Tag: Environmental concerns
Biofuels producers, farmers not sold on switch to electric
DES MOINES, Iowa — The president and auto industry maintain the nation is on the cusp of a gigantic shift to electric vehicles and...
EU approves $4.7 billion in state aid to carrier Air France
BRUSSELS — The European Union has approved $4.7 billion in government aid for national carrier Air France as it struggles through the economic impact...
African leaders call for climate financing acceleration
DAKAR, Senegal — African leaders rallied Tuesday in a virtual summit calling for scaled-up actions and financing to combat the effects of climate change...
Study: Drought-breaking rains more erratic, rare in US West
BILLINGS, Mont. — Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change...
New Mexico tribes sue US over federal clean water rule
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two Indigenous communities in New Mexico are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a revised federal rule that lifts protections...
Groups urge pressure on Mexico to save tiny vaquita porpoise
MEXICO CITY — Environmental groups called Thursday for an international ban on trade in a range of Mexican seafood and wildlife, seeking to force...
Automakers BMW, Volvo back moratorium on deep seabed mining
BERLIN — Automakers BMW and Volvo announced Wednesday that they support a moratorium on deep seabed mining for minerals used in electric vehicle batteries...
US judge blocks Nevada grazing; sage grouse totals dwindling
RENO, Nev. — A federal judge has blocked a Nevada project that would expand livestock grazing across 400 squares miles (1,036 square kilometers), of...
On tap in California: Another drought four years after last
LOS ANGELES — California’s hopes for a wet “March miracle” did not materialize and a dousing of April showers may as well be a...
Brazil leader names new top diplomat amid Cabinet shake-up
RIO DE JANEIRO — Amid a slide in his popularity, President Jair Bolsonaro has shaken up the Cabinet, including replacing Brazil's foreign minister who...