Tag: Environment
Las Vegas pushes to become first to ban ornamental grass
LAS VEGAS — A desert city built on a reputation for excess and indulgence wants to become a model for restraint and conservation with...
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...
Thousands rally in Serbia to protect the environment
BELGRADE, Serbia — Protesters in Serbia rallied Saturday demanding that the government protect the environment in a Balkan nation that has seen record levels...
Mancini given standing ovation in home return from cancer
BALTIMORE — Baltimore first baseman Trey Mancini was given a standing ovation when introduced Thursday before the Orioles home opener and again before his...
Mancini given standing ovation in home return from cancer
BALTIMORE — Baltimore first baseman Trey Mancini was given a standing ovation when introduced Thursday before the Orioles home opener and again before his...
Old documents fuel latest bid to halt Nevada lithium mine
RENO, Nev. — Few people had ever heard of Tiehm’s buckwheat when conservationists filed a petition two years ago to list the desert wildflower...
Japan to announce Fukushima water release into sea soon
TOKYO — The Japanese government has decided to dispose of massive amounts of treated but still radioactive water stored in tanks at the wrecked...
Salvage crews secure drifting Dutch cargo ship off Norway
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
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
QUEEN BESS ISLAND, La. — A pelican rescued from the 2010 oil spill, cleaned of oil and released in Georgia has returned 700 miles...
