Alaska airlifts hundreds from storm-devastated coastal areas
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The house rocked as if an earthquake had struck, and suddenly it was floating.…
Energy Department offers $1.6 billion loan guarantee to upgrade transmission lines across Midwest
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Energy said Thursday it has finalized a $1.6 billion loan guarantee to…
NTSB says faulty engineering led to implosion of Titan submersible
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Faulty engineering led to the implosion of an experimental submersible that killed five people…
CO2 levels hit record high last year, UN agency finds
GENEVA (AP) — Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last…
A young Texas-based firm and Trump unite in fight to revive oil drilling off California coast
When the corroded pipeline burst in 2015, inky crude spread along the Southern California coast, becoming the state’s…
UN warns of mercury contamination in Colombia’s Atrato River
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The United Nations warned that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in Colombia’s Atrato…
Photos show polar bears chilling at home in abandoned Russian research station
Polar bears that have taken over an abandoned polar research station off Russia’s far eastern coast were intimately…
Republicans target law that protects whales, seals and polar bears
BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental…
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…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bipartisan bill to protect home insurer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bipartisan bill Thursday that aims to prevent the…
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…
Living near lions in Kenya, and trying to stay safe
KAJIADO, Kenya (AP) — This year, less than a kilometer from where I live, a girl named Peace…