Focus on Environment
It’s so cold and snowy in Alaska that fuel oil is thickening and roofs are collapsing
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Much of Alaska has plunged into a deep freeze, with temperatures well below zero. Anchorage has seen some of...
A year on, a small Ohio town is recovering from a fiery train derailment but health fears persist
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Daily life largely returned to normal for most of the nearly 5,000 residents of East Palestine, Ohio, months...
Rising seas and frequent storms are battering California’s piers, threatening the iconic landmarks
SAN DIEGO (AP) — More storms, rising seas and huge waves are taking their toll on California’s iconic piers that have dotted the...
Drought-stricken villages in Spain’s northeast struggle to keep drinking water flowing
GUALBA, Spain (AP) — Plastic jugs in hand, Joan Torrent takes a path into the woods in search of drinking water. He fills...
What’s an atmospheric river? A pineapple express? AP explains the weather phenomenon
The storm that pummeled California this week was fueled by an atmospheric river, a plume of moisture that extended across the Pacific to...
Climate activist Greta Thunberg goes on trial in London for blocking oil and gas conference
LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke defiantly about her mission outside court Thursday on the first day of her trial for...
California pummeled by first of back-to-back atmospheric rivers as ‘Pineapple Express’ sweeps state
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Heavy rain flooded California roadways and much-needed snow piled up in the mountains on Thursday as the first of...
New videos show towers of fire that prompted evacuations after last year’s fiery Ohio derailment
Residents of eastern Ohio can now get an up-close view in newly released videos of the twin toxic towers of fire that forced...
New Jersey denies bulkhead for shore town with wrecked sand dunes
NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is refusing to allow a shore town whose sand dunes have washed away in places to...
Fears grow that dam across Mekong River in Laos could harm World Heritage site of Luang Prabang
LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) — Landlocked Laos doesn’t have the famous beaches of its neighbors to attract tourists, but instead relies on the...
