Salvage crews secure drifting Dutch cargo ship off Norway

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HELSINKI — Despite heavy seas, a joint Norwegian-Dutch salvage operation has managed to get an abandoned Dutch cargo ship under control off the coast...

Steep decline in giant sea turtles seen off US West Coast

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MONTEREY, Calif. — Scientists were documenting stranded sea turtles on California's beaches nearly 40 years ago when they noticed that leatherbacks — massive sea...

BP spill rescue pelican returns from Georgia to Louisiana

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QUEEN BESS ISLAND, La. — A pelican rescued from the 2010 oil spill, cleaned of oil and released in Georgia has returned 700 miles...

Grim view of global future offered in intelligence report

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U.S. intelligence officials are painting a dark picture of the world's future, writing in a report released Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic has deepened...

Germany’s Greens to pick candidate for chancellor April 19

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BERLIN — Germany's environmentalist Greens will decide later this month which of their two co-leaders will make the party's first run for the chancellery...

Biofuels producers, farmers not sold on switch to electric

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DES MOINES, Iowa — The president and auto industry maintain the nation is on the cusp of a gigantic shift to electric vehicles and...

Discarded masks litter beaches worldwide, threaten sea life

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SANDY HOOK, N.J. — To the usual list of foul trash left behind or washed up on beaches around the world, add these: masks...

Indiana lawmakers dial back controversial wetlands bill

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INDIANAPOLIS — Lawmakers watered down a controversial bill seeking to remove protections from Indiana’s already diminished wetlands amid mounting criticism that the proposal could...

Honduras trial in Indigenous activist’s murder paused

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The trial of an alleged mastermind in the killing of Berta Cáceres, a prize-winning environmental and Indigenous rights defender in Honduras,...

GOP lawmakers slam EPA chief over firing of science advisers

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WASHINGTON — Two House Republicans are demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency provide records related to a decision by the agency's new leader to...