[ad_1] CNN — A butcher died while trying to slaughter a pig in Hong Kong on Friday, the city’s police said. The 61-year-old butcher, who worked in the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse on the city’s northern outskirts close to its border with mainland China, was knocked to the ground by the …
Read More »These 3 solutions could turn the tide on the climate crisis, new analysis finds
[ad_1] CNN — Climate change is sending the world hurtling towards a series of catastrophic tipping points, which risk setting off feedback loops that lock the world into irreversible climate change. That’s the bad news. The good news, however, is that there is also a series of “positive tipping points,” …
Read More »Starving bees are robbing hives as their keepers try everything to save them
[ad_1] Arcadia, Florida CNN — Their busy, buzzing business partners pollinate everything from almonds in California to blueberries in Maine, so few people understand the state of American agriculture quite like Florida beekeepers. But colliding climate crises have left few as sad and worried. The storms and droughts of ’22 …
Read More »Here’s what’s getting more expensive at the grocery store
[ad_1] New York CNN Business — Food is still getting more expensive, but at a slower pace than earlier this year. In the month of October, food was .6% pricier compared to September, adjusting for seasonal swings, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For the …
Read More »Elizabeth Street Garden: New Yorkers score legal victory in a fight to protect their garden
[ad_1] NEW YORK CNN — Emmanuelle Chiche remembers the first time she stumbled upon Elizabeth Street Garden, a charming green space hidden between rows of concrete buildings in lower Manhattan. It wasn’t like any other garden in the city, she remembers thinking. It transported her back to France, her home …
Read More »Wells are running dry in drought-weary Southwest as farms guzzle water to feed cattle overseas
[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 …
Read More »Alaska crab season cancelled after billions vanish
[ad_1] CNN — The Alaska snow crab harvest has been canceled for the first time ever after billions of the crustaceans have disappeared from the cold, treacherous waters of the Bering Sea in recent years. The Alaska Board of Fisheries and North Pacific Fishery Management Council announced last week that …
Read More »Food prices are still surging — here’s what’s getting more expensive
[ad_1] New York CNN Business — Prices at the grocery store continued to soar last month, adding even more pressure to shoppers’ wallets. The food at home index, a proxy for grocery store prices, increased 0.7% in September from the month prior and a stunning 13% over the last year, …
Read More »Atlanta wants to build a massive police training facility in a forest. Neighbors are fighting to stop it
[ad_1] CNN — When Ram moved to the Boulder Walk neighborhood just southeast of Atlanta five years ago, it felt like finding a hidden gem: It was a diverse, affordable and family-friendly community just steps away from the local high school, bordering a forest but still a short drive from …
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