Apr. 13, 2026 -Some 30,000 people have evacuated their homes in the Dominican Republic over recent days due to torrential rains from weather systems that have hovered over the Caribbean nation hurling rain onto much of its northern region for more than a month.

Local media reported three people had died, including a seven-year-old girl who ?tried to cross a river, a 19-year-old man who tried to cross on horseback, and an infant girl ?in the capital, where the wall of her house collapsed due to the rains.

Apr. 13, 2026 -When Louisiana launched the country’s liquefied natural gas export boom in 2016, LNG was touted as a cleaner, climate-friendly alternative to coal and oil.

But the state’s first LNG terminal, Sabine Pass LNG, quickly became one of Louisiana’s largest sources of climate-warming pollution, releasing more greenhouse gases than the state’s biggest oil refineries.

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Historic Protections For Climate

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Apr. 13, 2026 -Nearly one-fifth of the gray whales that swam into the San Francisco Bay in recent years died there, mostly after colliding with ships, according to new research published on Monday.

The study estimated that 18 percent of the whales that entered the Bay from 2018 to 2025 did not survive. And among those that died, at least 40 percent had sustained lethal injuries from ship strikes.

In reality, the number of deaths is quite likely higher, the study’s authors and other experts said.