Jan 23 EPA considers tougher regulations on livestock farm pollution By John Flesher, Associated Press The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will study whether to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that pollute waterways. The agency hasn't revised its rules dealing with the nation's largest hog, poultry and cattle operations since 2008. Continue reading
Jan 23 Microsoft announces major investment in artificial intelligence startup OpenAI By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Microsoft says it is making a “multiyear, multibillion dollar investment” in the artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT and other tools that can generate readable text, images and computer code. Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 6:28 Earth’s ozone layer continues to recover, scientists report By William Brangham, Andrew Corkery, Solveig Rennan, Azhar Merchant In one of the great environmental success stories of our time, scientists say that a 35-year-old agreement has resulted in the steady and promising recovery of the Earth's ozone layer, a critical protective shield that blocks harmful ultraviolet radiation from… Continue watching
Jan 21 Watch 4:50 How an Alaska village’s switch to renewable energy helps local Native economies In the remote village of Ambler, Alaska, temperatures can fall to minus 60 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter, so heating the community is a big job. This past September, Ambler switched to a renewable energy option in an effort to… Continue watching
Jan 20 Google cuts 12,000 jobs as layoffs spread across tech industry By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press Google says it's laying off 12,000 workers, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff as the economic boom that the industry rode during the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs. The Silicon Valley giant's CEO Sundar Pichai shared the news Friday in… Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch 11:07 A look at the environmental and health effects associated with gas stoves By Miles O'Brien, Will Toubman There's been a heated debate lately about gas stoves and potential government regulation. The fire was lit last week after a member of a federal consumer agency suggested the government might ban them in newly built homes. That was quickly… Continue watching
Jan 19 Musk’s Twitter changes put ‘rocket boosters’ on climate change misinformation By David Klepper, Associated Press Analysts at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue find searches for information about climate change turned up recommendations for content that denied the reality of climate change or made misleading claims about efforts to mitigate its effects. Continue reading
Jan 19 Galactic photo shoot captures over 3 billion stars By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A dark-energy camera on a telescope in Chile made the observations over two years, focusing on the Southern Hemisphere sky. Results were released this week. Continue reading
Jan 18 Latest ice core analysis shows sharp warming spike in Greenland By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press New ice core data shows Greenland is the warmest it's been in more than 1,000 years. Until Wednesday's study, scientists didn't have recent ice core data. The last ice core was from 1995. Continue reading
Jan 17 Scientists consider moving species as a last resort amid climate change By Christina Larson, Matthew Brown, Associated Press The once-controversial idea of relocating an imperiled species to another island, country or continent for conservation is gaining increasing acceptance among scientists as a measure of last resort. Continue reading