US looks to roll back shipping rules designed to protect vanishing right whale
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S.’s ocean regulator plans to make industry-friendly changes to a longstanding rule designed…
Short rainy seasons are killing Kenyan livestock
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Drought conditions have left over 2 million people facing hunger in parts of Kenya,…
Trump to gut US climate change policy and environmental regulations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has…
Record snow drought in Western US raises concern for water shortages and wildfires
A record snow drought with unprecedented heat is hitting most of the American West, depleting future water supplies,…
French artist finds happiness drawing spectators at his 17th Olympics in Cortina
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — There was only one person in the crowd at a luge event for the…
Animals dying in Kenya as drought conditions leave many hungry
KAMPALA, Uganda — Drought conditions have left over 2 million people facing hunger in parts of Kenya, with…
In the Arctic, the black carbon threat is overshadowed by geopolitical tensions
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — As rising global temperatures speed up the melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean,…
Storm Leonardo slams Spain and Portugal, leaving 1 dead and a girl missing
MADRID (AP) — A man died from rising floodwaters in Portugal, while a girl remained missing after she…
Malaysia bans e-waste imports | AP News
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia has announced an immediate and full ban on the importation of electronic…
A family’s solitary fight to save endangered plants in the Amazon
ALTO ILA, Ecuador — On a recent journey into the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle, Ramón Pucha realized he was…
Electric motorcycle riders in Kenya demand more flexible battery networks
NAIROBI, Kenya — For weeks, popular Kenyan podcaster and radio presenter Francis Kibe Njeri has used his social…
Sewage leak into Potomac river will take weeks longer to fix
WASHINGTON (AP) — Repairs on a pipe rupture that has sent sewage flowing into the Potomac River northwest…