Environment
Renewable energy generated more electricity than coal globally for the first time, driven by rapid solar and wind expansion in China and India, a new report found.
Chinese authorities said they rescued hundreds of hikers and local guides stranded by a powerful blizzard in the Karma Valley on Mount Everest's Tibetan side, bringing them to safety.
Marineland, the Niagara Falls park, asked the Canadian government for emergency funding by Oct. 7 and warned it would euthanize 30 belugas after Ottawa blocked their export to China.
Forecasters said Wednesday, Oct. 8, that a widespread weather deterioration brought rain, storms, gusty winds and a marked temperature drop in Greece while northern France turned cloudy.
An industrial accident at a galvanizing plant in Mainaschaff near Aschaffenburg released an orange, possibly toxic gas cloud, injuring four lightly, and authorities later lifted warnings.
The European Parliament approved a change to the Eurovignette directive allowing EU states to continue exempting or reducing tolls for zero-emission heavy vehicles through 2031 to cut CO2 emissions.
