Dakota Access foes seek environmental review updates from US
BISMARCK, N.D. — Dakota Access oil pipeline opponents asked a judge Friday to require the pipeline company and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
Polish miners, power workers, protest shift away from coal
WARSAW, Poland — Some four thousand Polish coal mining and power workers protested in Warsaw Wednesday against the gradual phasing out of coal use...
Data recovered as ship with chemicals sinking off Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Experts recovered the data recorder of a fire-ravaged ship carrying chemicals that is slowly sinking off Sri Lanka’s capital, as...
Central Oregon farmers struggle in drought
BEND, Ore. — Cate Havstad-Casad, co-owner of Havstad-Casad Family Farms in Jefferson County, didn’t hold back last week while speaking on a Zoom call...
Judge: US can’t delay challenge to public land coal sales
BILLINGS, Mont. — A U.S. judge has rejected the Biden administration's attempt to delay a lawsuit from several states and environmentalists who are seeking...
Shrinking giants: North Atlantic right whales getting tinier
One of the giants of the deep is shrinking before our eyes, a new study says.
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California urges EPA to let state set car-emissions standard
WASHINGTON — Officials from California, New York and other states urged the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to allow California to set its own...
Boulders in place to protect lakefront at Indiana Dunes Park
PORTAGE, Ind. — The National Park Service says the Portage Lakefront at Indiana Dunes National Park has reopened after a project to install boulders...
In Brazil’s Amazon, rivers rise to record levels
MANAUS, Brazil — Rivers around the biggest city in Brazil's Amazon rainforest have swelled to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping, according...
Biden’s solar ambitions collide with China labor complaints
BEIJING — The Biden administration’s solar power ambitions are colliding with complaints the global industry depends on Chinese raw materials that might be produced...