Category Archives: Environment
Croatia ready to welcome foreign tourists, hoping they come
ROVINJ, Croatia (AP) — Sun loungers are out, beach bars are open and rave music is pumping. Hotels and restaurants are greeting visitors hoping to get a head start on summer after more than a year of coronavirus lockdowns and
Volcano erupts near Congolese city of Goma; residents flee
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo erupted for the first time in nearly two decades Saturday, turning the night sky a fiery red and sending lava onto a major highway as panicked residents tried to flee Goma, a city
Alaska village eyes return of ancestral lands
Catholic missionaries first started venturing into the Alaska territory in the late 19th century, not long after Russia sold the land to the United States for 2 cents per acre.
The Latest: Variant 1st seen in UK now dominant in LA County
LOS ANGELES -- Health officials say the most common COVID-19 variant of concern circulating in Los Angeles County is now a variant discovered in the U.K.
Judge: Dakota Access line can stay open pending Corps review
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that the Dakota Access oil pipeline may continue operating while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts an extensive environmental review.
G-7 nations to accelerate efforts to slow global warming
LONDON (AP) — Environment ministers from seven leading industrialized nations agreed Friday to accelerate efforts to slow global warming, including a commitment to end government support for new coal-fired power plants by the end of this year.
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EDMONTON — A researcher whose work helped prompt Alberta's inquiry into anti-oilsands campaigns seems to have backed away from one of her major allegations. Vivian Krause says she has never accused U.S. charitable foundations of trying to landlock Cana...
Ontario town wins right to appeal conviction for damage to piping plover habitat
TORONTO — Ontario's top court has decided it will weigh in on the meaning of environmental damage after a town was convicted of harming the habitat of the piping plover on a popular Lake Huron beach.In its ruling this week,
Canada gives final OK for hydropower transmission project
MONTREAL (AP) — The Canadian government has given its final approval for construction and operation of power line to serve as a conduit for hydropower to reach the power grid in New England, officials said Friday.
NJ beaches paid for by all, but parking keeps outsiders away
DEAL, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's wide, sandy beaches have been paid for by taxpayers across the U.S., from wheat farmers in Kansas to fishermen in Alaska.
