC Women’s Series DRA report determines darts is ‘gender-affected sport’ Noa-Lynn van Leuven will be banned from competing in any of the Professional Darts Corporation’s women-only events with immediate effect after a ruling from the sport’s regulatory body stated only biological females can...
‘For the first time I’m the hunter’: Fury relishes return to face Makhmudov
Fury: ‘I’m going to make an example of him’ Russian lifts Fury in the air during final face-off A cheerful Tyson Fury has promised his latest comeback to the ring will begin with a destructive knockout of Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Saturday night. “It’s going...
Australia on brink of BJK Cup exit after Gibson stunned by Great Britain teenager
17-year-old Mika Stojsavljevic defeats in-form Australian 7-6(4), 7-5 Harriet Dart beats Kimberly Birrell 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in qualifier in Melbourne Australia’s quest to win a place in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals is off to the worst possible start, losing both opening-day singles matches, with spearhead Talia Gibson falling...