Tag: Coastlines and beaches
Music fans flock to Albania’s beach festival despite virus
RANA E HEDHUN, Albania — The Albanian beach site had everything in one place: pine trees, sand, sea, nearby mountains and days of nonstop...
Interior gauging interest in Gulf of Mexico wind power
NEW ORLEANS — President Joe Biden's administration wants to know whether offshore wind companies want to move into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Italian police seize sand, shells; fine tourists in Sardinia
ROME — Dozens of tourists will have to pay dearly for their souvenirs from Sardinia’s pristine beaches.
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Oregon fall firestorms cautionary tale in worsening drought
OTIS, Ore. — Wildfire smoke was thick when Tye and Melynda Small went to bed on Labor Day, but they weren't too concerned. After...
3,000 eggs abandoned after drone scares birds in California
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Some 3,000 elegant tern eggs were abandoned at a Southern California nesting island after a drone crashed and scared off...
UN urges Yemen’s Houthis to allow examination of oil tanker
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council called on Yemen’s Houthi rebels to quickly allow U.N. experts to examine an oil tanker moored off...
Crews clean up oil leaking from remains of Georgia shipwreck
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Crews on the water and nearby beaches are cleaning up oil leaking from the remains of an overturned cargo...
EXPLAINER: The suspension of Arctic refuge drilling leases
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Decades-long political and legal battles over drilling in America’s largest wildlife refuge took another turn when the Biden administration suspended oil...
Tropical storm strengthens off Mexico, but no threat to land
MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Blanca, the second named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season, has gained some strength while staying far off...
Boulders in place to protect lakefront at Indiana Dunes Park
PORTAGE, Ind. — The National Park Service says the Portage Lakefront at Indiana Dunes National Park has reopened after a project to install boulders...
