Tag: Environmental activism

Fight over Canadian oil rages on after pipeline’s demise

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BILLINGS, Mont. — The Keystone XL is dead after a 12-year attempt to build the oil pipeline, yet the fight over Canadian crude rages...

Biden moves to restore clean-water safeguards ended by Trump

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration began legal action Wednesday to repeal a Trump-era rule that ended federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small...

Biden aims to restore species protections weakened by Trump

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration says it is canceling or reviewing a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for...

Berlin police detain journalists at anti-Autobahn protest

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BERLIN — Berlin police said 13 journalists were detained Saturday while reporting on a protest by environmentalist against the construction of a highway in...

Turkish president vows to save sea from ‘sea snot’ outbreak

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ISTANBUL — Turkey’s president promised Saturday to rescue the Marmara Sea from an outbreak of “sea snot” that is alarming marine biologists and environmentalists. ...

Judge: US can’t delay challenge to public land coal sales

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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...

Biden admin targets Trump rollbacks of species protections

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Friday it is canceling or reviewing a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections...

Biden to suspend oil leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is suspending oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as it review environmental impacts of drilling...

UK PM Boris Johnson marries fiancee in private ceremony

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LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds married Saturday in a small private ceremony in London, his Downing Street...

In Iraq’s iconic marshlands, a quest for endangered otters

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CHIBAISH, Iraq — “Don’t move a muscle.” His command cut across the reeds rustling in the wind. On a moonlit embankment several kilometers from...