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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...
Residents of an east Arkansas town have been without water for the past two weeks
HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (AP) — Residents of an east Arkansas town have been without running water for the past two weeks after the...
Earthquakes raise alert for Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. But any eruption is unlikely to threaten homes
HONOLULU (AP) — A surge of earthquakes at Kilauea’s summit prompted scientists to raise the alert level for the Hawaiian volcano on Wednesday....
New York City pension funds pushing RBC to disclose clean energy funding
TORONTO — New York City pension funds are pushing Royal Bank of Canada to disclose more details on its clean energy funding. The...
John Podesta will take over for John Kerry as top international adviser on climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House senior adviser John Podesta will add international climate policy to his job responsibilities, replacing special climate envoy John...
Canada Energy Regulator issues reasons for approving Trans Mountain variance
CALGARY — The Canada Energy Regulator has issued its reasons for approving Trans Mountain Corp.’s revised pipeline variance application earlier this month. In...
Hungry sea otters are helping save California’s marshlands from erosion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The return of sea otters and their voracious appetites has helped rescue a section of California marshland, a new study...
First of back-to-back atmospheric rivers pushes into California. Officials urge storm preparations
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first of two back-to-back atmospheric rivers slowly pushed into California on Wednesday, triggering statewide storm preparations and calls...
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...
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...
