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As dengue fever continues to spread throughout Europe, experts are blaming an invasive mosquito species as the culprit. Known as “tiger mosquitoes,” the insects — of the species name Aedes albopictus — have spread into 13 EU countries, according to an alert from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Elitza Theel, PhD, director of Mayo Clinic Laboratories …

This is the age of climate consciousness, with every corporation flaunting its eco-friendly endeavors like badges of honor. But therecent unveilingof guidelines by theBidenadministrationto bolster the credibility of the voluntarycarbonmarket unveils a troubling reality:carbonoffsets, the purported saviors of our planet, are not the panacea they claim to be.At first glance, the concept seems noble. Companies purchasecarboncredits, each allegedly representing the …

The Biden administration has spent tens of billions of dollars on green energy, yet last year the U.S. and the world used record amounts of fossil fuels. That would seem to be prima facie evidence that this “great transition” to renewable energy has so far been an expensive policy belly flop. The evidence is everywhere. Americans aren’t buying electric vehicles …

To bet on the upcoming presidential election, don’t just rely on polls. Look at the billions of taxpayer dollars President Joe Biden is pouring into “community organizations” in “disadvantaged communities” to tip the election scales. The community organizer who became president, Barack Obama, was a master at machine politics, using federal tax dollars to turn community organizations–left-wing not-for-profits – into …

Paris authorities arrested a radical climate protester Saturday after she vandalized a famous painting by Claude Monet at the Orsay Museum. The protester, who was part of the French environmental activist group, Riposte Alimentaire, targeted Monet’s 1873 painting “Les Coquelicots” by covering it with a large red sticker and gluing her hand to the wall. This photo provided by Riposte …

Critics are responding to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has attributed recent significant weather events and transportation crises to climate change, at least in part. On Sunday, Buttigieg was featured on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” where he claimed the effects of climate change are to blame for recent incidents of severe turbulence on airplanes and extreme weather. Anchor Margaret Brennan …

All Spix’s macaws are majestically blue in the blazing sun of Brazil’s Northeast, but each bird is distinct to Candice and Cromwell Purchase. As the parrots soar squawking past their home, the couple can readily identify bird No. 17 by its smooth feathers and can tell No. 16 from No. 22, which has two beads attached to its radio collar. …

California lawmakers have voted to do away with reusable plastic bags after the elimination of single-use plastic bags failed to reduce plastic pollution. “California’s original ban on plastic bags hasn’t worked out as planned, and sadly, the state’s plastic bag waste has increased dramatically since it went into effect,” said Sen. Catherine Blakespear, the bill’s author, in a statement. “California …

A Michelin-starred chef is set to bring a new meaning to “elevating” a dish in 2025 — by serving a meal on the edge of space. Rasmus Munk, 33, of Denmark, has partnered with the Florida-based space tourism startup Space Perspective and will bring fine dining to a place it has never been before: 100,000 feet above sea level. Munk …

A group selected for a grant of tens of millions of dollars by President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was revealed to be partially focused on anti-Israel activism, claiming on its website, “The path to climate justice travels through a free Palestine.” Biden’s administration selected the Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) to receive $50 million last year for “environmental justice projects” …