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A Louisiana liquefied natural gas terminal near New Orleans is pursuing a multi-billion-dollar expansion under expedited federal permitting that could damage hundreds of acres of wetlands in a region experiencing severe coastal erosion.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved a federal permit for Enbridge Energy to rebuild a pipeline segment under Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac, despite acknowledged harm to Indigenous lands and treaty rights.
The UK is developing long-duration energy storage technologies to support renewable energy integration and bridge supply gaps lasting days or weeks, with 16 projects identified for support under a new regulatory scheme.
The U.S. Forest Service faces a critical firefighter shortage this summer despite leadership claims of full staffing, with anonymous firefighters reporting insufficient personnel and exhaustion from unsustainable workloads.
France has recorded 301 drownings since mid-June, a 14% increase from the previous year, with authorities attributing the rise to prolonged heatwaves across the country.
A new study finds that 580 million children under age 10 globally experience at least 20 additional heat-stress days annually due to climate change, with South Asia and West Africa most affected.
