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Denmark is spending $100 million to get its citizens to adopt a plant-based diet—but its economy is still stubbornly reliant on pork and dairy exports
BYPrarthana Prakash

Environment
Tesla ordered to stop releasing toxic emissions from San Francisco Bay Area plant after racking up 112 violations over the last 5 years
BYThe Associated Press
Environment
Inaccurate heat detectors, weak tanker walls, and a decision to needlessly blow open 5 chemical cars: NTSB hearing showcases what went wrong at Ohio derailment
BYJosh Funk and The Associated Press
Environment
Minnesota family that lost home to devastating Midwest floods vows to keep store open: ‘The Dam Store has not sold its last burger or sold its last slice of pie’
BYHannah Fingerhut, Dave Collins, and others
Environment
First Lahaina home starts rebuilding nearly a year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century destroyed thousands of Maui homes and killed 102
BYJennifer Sinco Kelleher and The Associated Press
Environment
Forget carbon taxes on cars—Denmark is charging farmers a $100 ‘burp tax’ per cow
BYSeamus Webster
Finance
The U.S. is about to get slammed by a ‘very active’ hurricane season—but the carnage could be good news for these five insurance stocks, analyst says
BYWill Daniel
Finance
‘We have to keep our cool,’ Citi management tells workers as climate and antiwar protests outside HQ reach a fever pitch
BYBloomberg and Alastair Marsh
Commentary
Housing insurance is melting down in several property markets as climate change renders old assumptions obsolete
BYSpencer Glendon and Barney Schauble
Features
Energy giant Saudi Aramco is betting on AI to thrive after the ‘peak oil’ era
BYVivienne Walt
Environment
NTSB chair says Norfolk Southern tried to interfere with derailment probe after botching decision to blow open 5 tank cars and burn the chemicals inside
BYJosh Funk, Tom Krisher, and others
Environment
Tornado warnings, flash flooding and large hail add insult to injury in the Midwest: ‘Nature doesn’t care whether you believe in climate change or not’
BYHannah Fingerhut, Dave Collins, and others
Politics
Prepping for the ‘unthinkable,’ Norway is stockpiling 30,000 tons of grain, citing the war in Ukraine, the pandemic, and climate change
BYThe Associated Press and Jan M. Olsen
Retail
Lufthansa can’t cover its clean fuel fees alone so is upping customers’ airfares by as much as €72
BYAnthony Palazzo and Bloomberg
Lifestyle
Maui mayor wants to restrict vacation rentals as locals suffer chronic housing shortage made worse by Lahaina fire—but economist sees ‘economic crash and burn’
BYAudrey McAvoy and The Associated Press
Environment
Midwest flooding kills 2 as surging river forces evacuations and rescues: ‘7,000 square feet of very pretty, pretty things. And it’s all gone’
BYMargery A. Beck, Hannah Fingerhut, and others
Tech
AI is touching your food—maybe most of it—by solving the food industry’s unique supply-chain challenges
BYStephanie Cain
Politics
After fiery 2023 Norfolk Southern derailment left firefighters in dark about chemicals on the train, railroads must now immediately offer hazardous cargo details
BYJosh Funk and The Associated Press
Environment
Millions of Americans sweat through scorching weekend and 13 rivers flood in the Midwest: ‘When the flood gauge is underwater, it’s really high’
BYThe Associated Press
Environment
U.S. joins these other countries bringing AC units to Paris Olympics despite French effort to cool rooms with pipes underneath floors
BYEddie Pells and The Associated Press
Environment
With multimillion-dollar homes at risk of falling into the sea, Nantucket grapples with who pays for climate projects and how much
BYSeamus Webster
Environment
Tiger mosquitos, Asian hornets and bed bugs: What climate change means for Europe’s ‘pest demographics’ haunting the Paris Olympics
BYAdam Gale
Tech
The ‘radical optimism’ philosophy that gave us the Google Glass
BYFrederik G. Pferdt
Environment
It’s going to be a brutal summer. This CDC tool will let you figure out the risk in your area
BYChris Morris
Retail
Amazon got blasted by environmental groups for years over using reams of plastic. Now it’s switching to recycled paper packaging
BYThe Associated Press and Michelle Chapman
Environment
Tropical Storm Alberto—the first named one of the season—leaves 3 dead but also brings hope to a region suffering severe drought
BYAlfredo Pena, Mariana Martinez Barba, and others
Environment
Climate change caused by fossil fuels made killer heat wave in U.S. and Mexico 2.5 degrees hotter and 35 times more likely, scientists say
BYSeth Borenstein and The Associated Press
Environment
Greece on the hunt for arsonist suspected of starting wildfires, as Europe swelters in heatwaves
BYPaul Tugwell, Sotiris Nikas, and others
Environment
First tropical storm of hurricane season, Alberto, forms in the Gulf of Mexico: ‘People underestimate the power of water’
BYJamie Stengle, Mariana Martinez Barba, and others
Environment
Staff handed frozen towels and water misters as millions of Americans attempt to navigate record heatwave and humidity
BYJohn Seewer, Patrick Orsagos, and others

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