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Diesel ban by 2025: Four world capitals plan to ban diesel vehiclesClearing the air: Mayors of four major cities – Paris, Mexico City, Madrid, and Athens – pledged to remove all diesel-fueled vehicles from the roads by 2025.
First LookCarnival cruises to pay $40 million for deliberate pollutionThe Carnival Corporation will plead guilty to seven felony counts related to illegally dumping ships' contaminated waste and intentionally trying to cover it up, the US Justice Department said Thursday.
First LookOklahoma's earthquakes on the wane after wastewater rules take holdAfter a sudden increase in earthquakes, which have been linked to oil extraction practices, Oklahoma instituted new limits on wastewater injection. Since then, the quakes have dropped off significantly, according to a new analysis.
First LookCarbon dioxide released by soil could undermine climate effortsA new study warns that a feedback phenomenon in the soil may release even more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, creating the equivalent of another United States in terms of global emissions.
First LookMegacity mayors chart road maps to cut carbon emissionsCities around the world are taking on an increasing role in combatting climate change, part of global efforts to meet the Paris climate agreement's goals.
EPA aims to preempt Trump with ambitious fuel-economy targetThe EPA aims for US car fleets to average 54.5 miles per gallon in 2025 – and seeks to keep Republicans from changing the policy in 2017.
Vietnam battles erosion of beaches – and of tourismWalking along Cua Dai is like visiting a beach-restoration technology exhibition, with efforts ranging from stone seawalls to fiber-and-sand wave breakers.
First LookHuntington Beach mystery: Where did these jelly-like creatures come from?Thousands of mysterious jelly-like creatures washed ashore on Huntington Beach in California this week, prompting speculation as to what they could be.
World's largest land-based moving structure to enclose ChernobylThe 350-foot-high and 530-foot-long containment system is part of a global effort to restore the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster.
Historic droughts and warmer fall are driving unusual Southeast wildfiresExceptional drought and higher than usual temperatures are driving wildfires in several Southeastern states that have prompted thousands to evacuate.
Gigantic radiation-blocking shield slides into place at ChernobylA concrete sarcophagus was hastily built over the site shortly after the 1986 disaster to contain the worst of the radiation, but a more permanent solution has been in the works since 2001.
- It's OK, you can talk about climate change
In this edition: Talking with friends or neighbors about a polarizing issue may not be easy, but some experts see a need for more climate conversation; a lesson from Australia; the meaning of melting sea ice.
How big data could save aquatic speciesWith DNA and data sets, officials hope to map every aquatic species in the US West.
First LookLong Islanders mourn euthanized humpback whaleNearly 200 people gathered along the shore of Long Island's Moriches Bay this past weekend to mark the death of a humpback whale that was found stranded on a sandbar in shallow water last week.
Solar, wind industries gave big to Republican campaigns. Will it pay off?For the first time, lobbyists from the US wind and solar industries contributed more to Republicans than Democrats during the 2016 campaign season.
First LookThis American sparrow could be gone in 50 years, say conservationistsThe saltmarsh sparrow could be extinct as soon as 50 years from now, becoming the first bird to go extinct in the Lower 48 since 1931, according to the Connecticut Audubon Society.
- First LookSwitzerland votes: It won't scrap nuclear energy any time soon
Expressing concerns of losing energy independence, Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a plan shut down their last nuclear power plant in 2029.
First LookDakota Access pipeline protesters ordered to leave by Dec. 5The US Army Corps of Engineers said on Sunday that is will not use force to evict activists protesting plans for an oil pipeline beneath a lake near North Dakota's Standing Rock Sioux reservation.
First LookWarming seas are attacking the West Antarctic Ice Sheet from the inside outIn 2015, the Pine Island Glacier lost 225 square miles of iceberg due to inland rifts caused by a warming ocean underneath the ice.
Svalbard above freezing? 'Shocking' temps have huge consequencesOnce-frozen Svalbard may soon see liquid water where ice sheets reigned, as the average annual temperature for 2016 could be above 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
