A contagious childhood disease is set to worsen with climate change

Published on August 5, 2024

Hand-foot-mouth disease outbreaks, already common in Asia, could strike sooner, harder and with greater frequency if the world fails to keep temperature rise in check, a study says.

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In the wake of a super typhoon, coastal communities grapple with oil spill in Manila Bay

August 5, 2024
After just over a year since the MT Princess Empress disaster in Oriental Mindoro, environmental groups have renewed calls to ‘make polluters pay’ as the nation grapples with more frequent super typhoons and yet another massive oil spill, now closer to the Philippine capital.

New England and Alaska are about to deploy a lot more heat pumps

August 5, 2024
Two cold regions in the U.S. are getting a massive infusion of funds to swap fossil-fueled furnaces, boilers, and water heaters for heat pumps. In late July, the initiatives — one based in New England, the other in Alaska — were among the 25 projects selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a share…