Hoop pine may set record as Australia’s tallest rainforest tree
Researchers have discovered what they believe to be Australia’s tallest rainforest tree, growing in a remote area of…
Peter Thiel calls Greta Thunberg, AI critics ‘legionnaires of the Antichrist’
In Thiel’s view, the biblical Antichrist is not an evil tech genius but someone who warns of existential…
High tides raise flood risk in Carolinas as tropical storms churn
A storm without a name was expected to bring flooding to the East Coast from South Carolina to…
GOP repeals Biden-era limits on mining, drilling in Alaska, Montana
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans have voted to roll back restrictions on mining, drilling and other development in…
Canada’s Carney discussed reviving Keystone XL pipeline with Trump
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the prospect of reviving the contentious Keystone XL pipeline…
Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their development of new molecular…
Rescuers race to evacuate stranded Everest hikers by Tuesday, source says
BEIJING — More than 200 trekkers still stranded in freezing temperatures near the eastern face of Everest in…
Federal officials approve reimbursing Florida $608M for immigration detention center
Federal officials on Friday confirmed Florida has been approved for a $608 million reimbursement for the costs of…
Trump cuts nearly $8B in clean energy projects in targeted states
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is cancelling $7.6 billion in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy…
Trump admin cancels climate change funding to blue states: Vought
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, from left; Russell Vought, director of the Office of…
Trump opens land for coal mining, offers to boost coal-fired power plants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for…
Māori-named kārearea crowned bird of the year in New Zealand poll
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand ’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds…