PHOTO ESSAY: Many Californians lack safe tap water
THERMAL, Calif. (AP) — Agustin and Ricarda Toledo loaded eight empty 5-gallon jugs onto their truck and drove…
Zookeepers in Prague turn into puppeteers to save baby vultures
PRAGUE — Zookeepers in Prague sometimes have to become puppeteers to save newborn birds rejected by their parents.…
The Environmental Protection Agency wants to bring back the weed killer dicamba
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed allowing the weed killer dicamba for genetically engineered soybeans and cotton, two…
Leaping sturgeon provide a show for nature lovers on Maine rivers
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Kennebec River in Maine’s capital city of Augusta is known for its population…
Scientists overturn hundreds of rocks to rediscover world’s smallest-known snake
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — For nearly two decades, no one had spotted the world’s smallest-known snake. Some…
UN court to issue opinion in landmark climate change case
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The UN’s highest court is handing down a historic opinion on climate change…
Florida official says lawsuit to halt Alligator Alcatraz filed in wrong court
Florida’s top emergency official asked a federal judge on Monday to resist a request by environmentalists to halt…
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs surveys wildfire damage along Grand Canyon’s North Rim
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs toured the destruction left by a wildfire…
Trump’s interior secretary must sign off on all wind and solar projects
WASHINGTON (AP) — All solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters must be personally approved…
Why the magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Alaska was notable
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Wednesday’s magnitude 7.3 earthquake off Alaska’s Aleutian Islands chain struck in a region that…
Louisiana cancels $3B repair coastal restoration funded by oil spill settlement
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana officially canceled a $3 billion coastal restoration funded by the Deepwater Horizon oil…
Steve Miller Band cancels tour, cites extreme weather concerns
Classic rocker Steve Miller has canceled his U.S. tour because he said severe weather including extreme heat and…