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5 days ago | 
thecooldown.com | Mike Taylor
Indian authorities said they uncovered a massive tiger poaching operation responsible for many deaths of those magnificent creatures. Thirteen people were arrested in February and 16 more were named in a charge sheet, the Deccan Chronicle reported. Forest officials tracked the movement of the alleged ring, following the suspects' call data and finding "indirect" evidence they had been to the Kawal Tiger Reserve.
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1 week ago | 
thecooldown.com | Mike Taylor
Leading U.S. solar company Sunnova Energy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on June 8, becoming just the latest industry stalwart to fall by the wayside.
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1 week ago | 
thecooldown.com | Mike Taylor
Tesla said in a court filing that it wants to keep crash data private to avoid competitive harm. The company was sued via the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration by The Washington Post, which is seeking information about crashes that happened while its driver-assistance systems were in use. Tesla says its self-driving suite is "one of the most robust on the market" but "still seems to take a lot of the blame" for crashes, Teslarati noted.
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1 week ago | 
thecooldown.com | Mike Taylor
The latest Banking on Climate Chaos report shows that the world's top 65 banks are funding fossil fuel projects that are pushing global temperatures higher and causing the breakdown of environmental systems that imperil life on Earth.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Mike Taylor
The latest Banking on Climate Chaos report shows that the world's top 65 banks are funding fossil fuel projects that are pushing global temperatures higher and causing the breakdown of environmental systems that imperil life on Earth. What's happening?
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Mike Taylor
Floods in New South Wales have left residents and officials to manage critical cleanup efforts. What's happening? The waste will add up to 60,000 tonnes, the Guardian reported. Much of it will be sent to landfills, though the process is complex and dangerous. Soaked carpet, ruined appliances, and more remnants of daily life are being sorted from people's homes, neighborhood curbs, and temporary transfer stations. The refuse makes its next stop at a larger site so recyclables can be filtered out.
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1 week ago | 
thecooldown.com | Mike Taylor
A solar cell development promises to improve the efficiency and durability of the energy-generating technology. The team of researchers, from South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, detailed their findings in an April study published in Advanced Energy Materials and a May report. Professors BongSoo Kim, Jin Young Kim, and Dong Suk Kim worked with a multi-functional hole-selective layer in perovskite-organic tandem solar cells.
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1 week ago | 
thecooldown.com | Mike Taylor
A report shows there was unprecedented ocean warming in the Southwest Pacific last year and details the devastating consequences of the climate crisis. The World Meteorological Organization has shared its most recent state of the climate report, as well as how one community in particular is being threatened. A glacier in Indonesia could disappear next year, and the Philippines experienced record cyclone activity.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Mike Taylor
A severe frost in Turkey has disrupted the global apricot market, and the effects will linger for over a year. What's happening? The extreme weather, including temperatures of minus 15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit) throughout the 36 provinces, affected current and future crops of the stone fruit, Fresh Plaza reported.
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2 weeks ago | 
thecooldown.com | Mike Taylor
A planned shooting complex that will disrupt native wildlife is moving forward despite various warnings from biologists and residents. The massive Wyoming State Shooting Complex is set for a location in Park County, just south of Cody, where sage grouse, mule deer, and other animals thrive, WyoFile reported.
