3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (477+ words) Africa’s renewable energy market could increase from 86.95 gigawatts (GW) in 2026 to 179.66 GW in 2031, representing a compound annual growth rate of 15.62%, according to a report published Aug. 11 by research and consulting firm Mordor Intelligence. Solar module prices also fell to $0.12 per…...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago   (101+ words) Retreat comes as Americans rank affordability and the cost of living among their top concerns...

3+ hour, 56+ min ago   (274+ words) Gadag: A farmers’ bandh seeking declaration of the region as drought-hit disrupted normal life in Nargund Town on Saturday, affecting bus services and leaving passengers and students struggling to travel in and out of the town. The protest was held…...

15+ hour, 6+ min ago   (582+ words) Before you reach for a plastic food storage container, think again -- plastic containers have unique downsides that glass and metal containers don't. There are many reasons that plastic is so popular. It's fairly simple to produce and manufacture. It's cheap…...

4+ hour, 12+ min ago   (166+ words) Farmers had been worried over the possible drying of cotton crops in red soil following a prolonged dry spell of 15 days. ADILABAD: Rains in several parts of the erstwhile Adilabad district over the past 24 hours brought relief to farmers, who…...

4+ hour, 11+ min ago   (1191+ words) Indigenous activists and water defenders in Mexico are organizing to combat what they call “signs of planetary death.” Atahualpa Sofía Enciso’s children don’t know what a normal river is, she says. Living by the Santiago River in the state of…...

4+ hour, 13+ min ago   (470+ words) Yggdrasil Urban Wildlife Rescue is asking Bay Area drivers who recently returned from the mountains to check their vehicles after two yellow-bellied marmots were found in the region. Both animals are recovering at the rescue center, and their origins have…...

4+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1692+ words) Faced with typhoons, long growing cycles and limited scale, Hainan’s durian growers are betting on technology and premium fruit rather than trying to match Southeast Asia on volume. SANYA, Hainan: A spiky green durian hangs from a tree on a…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (205+ words) The Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Simon Stiell, warned on Thursday that political divisions and treating climate change as a partisan issue risk worsening the current environmental situation as well as the economic toll…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (350+ words) The last time the tropical Pacific was this warm, "Titanic" had just hit theaters, Elton John was topping the charts with "Candle in the Wind," John Rowland was governor of Connecticut, the Hartford Whalers had just left for North Carolina…...