Tag: Agriculture and the environment
Duke Energy division planning $180M Indiana solar farm
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A division of Duke Energy that develops renewable energy projects plans to build a $180 million solar farm in western...
Biofuels producers, farmers not sold on switch to electric
DES MOINES, Iowa — The president and auto industry maintain the nation is on the cusp of a gigantic shift to electric vehicles and...
Indiana lawmakers dial back controversial wetlands bill
INDIANAPOLIS — Lawmakers watered down a controversial bill seeking to remove protections from Indiana’s already diminished wetlands amid mounting criticism that the proposal could...
Czechs partially ease lockdown; kids to return to school
PRAGUE — The Czech government on Tuesday approved the first easing of its tight lockdown in one of the European Union's hardest-hit countries, allowing...
Study: Drought-breaking rains more erratic, rare in US West
BILLINGS, Mont. — Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change...
US judge blocks Nevada grazing; sage grouse totals dwindling
RENO, Nev. — A federal judge has blocked a Nevada project that would expand livestock grazing across 400 squares miles (1,036 square kilometers), of...
Mexico leader descries beer, milk production in arid areas
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is railing against the production of beer and milk in areas where there isn’t enough...
Zoos, scientists aim to curb people giving virus to animals
SAN DIEGO — The coughing among the western lowland gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in January was the first warning sign....
Officials seize goats from home of environmental activist
HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut authorities have seized dozens of goats from the home of a longtime environmental activist, in response to citizen complaints and...
US states look to step up wolf kills, pushed by Republicans
BILLINGS, Mont. — Payments for dead wolves. Unlimited hunting of the animals. Shooting wolves from the air.
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