Environment

‘Digger,’ the Tom Cruise Climate Change Satire, Deeply Divides Critics

The climate change satire “Digger,” starring Tom Cruise and directed by Oscar-winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu, has intensely divided critics, with some hailing it as a bold triumph on par with Dr. Strangelove and others trashing it as complete misfire that might be the “the worst movie of Tom Cruise’s career.”

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California Braces for El Niño as State of Emergency Declared

Better safe than sorry. California is embracing that credo ahead of a record-breaking El Niño event predicted to deliver severe winter storms and flooding across the U.S. west coast, with Governor Gavin Newsom declaring a state of emergency Monday to ensure extreme weather precautions are in place for the months ahead.

San Clemente, Calif. Sept. 15, 2026: High tide washes up on the boulders as crews work to

King Coal Defies Doomers to Rule the Energy Industry with Record Sales

Coal continues to defy climate doomers who demand its replacement for power generation sooner rather than later. The latest sales figures affirm that dominance with global coal demand forecast to rise by ​1.2 percent in 2026 to a record 8.94 billion ‌tonnes due to the Middle East conflict and an almost insatiable global hunger for the dependable power source, the International Energy Agency (IAE) said.

Coal demand continues to defy climate doomers who demand its replacement as an energy sour

USDA Clears Two Zones in Fight Against New World Screwworms in Texas

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved the release of two New World screwworm (NWS) infested zones in Texas in yet another victory against the feared pest. The most recent development in the battle to control the spread of NWS marks the first NWS-infested zones to be released and cleared in Texas since the first case was detected in the state in June.

USDA Sets Two Zones to Fight New World Screwworms in Texas (USDA)

Garbage Landslide in Guinea Kills 30

Torrential rains caused a gigantic pile of garbage to become a deadly landslide in Guinea’s capital city of Conakry on Sunday morning, killing at least 30 people as homes were completely buried under the avalanche of refuse.

Residents and rescuers use an excavator to search for bodies after a landslide struck the

International Study Links Bird Deaths to Chinese Solar Panels

A paper published in Science on Friday found that China’s rapid construction of solar panels has damaged the environment and reduced biodiversity, especially among birds, who have lost habitat space plus foraging and breeding grounds to the vast fields of photovoltaic cells.

TOPSHOT - An egret rests atop solar panels at a photovoltaic power generation base in Yinc

Nolte: Even After Record Heat Deaths Belgium Retards Refuse Air Conditioning

Air conditioning is reasonably inexpensive, readily available, and easily installed. Nevertheless, after Europe suffered 16,000 heat-related deaths and Belgium alone was hit with 1,747 excess deaths during a recent heat wave, these smug Luddites still refuse to embrace one of the great miracles of the previous century.

An air conditioning pictured in a Brico shop in Brussels, Wednesday 24 June 2026. Like man