Focus on Environment
Portuguese prosecutors seek to annul environment permit for Savannah lithium mine
LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese prosecutors have asked a judge to annul an environment permit for a lithium mining project being developed by London-based...
In rural Utah, concern over efforts to use Colorado River water to extract lithium
GREEN RIVER, Utah (AP) — A plan to extract lithium — the lustrous, white metal used in electric vehicle batteries — in southeast...
Globe breaks heat record for 8th straight month. Golfers get to play in Minnesota’s ‘lost winter’
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the eighth straight month in January, Earth was record hot, according to the European climate agency. That...
B.C.’s dismal snow season is a glimpse of the future, says ski resort researcher
VANCOUVER — Views of Metro Vancouver’s ski hills looming over the city are a sea of green after a winter of record-breaking warmth,...
The number of monarch butterflies at their Mexico wintering sites has plummeted this year
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The number of endangered monarch butterflies at their wintering areas in Mexico dropped by 59% this year to the...
Jury to decide on climate scientist Michael Mann’s defamation suit over comparison to molester
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been 12 years since a pair of conservative writers compared a prominent climate scientist to a convicted child molester...
New UN weather agency chief says rate of global warming is speeding up
BALTIMORE (AP) — The new chief of the World Meteorological Organization said it looks to her that the rate of human-caused climate change...
Cargo train locomotive derails in Colorado, spilling 100s of gallons of diesel
LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — The locomotive of a cargo train derailed in northern Colorado early Wednesday, spilling hundreds of gallons of diesel, authorities...
Biden sets tighter standards for deadly soot pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is setting tougher standards for deadly soot pollution, saying that reducing fine particle matter from tailpipes, smokestacks...
