Environment

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