Tag: Environment

US states look to step up wolf kills, pushed by Republicans

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BILLINGS, Mont. — Payments for dead wolves. Unlimited hunting of the animals. Shooting wolves from the air. ...

China sets moderate new energy goals for climate change

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BEIJING — China, the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, announced generally moderate new energy and climate targets on Friday that give little sign...

Crocodile hunt: Search on for escaped reptiles in S. Africa

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Police and conservation officers were searching Friday for an unknown number of young crocodiles that escaped earlier in the...

Public warned to avoid NW Indiana lake where waterfowl died

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HAMMOND, Ind. — State environmental officials are warning the public to avoid a northwestern Indiana lake while authorities investigate the deaths of dozens of...

Officials seeking answers to Puerto Rico telescope collapse

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The National Science Foundation said Friday that it could cost up to $50 million just to clean up the...

Activists sue big French retailer over Amazon forest damage

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PARIS — Environmental groups and indigenous activists from the Amazon region filed a lawsuit Wednesday in a French court alleging that France-based supermarket chain...

In Alabama, a vote to keep Confederate monument protections

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would give cities and counties a possible avenue to take down unwanted Confederate...

EXPLAINER: What to look for at China’s annual Congress

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BEIJING — China’s legislature begins its annual meeting this week with economic growth, climate and a crackdown on political opponents in Hong Kong expected...

New photos: North Korea may be trying to extract plutonium

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea may be trying to extract plutonium to make more nuclear weapons at its main atomic complex, recent satellite...

17% of food production globally wasted, UN report estimates

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NEW YORK — Instead of finishing your leftovers, you let them go bad and buy takeout. ...