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'Himachal Pradesh May Vanish From India's Map': SC Warns Of Climate Change Threat To State
Last Updated:August 02, 2025, 09:52 IST The Supreme Court observed that climate change has a “visible and alarming impact" in Himachal Pradesh Damage to public properties after incessant rainfall in Mandi | Image: PTI (File)The Supreme Court...

Four new JICA volunteers arrive for education, environment sectors
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU The JICA Solomon Islands Office has welcomed four new Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCVs), who arrived in Honiara on July, 30, 2025. They will undergo a series of orientation activities, including Pijin language lessons...

World News in Brief: Hunger in the English and Nerf-Orch Dizuly Caribbean, Climate and Deplacement Cromis in Somalie, World Mallfeed Week
Throughout the region, Nations are faced with challenges related to food In particular due to geographic distance, the lack of available local resources and exposure to climate change. “The Caribbean are particularly vulnerable to the natural...

Environmental Learning Center in Indian River County is 'a little slice of heaven'
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, Fla. — Located at the foot of the Wabasso Causeway Bridge on the Indian River Lagoon, you'll find the 1,664-acre lagoon-island Environmental Learning Center. "It's a pretty special place," Barbara Schlitt Ford, the executive...

El Paso Museum of Art to close for climate system upgrade, ensuring artwork preservation
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The El Paso Museum of Art will close for months as it upgrades its climate control system. According to the City of El Paso, the museum will close from October 1 to February 2026 so the 30-year-old climate system...

UPDATE: Thunderstorm watch upgraded to warning in North, Central Okanagan
Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Okanagan, upgraded it to a warning for North and Central Okanagan Friday afternoon Update: 2:50 p.m. A severe thunderstorm watch has been upgraded to a warning for the North and Central...

UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Environment and Geography MCQs on Zojila tunnel, endemic species to the Brahmaputra floodplain and more (Week 121)
UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Attempt today’s subject quiz on Environment and Geography...

Son Heung-Min announces decision to leave Tottenham: Need a new environment
Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-Min has announced that he will be leaving the club this summer. Son has been synonymous with Spurs since arriving at the club in 2015 and went on to win the Europa League with them last season. The Korean star...

Everyone can compost and help the environment
Most of what goes into U.S. landfills is organic waste, ranging from household food scraps to yard trimmings. That’s a problem because in that environment, organic waste is deprived of oxygen, which helps break material down. The result: the...

Environmental Security Weekly Watch: July 28-August 1, 2025
A window into what we’re reading at the Stimson Center’s Environmental Security Program Low Political Will and Depleted Supplies: Inside Iran’s Water Crisis (The New York Times) Water shortages are a day-to-day reality for many Iranians, as...

Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: Here comes the sun
(Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner - Photo Illustration - MetroCreativeConnection) It’s exciting that one of the world’s largest solar microgrid and storage projects is currently under construction and located in West (by God) Virginia! The “Canary...

In a miniature world, climate issues loom large
HAMBURG, Germany — Watching his dad make a brand-new miniature train car look old, placing the wooden parts to weather in the sun and rain, pulled Peter Martínez into the world of miniatures. He recalls his father, who made model trains mostly for...

Study unexpectedly finds living in rural, rather than urban environments in first five years of life could be a risk factor for developing type 1 diabetes
New research to be presented at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna, Austria (15-19 September) suggests that living in a rural environment in the first five years of life could increase...

Bokola Festival 2025 to spotlight climate change, inequality and war
By Staff Reporter SEVERAL filmmakers are expected to flock to Studio Moto on August 23 for this year’s edition of the Bokola Festival. The arts fiesta, a Magamba Network initiative, has been running since 2020 and will this year run under the...

Climate change emerges as a national security threat in Iraq
2025-08-01T17:19:16+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq is undergoing an unprecedented climate transformation, with the past three years marking the most severe environmental deterioration in decades, according to...

World News in Brief: Hunger in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean, climate and displacement crisis in Somalia, World Breastfeeding Week
Across the region, nations face food-related challenges notably due to geographical remoteness, lack of local available resources and exposure to climate change. “The Caribbean is particularly vulnerable to natural hazards and supply chain...
Kids learn steps they can take to defend against climate crisis impacts
The Community Affairs Division of the Department of Social Services hosted the camp for two weeks at Flamingo Gardens Family Life Centre. Photo Anthon Thompson/BIS Minister of Social Services Myles LaRoda, hailed the hosting of the annual Camp...

Environmental review worked. Now let’s move forward with Line 5 relocation
As a proud supporter of Native American tribes, and as a tribal member myself, I write to express my strong support for the Line 5 pipeline relocation project in Bayfield, Ashland and Iron counties. Our people have always held a sacred...

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 31, 2025)
The Kerala High Court on July 29, 2025 directed the state government and the State Wetland Authority to form a dedicated Ashtamudi Wetland Management Unit within two months. The court stated that two essentials are required to conserve the...

Belize Bolsters Climate and Disaster Resilience with the World Bank’s Support
Press Release – Washington, D.C. – July 29, 2025 — The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$20 million Development Policy Credit with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat-DDO) for Belize. The operation provides...