Judge halts commercial fishing in a Pacific nature area, blocking Trump order
HONOLULU (AP) — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must…
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Turkey, causing about a dozen buildings to collapse
ISTANBUL (AP) — A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir on Sunday, causing about a…
Thousands march against plan to build massive bridge linking Sicily to Italy’s mainland
ROME (AP) — Thousands of people marched in the Sicilian city of Messina on Saturday to protest a…
France’s top court strikes down pesticide clause in farming law
PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court on Thursday blocked a key part of a contentious farming law that…
EPA cancels $7 billion Biden-era grant program to boost solar energy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday terminated a $7 billion grant program intended to help…
Judge orders temporary halt to construction at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detention center
MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered a temporary halt to construction at an immigration detention…
Prediction remains on track for above-normal Atlantic hurricane season
Forecasters from NOAA’s National Weather Service updated the number of expected named storms to 13-18 (with winds of…
AI could turn your town nuclear
These days, Paducah, Kentucky — population 27,000 and home to the National Quilt Museum — prides itself as…
France’s biggest wildfire of the summer has eclipsed the size of Paris
PARIS (AP) — France’s biggest wildfire this summer was spreading quickly Wednesday in a Mediterranean region near the…
The east and west of the country got the worst of July's dismal rain – The Journal
The east and west of the country got the worst of July’s dismal rain The JournalRoscommon weather station records…
Officials shut down remote krill fishery in Antarctica early
MIAMI (AP) — Officials have shut down early the remote krill fishery near Antarctica after trawling for the…
Scientists reveal bacterial cause of sea star wasting disease in a major study published today
“It was like a battleground,” Drew Harvell remembers. “It was really horrible.” She’s reflecting on a time in…