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Why restaurants are being encouraged to switch from gas to electric appliances

Some chefs are making the switch to electric stoves, and they are finding surprising benefits beyond just improving their climate impact.

In this aerial image taken with a drone, responders work outside AEON Mall Kumamoto after an explosion occurred following an earthquake, in Kashima, Kumamoto Prefecture, southern Japan, Thursday, July 30, 2026.

Hope dwindles for rescue in southwestern Japan quake as death toll climbs to 25

Time was running out to find survivors, as rescuers continued to work in the Kumamoto area on Japan 's southern main island of Kyushu, where the magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Tuesday.

Recent AI 'escapes' are a warning of how unpredictable the technology can be

Recent episodes of AI agents escaping test zones and hacking other systems may be a harbinger of what's to come, as some experts believe the systems are fundamentally unpredictable.

The Goodyear factory has a dark wire fence surrounding it, and is white and grey. The factory has a white puff of smoke coming out of the top of it. Rust runs down the side of some of the outer walls.

Disabilities Beat: A local factory is releasing a cancer-causing chemical into the air

WBFO, with our partners at Public Health Watch and Inside Climate News, released an investigation showing that the Goodyear chemical plant in Niagara Falls has been releasing a dangerous carcinogen into the air at a rate higher than what the state now considers safe to breathe. On this week’s Disabilities Beat, WBFO's Emyle Watkins shares a recent conversation they had with their report co-author, Jim Morris, about the story published today.

For A Florida Fishery, 'Sustainable' Success After Complex Process

Environmentalists, together with the Marine Stewardship Council, say that Day Boat's story reflects the good that the MSC system can do. But critics say the vigorous certification process is inconsistent.

Women install barricades to halt the shifting dunes that threaten to swamp the oasis outside their village of Kaou, Chad. The oasis feeds their only source of farmland, but oases in the region have been shrinking steadily, elders say, in the face of hotter temperatures and stronger winds. The dune fixing is part of a broader intervention to support farming known as the Great Green Wall initiative.

The Great Green Wall's one of the world's most ambitious eco-projects. Is it working?

It's a global effort with a multibillion dollar price tag. Among its aims: re-greening nearly 250 million acres, planting 4,000 miles of trees, helping farmers, creating jobs, sequestering carbon.

Syracuse Land Bank Opens Bidding for First "Deconstructions"

The Greater Syracuse Land Bank is hoping to deal with its most blighted properties in a more sustainable way by having them deconstructed and recycled…

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama, in a televised address in the capital, Tirana, on Friday.

Who Will Destroy Syria's Chemical Weapons? Not Albania

The United Nations has outlined a detailed plan for disposing of the deadly agents outside Syria, but so far there are no takers for the task.

SPCA Looking for Holiday Giving to Finish Kennel Renovations

The Central New York S-P-C-A is hoping people’s holiday generosity will help them make their kennels a little more joyous for the animals. Officials say…

Bangladeshi protesters burn election material Sunday at a polling station in the northern town of Bogra.

Deadly Violence Mars Elections In Bangladesh

More than a dozen people reportedly were killed, including an election officer who was beaten to death, and scores of polling stations were firebombed. The ruling Awami League won in a walk-away after the main opposition party boycotted the vote.

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