Tag: Environment and nature
Auto industry urges emissions deal weaker than Obama’s
WASHINGTON — A coalition of automakers has told the Biden administration it would agree to raise mileage standards to reduce tailpipe emissions but with...
Hawaii town blocked by landslide launches makeshift ferry
HONOLULU — Volunteers on Kauai’s north shore have launched a makeshift ferry service across a river after a landslide along a two-lane highway cut...
Grand Canyon reaches 3rd straight WAC title game 81-47
LAS VEGAS — Gabe McGlothan scored 14 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead Grand Canyon to an 81-47 win over Seattle in the...
‘Nothing but problems’: Shipwreck tear-down enters 5th month
SAVANNAH, Ga. — When salvage crews began cutting apart the capsized Golden Ray, a shipwreck the size of a 70-story office building with 4,200...
Snow, rainfall refills Indiana lake after 2020 drought
MONTICELLO, Ind. — A popular northern Indiana lake that shrank dramatically last year due to a drought and water releases required to protect rare...
No. 21 Missouri State pulls out of Mountain West Conference
No. 21 Missouri State pulled out of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament on Saturday after a positive COVID-19 test was found in Bradley's program...
Second winter: Anchorage gets up to 18 inches of fresh snow
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Residents in some parts of Alaska’s largest city woke Thursday to a surprise: up to 18 new inches of snow.
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McNeese State AD relinquishes basketball coaching duties
LAKE CHARLES, La. — McNeese State athletic director and basketball coach Heath Schroyer is stepping away from coaching to focus on rebuilding the university’s...
Groups sue over California county’s plan to drill oil wells
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Environmental and community groups have sued a California county after the prime oil-drilling region approved a plan to fast-track thousands of...
Philly to dim lights to make it safer for birds in flight
The lights of Philadelphia might not shine as bright in the coming weeks as a coalition in the City of Brotherly Love tries to...
