Category Archives: Environment
Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive renamed to honor Black settler
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s City Council voted Friday to change the name of Lake Shore Drive to the name of a Black man recognized as a key settler of the city.
Business Highlights: Consumer spending, Trump’s company
___ May consumer spending flat; incomes fall and prices jump
Senate OKs bill to certify farm practices limiting emissions
The U.S. Senate has approved a measure intended to encourage greater use of farming and forestry practices that prevent greenhouse gas emissions and remove planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Congress votes to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats have approved a measure reinstating rules aimed at limiting climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas drilling, a rare effort by Democrats to use the legislative branch to overturn a regulatory ...
Biden administration passes up chance to block oil pipeline
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Biden administration signaled in a court filing this week that it does not plan to cancel federal permits for Enbridge’s Energy's Line 3 oil pipeline project, despite pleas by Native Americans and environmental groups for the
High court expands eligibility for Clean Air Act exemption
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday said an expanded number of small refineries can seek an exemption from certain renewable fuel requirements.
NJ residents flock outside as vaccine earns free state parks
ISLAND BEACH STATE PARK, N.J. (AP) — As New Jersey residents prepare to head outdoors for the Fourth of July, the state's parks are already seeing an explosion in popularity, with more than 100,000 people signing up for annual park
Last dash: German lawmakers pass climate, crime bills
BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers approved bills setting tougher targets for tackling climate change, new rules on second trials for serious crimes and measures to undo injustices resulting from the Nazi era during a marathon meeting of parliament that en...
Biden extols bipartisan infrastructure deal as a good start
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced a hard-earned bipartisan agreement on a pared-down infrastructure plan that would make a start on his top legislative priority and validate his efforts to reach across the political aisle.
US seeks to bolster firefighter ranks as wildfires increase
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. wildfire managers are considering shifting to more full-time firefighting crews to deal with what has become a year-round wildfire season and making the jobs more attractive by increasing pay and benefits.
