Marc Osselmann 
President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act includes substantial incentives for purchasing electric vehicles and making energy-saving home improvements. If you owe taxes to the federal government and meet the income requirements, the credits available starting January 1st can significantly reduce your IRS bill when buying an electric vehicle or setting up home charging stations. However, …
Receive free Television updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Television news every morning. If there was a way to harness the burning outrage that will inevitably arise from the new Channel 4 documentary on disruptive climate activism, we could power the world with renewable green energy. In Chris …
Receive Free Climate Change Updates Sign up to receive our daily email newsletter, the myFT Daily Digest, and stay updated on the latest news about climate change every morning. We’ll keep you informed about the most recent developments in the fight against climate change. This past weekend, thousands of climate campaigners took to the streets …
Newport Beach Mayor Noah Blom unveiled an image of the new trash-collecting water wheel that will be operational in the Upper Newport Bay by the end of next year. This groundbreaking project aims to inspire other cities to take action in cleaning up Orange County’s waterways. The innovative, partially solar-powered water wheel is designed to …
Leading investment banks have set trillion-dollar green finance targets, driving a surge in “sustainable” debt deals. However, many of these deals have faced criticism for funding high-emitting companies or projects unrelated to environmental goals. While banks are still working out how to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions linked to their financing activities, they may soon …
Last week, Colorado wildlife officials made the difficult decision to euthanize a male black bear suffering from a severe intestinal blockage caused by consuming inedible human trash. This unfortunate incident highlights the importance of proper waste disposal to protect wildlife. In a Wednesday news release, Rachel Sralla, a wildlife manager at Colorado Parks and Wildlife, …
By SAMY MAGDY and YOUSEF MOURAD DERNA, Libya — Libyan authorities are launching a comprehensive investigation into the collapse of two dams that resulted in a devastating flood in a coastal city. As search and rescue teams continue to search for bodies nearly a week after the deluge, the death toll has risen to over …
Receive free Natural disasters updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Natural disasters news every morning. Catastrophic flooding in Libya was fueled by a “medicane”, an intense cyclone with hurricane-like characteristics that can stretch over the Mediterranean and Ionian Sea and North African coast, scientists said. Storm Daniel, which …
By YOUSEF MOURAD (Associated Press) In a bid to aid search efforts for over 10,000 missing and presumed dead individuals, Libyan authorities have limited access to the flooded city of Derna. This devastating disaster has already claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people, and the death toll is expected to rise due to waterborne …
I felt conflicted when I came across a letter from a group of authors calling for Baillie Gifford, the fund manager, to be dropped as a sponsor of the Edinburgh International Book Festival due to its investments in fossil fuels. As a newly published children’s author, I noticed that many of my peers agreed with …