Category Archives: Environment
Jurors convict former Georgia insurance chief in $2.5M fraud
ATLANTA (AP) — It took less than two hours Thursday for jurors to decide that Georgia's suspended insurance commissioner was indeed a “fraudster” and not an innovator, as they convicted Jim Beck on 37 criminal counts relating to more than
‘Heartbreaking’: Ottawa to help farmers and ranchers affected by drought
WINNIPEG — Help is on the way for Canadian farmers and ranchers severely affected by this year's drought. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced several of steps Thursday following a tour of Manitoba's Interlake Region to see how ex...
Soil moisture, river levels are near record lows in many areas of Manitoba
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government says ongoing dry weather has pushed river levels and soil moisture to near-record lows in many areas. Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler says low precipitation amounts dating back to last September show no sign of le...
Interior secretary: Drought demands investment, conservation
DENVER (AP) — Confronting the historic drought that has a firm grip on the American West requires a heavy federal infrastructure investment to protect existing water supplies but also will depend on efforts at all levels of government to reduce
Two Alberta First Nations want court to allow appeal of decision on coal mine
A second Alberta First Nation wants a court to allow it to appeal a review board's decision that an open-pit coal mine in the Rocky Mountains is not in the public interest. The Stoney Nakoda Nation has filed a request with
Democrats back Biden US lands pick assailed by Republicans
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A bitterly divided U.S. Senate panel deadlocked Thursday on President Joe Biden’s pick to oversee vast government-owned lands in the West, as Democrats united behind a nominee whose credibility was assailed by Republicans over he...
Venice avoids designation as UNESCO heritage site in danger
MILAN (AP) — Venice and its lagoon environment avoided placement on UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites in danger Thursday following Italy’s ban on massive cruise ships traveling through the city's historic center. Preservation groups immediately cri...
EXPLAINER: What’s fueling Russia’s ‘unprecedented’ fires?
MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of wildfires engulf broad expanses of Russia each year, destroying forests and shrouding regions in acrid smoke.
NDP urges Ford to declare a state of emergency over northern Ontario wildfires
Ontario's Opposition is calling on the government to declare a state of emergency over wildfires burning in the province's northwestern region, saying the premier "must stop ignoring the wildfire crisis." In a letter to Doug Ford, two NDP legislators w...
Merkel defends legacy on gender, climate, with some regrets
BERLIN (AP) — With just months to go before her 16-year leadership of Germany ends, Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday defended her efforts to promote gender equality and curb climate change but expressed regret that some decisions, in hindsight, wer...
