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[ad_1] California’s attorney general on Thursday sued 3M Co, DuPont de Nemours Inc and several other companies to recoup the “staggering” clean-up costs from toxic pollutants known as “forever chemicals.” Attorney General Rob Bonta said the lawsuit followed a multiyear probe that found the companies marketed products containing polyfluoroalkyl and …

[ad_1] CNN  —  This week, world leaders and diplomats are converging on the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El Sheikh for the 27th United Nations Climate Conference – better known as COP27. Meanwhile, some 12,000 kilometers away from the sun-drenched beaches and high-level negotiations, another climate battle is already underway. …

[ad_1] New York CNN  —  Phillips 66 is cutting at least 1,100 jobs by the end of this year as the refining giant seeks to slash costs and steer a larger chunk of its soaring profits to shareholders. At its investor day meeting in New York Wednesday, Phillips 66 detailed …

[ad_1] London CNN Business  —  The world may be losing the fight against the climate crisis, but investors are still willing to throw money at oil and gas companies. That’s one lesson from the initial public offering on Wednesday of Ithaca Energy, a North Sea oil and gas producer — …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Aftab Khan felt helpless when torrential floodwaters submerged a third of Pakistan, his home country. Khan’s hometown was completely underwater. His friend rescued a woman who had walked barefoot, carrying her sick child, through stagnant floodwaters for 15 miles. And Khan’s own mother, who now lives with …

[ad_1] Washington CNN  —  Sen. Joe Manchin on Saturday slammed President Joe Biden after he called for coal plants across the US to be shuttered, saying Biden’s remarks are “outrageous and divorced from reality” and suggesting it’s “time he learn a lesson.” Biden, while speaking at a stop in Carlsbad, …

[ad_1] La Paz County, Arizona CNN  —  Workers with the water district in Wenden, Arizona, saw something remarkable last year as they slowly lowered a camera into the drought-stricken town’s well: The water was moving. But the aquifer which sits below the small desert town in the southwestern part of …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A group of tourists traveling in the Peruvian Amazon, who were detained on Thursday by an indigenous community demanding government action over an oil spill, will be released Friday, Abel Chiroque, head of the ombudsman office in Loreto, told CNN. “We have been in touch with the …

[ad_1] Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN  —  As Antarctica’s emperor penguins are increasingly threatened by the climate crisis, the flightless seabirds will receive new protections under the Endangered Species Act, or ESA. With global …

[ad_1] New York CNN Business  —  Stocks rallied heading into the weekend, despite lousy results from Amazon. Solid earnings from Apple and record profits from oil giants Chevron and Exxon Mobil were enough to counter the weak outlook from the retail and cloud giant. The Dow, which has Apple (AAPL) …