Focus on Environment
Spain’s paella rice could ‘disappear’, say farmers angry at EU rules
By Charlie Devereux, Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) -A Spanish rice variety traditionally used to make paella is under threat from a fungus after...
B.C. snowpack about 40% below normal, as Premier Eby worries of ‘dramatic drought conditions’
COQUITLAM, B.C. — B.C.’s average snowpack is almost 40 per cent lower than normal, raising concerns about what Premier David Eby says are...
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...
