Focus on Environment
Anxiety rises with water levels, as rain and record warmth add up to flooding in BC
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Heavy rain and record-breaking warmth in southwestern British Columbia this week brought back some bad memories for Abbotsford dairy farmer...
Air quality alert cancelled after fire at Alberta oil site brought under control
MANNVILLE, Alta. — An air quality alert issued for an area east of Edmonton due to a fire at an oil lease site...
Protesting farmers have France’s government in a bind
PARIS (AP) — Farmers have captured France’s attention by showering government offices with manure and besieging Paris with traffic-snarling barricades of tractors and...
Spring a leak? Google will find it through a new partnership aimed at saving water in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is teaming up with Google to hunt for leaky water pipes using satellite imagery as the drought-stricken...
California Gov. Newsom backs dam removal projects to boost salmon. Critics say that’s not enough
EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pledging to fast-track more than half a dozen projects by the end of his...
Business and agricultural groups sue California over new climate disclosure laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Business and agricultural groups sued California on Tuesday over the most sweeping climate disclosure mandates in the nation, arguing...
Western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year, researchers say
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The number of western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year, likely due to how wet...
US Steel agrees to spend millions to settle lawsuit over air pollution violations after 2018 fire
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Steel has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Pittsburgh-based company of violating federal clean air laws...
Consortium of Great Lakes universities and tech companies gets $15M to seek ways to clean wastewater
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The National Science Foundation has given a consortium of Great Lakes-area universities and tech companies $15 million to develop...
UN agency confirms 119.8-degree reading in Sicily two years ago as Europe’s record high temperature
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s weather agency on Tuesday confirmed a reading of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in Sicily two years...
