Category Archives: Environment
Over 60 dead, dozens missing as severe floods strike Europe
BERLIN (AP) — More than 60 people have died and dozens were missing Thursday as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.
Halifax announces fleet of 60 electric buses in effort to reduce carbon emissions
HALIFAX — The federal, provincial and municipal governments are investing a total of $112 million to bring 60 new, battery-operated electric buses to the Halifax Regional Municipality. Once in service, the buses are expected to reduce greenhouse gas e...
What pairs with beetle? Startups seek to make bugs tasty
LONDON (AP) — Tiziana Di Costanzo makes pizza dough from scratch, mixing together flour, yeast, a pinch of salt, a dash of olive oil and something a bit more unusual — ground acheta domesticus, better known as cricket powder.
Spreading wildlife disease threatens deer, elk — and maybe humans, new research says
EDMONTON — The continuing spread of a fatal wildlife disease in Alberta and Saskatchewan has a federal agency recommending a deer cull across a wide swath of the Prairies. And soon-to-be-published research on chronic wasting disease has raised new fear...
B.C. fire ‘wake-up call’ to take precautions: TSB
A wildfire in Lytton, B.C., during historically high temperatures points to a serious need to prevent similar occurrences, says the chairwoman of the Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the possibility that a freight train could have be...
Worries over racism, waterways inspire push to rename fish
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Minnesota state Sen. Foung Hawj was never a fan of the “Asian carp” label commonly
Mexico abandons fishing-free zone for endangered porpoise
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government officially abandoned the policy of maintaining a fishing-free zone around the last 10 or so remaining vaquita marina.
3 testify Georgia’s Beck directed money flows from insurer
ATLANTA (AP) — Sonya and Steve McKaig were close friends with Jim Beck until they got a look at the evidence that federal investigators had gathered against the now-suspended Georgia insurance commissioner. Then the friendship ended with the McKaigs sa...
Climate activists hail Dem budget spending on clean energy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental groups hailed a sweeping $3.5 trillion domestic spending plan announced by Democrats, saying it would make “transformational investments” in clean energy and jobs and put the nation on a path to cut greenhouse emissions ...
Line 3 pipeline opponents appeal to Minnesota Supreme Court
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tribal and environmental groups opposed to Enbridge Energy's Line 3 oil pipeline project asked the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a lower court decision affirming the approvals granted by independent regulators that...
