The city has long been a beacon of opportunity, where folks flock to make it big. But metropolises the world over are wasting a major opportunity — many, many square feet of it: Flat rooftops are painted white, when really they should be green. Not, mind you, shades of mint...
The world is getting too hot to feed itself
Two years ago today, an intense heat wave engulfed much of Brazil. For five days at the end of April 2024, temperatures in the central and southern regions climbed to sweltering heights. Many affected were still reeling from another extreme heat wave that had walloped southern Brazil. Just the month...
Nearly two decades after landmark Indigenous rights declaration, countries still aren’t complying
Nearly two decades after the United Nations adopted a landmark declaration on Indigenous rights, advocates say countries still aren’t living up to their promises to uphold and respect those rights. Indigenous people are being killed for protecting their territories, criminalized for practicing their culture, and seeing their lands stripped of...
This Supreme Court ‘victory’ for oil giants is not what it seems
For millions of years, the Mississippi River flowed unchecked, carrying roughly 400 million metric tons of sediment down to Louisiana, where it spilled into the Gulf of Mexico to create new land. But in the early 20th century, a series of dams and river-training structures were built to prevent flooding...
He’s the only lead tester in this contaminated neighborhood. He graduates next month.
Kim Booker never thought much about lead during her roughly 27 years living in Trenton, New Jersey. Born and raised in the once-industrial powerhouse, she first heard about the heavy metal at community meetings organized by the East Trenton Collaborative, a local nonprofit that works on environmental health and safety...
Illinois is feuding with itself over endangered species protections
In the creeks and rivers of southern Illinois, a school of bigeye shiners darting along the edge of a stream is a sign of healthy water. The freshwater fish, which is on the state’s endangered species list, has managed to survive despite habitat loss driven by decades of construction and industrial...
Michael Thomas, Sergio Agüero, Josh Stones: football’s latest title-winning goals | The Knowledge
Plus: dramatic late drops into the relegation zone, the Italia 90 XI and teams wearing away kits in finals Mail us with your all of your questions and answers “York City won the National League, and achieved promotion to the EFL, thanks to a goal from Josh Stones in the...
Classic Football Shirts: inside the vault home to their most valuable vintage gear – video
Classic Football Shirts have been in business for 20 years, selling over one million shirts (so far) and keeping the most iconic match-worn pieces in their temperature-controlled vault. Michael Butler travelled to Manchester to meet the CFS founders Continue reading...
Manchester City angered by fixture crunch of three key games in seven days
City face crucial games on 13 May, 16 May and 19 May Alternative date for Palace game has been chief problem Manchester City have been left angered by what they deem to be an end-of-season fixture pile-up that could have been avoided had the Premier League acted quicker to rearrange...
Clarke earns Ipswich point at Southampton to set up final-day promotion shootout
The Championship’s automatic promotion race will go down to the final day. Ipswich’s plans of Âreducing Millwall’s hopes to an unlikely mathematical scenario and eliminating Middlesbrough’s altogether were dashed at St Mary’s. A pulsating draw played amid extreme tension and the highest of stakes did for Southampton’s chances of second...