Category Archives: Environment
30 kph max: Paris shrinks speed limit to protect climate
PARIS (AP) — No more zipping past the Eiffel Tower or through the Latin Quarter without slowing down to soak in the sights: Starting Monday, the speed limit in nearly all of Paris is just 30 kph (less than 19
Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power grid
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rescuers in boats, helicopters and high-water trucks brought hundreds of people trapped by Hurricane Ida's floodwaters to safety Monday and utility repair crews rushed in, after the furious storm swamped the Louisiana coast and ravag...
Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocks out New Orleans power
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out power to all of New Orleans, blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the flow of the Mississippi
Tropical Storm Nora hugs Mexico’s coast; 1 dead, 7 missing
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Nora caused floods and landslides along Mexico's Pacific coast Sunday, while making landfall and passing just inland of the Mazatlan resort area before veering into the Gulf of California and weakening into a tropical storm...
‘As long as it takes’: FEMA, other agencies respond to Ida
Hundreds of emergency responders were in place in Louisiana and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had power restoration experts and generators at the ready as Hurricane Ida hit on Sunday as one of the most powerful hurricanes to make
Wildfire grows near Penticton; more military crews join B.C. blaze battle
PENTICTON — Officials are warning that a wildfire burning southwest of Penticton, B.C., may affect operations at the local airport as crews made headway this weekend on several blazes in the province. The City of Penticton says the so-called Skaha
Ongoing protest over old-growth logging on Vancouver Island marks one year
PORT RENFREW, B.C. — In the year since the first camp was set up to prevent old-growth logging around the Fairy Creek watershed on southern Vancouver Island, an expert in Canadian environmental movements says the protests have made a mark
Croatia thrilled at summer season success despite COVID-19
DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — Beaches along Croatia's Adriatic Sea coastline are swarming with people. Guided tours are fully booked, restaurants are packed and sailboats were chartered well in advance.
US airlifts aid to Haiti to reach areas hardest hit by quake
JEREMIE, Haiti (AP) — U.S. military aircraft are now ferrying food, tarps and other material into southern Haiti amid a shift in the international relief effort to focus on helping people in the areas hardest hit by the recent earthquake
Hurricane Ida forecast to strengthen as it nears Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Forecasters warned residents along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast to rush preparations ahead of Hurricane Ida, which is expected to rapidly intensify and bring winds as high as 130 mph (209 kph), life-threatening storm surge
