Tag: Environment and nature
New infrastructure deal must focus on climate, activists say
WASHINGTON — Climate activists and their Democratic allies in Congress are pressing with renewed urgency for huge investments to slow global warming, after a...
Cyprus forest fire that killed 4 now under control
NICOSIA, Cyprus — A deadly brush fire that claimed four lives and has been described as the most destructive blaze in Cyprus' 61-year history...
US lobster fisheries anxious over upcoming whale protections
PORTLAND, Maine — The profitable U.S. lobster fishery will soon have to contend with new rules designed to protect an endangered species of whale,...
Des Moines faces extreme measures to find clean water
DES MOINES, Iowa — In the dim light just after dawn, Bill Blubaugh parks his Des Moines Water Works pickup truck, grabs a dipper...
Summer swelter trend: West gets hotter days, East hot nights
As outlandish as the killer heat wave that struck the Pacific Northwest was, it fits into a decades-long pattern of uneven summer warming across...
Maui mayor asks airlines for fewer tourists amid travel boom
HONOLULU — For nearly a year, Maui residents had their tropical oasis virtually to themselves.
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Governor: Heat death toll at least 95 in Oregon alone
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Pacific Northwest heat wave has killed at least 95 people in Oregon alone, a number that state's governor called “absolutely...
Indiana officials investigate spike of ill, dying songbirds
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana officials are asking people to take down bird feeders as they try to determine an unexplained increase in sick and dying...
Blast rocks Caspian Sea sector near Azerbaijani gas field
MOSCOW — A strong explosion shook the Caspian Sea area where Azerbaijan has extensive offshore oil and gas fields and a column of fire...
New Mexico forest draws crowd for annual ‘Rainbow Gathering’
CARSON NATIONAL FOREST, N.M. — Across a mile-long stretch of forest in a remote part of northern New Mexico, the party is in full...
