Nearly six years ago, during Donald Trump’s first term in the White House, the president signed a piece of bipartisan legislation introduced to phase out the rampant use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, which are potent greenhouse gases commonly used in commercial cooling equipment in grocery stores and air-conditioning systems. At...
Blood in the well: One town’s fight against the slaughterhouse polluting it
When Trish Leigey’s taps started running brown and foul in late 2019, she had an uneasy suspicion about what was tainting the once-clear mountain water. Tests later confirmed her hunch. Bovine DNA had infiltrated drinking water supplies in rural Loganton, Pennsylvania — contamination her lawyers linked to Nicholas Meat and...
Bracketology: predict a path to World Cup victory
Click your way through the group stage and the knockouts to crown champion Continue reading...
Chess: Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hans Niemann tie grudge match in Belgrade
The Russian world title challenger and the controversial American have personal issues but similar ratings, and drew 4-4 with a win apiece and six draws Ian Nepomniachtchi, who won two Candidates tournaments but then lost world title matches to Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren, and Hans Niemann, whose controversial 2022...
Leeds end long wait for home victory against St Helens to build lead at top
Leeds 24-16 St Helens Rhinos recover from eight points behind at half-time These are certainly not the nights where the silverware is handed out, but they are the ones where you tend to learn plenty about who are the contenders, and who perhaps are not. It is hard to believe...
Sexism and bullying keeping women out of careers in sport, MPs told
Women coaches routinely overlooked, undermined and denied opportunities despite qualifications, say experts Women are being shut out of careers in sport by entrenched sexism, discrimination and workplace bullying, MPs have been told. Female coaches are routinely overlooked, undermined and denied opportunities despite their qualifications, experts told a parliamentary select committee...
‘The whole of New York is stressed right now’: how Knicks finals fever reached Rikers Island
Inside New York’s notorious jail complex, nearly 2,000 incarcerated people watched Game 1 of the NBA finals, arguing calls, roasting celebrity fans and sharing in a rare citywide moment It’s nearly half past eight on Wednesday evening and approximately 30 men in tan uniforms drift into the common area of...
Ollie Robinson feared he ‘was never playing for England again’ before stunning comeback
Bowler takes four wickets for 10 runs in six overs ‘I was just on cloud nine. My legs were numb’ Ollie Robinson admitted that just a few months ago he “thought I was never playing for England again” after he produced an extraordinary comeback performance on the first day of...
Andreeva dismantles nervous Kostyuk amid tense backdrop of Russia-Ukraine war
Russian teen reaches French Open final in 6-1, 6-3 win Kostyuk swerves pose with Andreeva in pre-match photo Marta Kostyuk believes her breakthrough run at the French Open and her determination to speak out about Russia’s war in Ukraine successfully served as a reminder, to people who may have forgotten,...
Iraola’s dynamic football will energise Liverpool despite worry over workload | Jonathan Wilson
New manager achieved much at Bournemouth with style reminiscent of Jürgen Klopp’s counterpress There comes a point in most discussions when all the detail and complications fall away and the issue can be crystalised into a single straightforward question. For Liverpool that became: do they have more chance of challenging...