Climate / Environment

Pipeline foes gear up for large northern Minnesota protest

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SOLWAY, Minn. — Environmental and tribal groups opposed to Enbridge Energy’s ongoing effort to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline are planning...

Data recovered as ship with chemicals sinking off Sri Lanka

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Experts recovered the data recorder of a fire-ravaged ship carrying chemicals that is slowly sinking off Sri Lanka’s capital, as...

Biden aims to restore species protections weakened by Trump

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration says it is canceling or reviewing a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for...

Maine’s blueberry crop faces climate change peril

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PORTLAND, Maine — Maine's beloved wild blueberry fields are home to one of the most important fruit crops in New England, and scientists have...

Berlin police detain journalists at anti-Autobahn protest

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BERLIN — Berlin police said 13 journalists were detained Saturday while reporting on a protest by environmentalist against the construction of a highway in...

Turkish president vows to save sea from ‘sea snot’ outbreak

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ISTANBUL — Turkey’s president promised Saturday to rescue the Marmara Sea from an outbreak of “sea snot” that is alarming marine biologists and environmentalists. ...

Italian Coast Guard detains German migrant rescue ship

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ROME — A migrant rescue ship operated by a German charity has been detained in Sicily by the Italian Coast Guard, which found the...

Central Oregon farmers struggle in drought

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BEND, Ore. — Cate Havstad-Casad, co-owner of Havstad-Casad Family Farms in Jefferson County, didn’t hold back last week while speaking on a Zoom call...

Central Oregon farmers struggle in drought

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BEND, Ore. — Cate Havstad-Casad, co-owner of Havstad-Casad Family Farms in Jefferson County, didn’t hold back last week while speaking on a Zoom call...

3,000 eggs abandoned after drone scares birds in California

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Some 3,000 elegant tern eggs were abandoned at a Southern California nesting island after a drone crashed and scared off...