3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (45+ words) An executive order signed by President Trump on Thursday loosens a federal rule requiring grocery stores and air conditioning companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cooling equipment. CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand has more. Trump rolls back Biden-era environmental…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (326+ words) Petrochemical plant on Teeside, North East, UK. A petrochemical plant proposed in Jefferson County, Texas, has stalled after Eenergy Transfer withdrew and air application permit. A massive petrochemical project planned for the Texas Gulf Coast has suddenly been put on…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (184+ words) Annual electric power generated from solar will surpass that of coal in Texas for the first time in 2026, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook. Utility-scale solar generation is expected to reach 78 billion kilowatt-hours in the Electric…...

4+ mon, 23+ hour ago   (623+ words) Katy—located west of Houston and long-ranked among the state's fastest-expanding communities—is sinking faster than any other suburb in the Houston area, according to a recent report from the Houston-Galveston Subsidence District. Over roughly the last two decades, Katy…...

1+ year, 4+ day ago   (683+ words) Updated on: September 8, 2025 / 10:03 AM EDT / CBS News Johannesburg — Africa's largest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), on the Blue Nile is scheduled to open Tuesday to major fanfare in Ethiopia. The $5 billion dam project has been a uniting…...

11+ mon, 5+ day ago   (205+ words) October 7, 2025 / 4:58 PM EDT / CBS News Inhalers that provide fast-acting treatment for people with certain respiratory conditions are contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, which can worsen both climate change and the conditions themselves, according to new research. "Scaled across tens of…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (645+ words) April 27, 2026 / 1:37 PM EDT / CBS/AP A Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, conservationists said Monday. Rapid development has been shrinking the…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1774+ words) We go where the story is The Brief, our morning newsletter, turns what our reporters see and hear across the state into what you should know. by Inside Climate News, The Texas Tribune December 23, 2025 INGLESIDE — The rediscovery of an ancient…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (662+ words) April 13, 2026 / 3:01 PM EDT / CBS/AP Colombian officials on Monday authorized a plan to cull dozens of hippos roaming freely through a region in the center of the country, where they threaten villagers and displace native species years after notorious drug…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (129+ words) Episode: 1552 The ocean - the wild card in global warming. Today, we wonder how things are really heating up. Episode: 1552 The ocean – the wild card in global warming. Today, we wonder how things are really heating up. To embed this piece…...