Article URL: https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2026/01/portlands-gas-powered-leaf-blower-ban-goes-into-effect.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46511617 Points: 6 # Comments...
More than 41 million Americans across California, Nevada and Arizona are under flood watches on Wednesday amid a rare, high risk for excessive rainfall and flooding....
A powerful visual timeline showcasing the pivotal events that reshaped our global landscape throughout the year....
After a New Year's Day filled with heavy rain and flash flooding, more rain is heading to drenched California....
Across the country, new laws dealing with artificial intelligence, healthcare, the climate, and a variety of other areas are set to take effect as 2026 begins....
Steel and aluminium exporters to the EU will start paying for the CO2 emissions linked to their production as of 1 January 2026. Critics have accused the EU's law of 'protectionism' and say it will hu...
At the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Singapore, it was yet another busy Monday as volunteers cleaned cages and leashed dogs for walks around the shelter. Squinty, a seven-...
Flash flood warnings were in effect in Los Angeles and most of southern California on Wednesday as one of the worst Christmas storms in recent memory brought heavy rain and fears of deadly mudslides. ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Southern resident killer whales are endangered. ✓ These orcas are fighting for survival. ✓ Scient...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Alphabet is set to pay $4.75 billion in cash, plus debt, for Intersect Power. ✓ Intersect Power is a data center and clea...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Bad River Band sued USACE to stop Enbridge's 41-mile Line 5 extension threatening wild rice areas. ✓ Line 5 pipel...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Showers and baths are methods keeping data centre tech cool. ✓ Finding greener ways to cool giant new data centres is a c...
Palisades, CA - January 06: An aerial view of empty lots and homes under construction in the Palisades fire zone on the one year anniversary in Pacific Palisades Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. Allen J. Schabe...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Trump administration halted 6 gigawatts of offshore wind leases. ✓ This is the latest attempt to delay construction o...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Interior Department ordered the pause of five wind power projects in the Atlantic. ✓ One project provided cheap elect...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The global beauty industry is valued at $500 billion. ✓ The climate crisis is shifting many people's purchasing patte...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Alicia Silverstone plays Kate, an environmentalist promoting composting, secondhand shopping, and recycled ornaments. ✓ K...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Pennsylvania opened its first federally funded EV charging station on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. ✓ The station supports l...
📋 Key Facts ✓ 2025 is likely to be the UK's hottest year on record. ✓ The Met Office has made this prediction. ✓ ...
A car sits buried in mud after flooding Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, in Wrightwood, Calif. Wally Skalij/AP Photo An atmospheric storm caused heavy rain across Southern California over Christmas. The Nati...