Tag: Environmental concerns
Western heat wave threatens health in vulnerable communities
PHOENIX — Extreme temperatures like the ones blistering the American West this week aren't just annoying, they're deadly.
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No breakthrough during ‘exhausting’ online climate talks
BERLIN — No breakthroughs have been made on key issues during three weeks of international climate talks that ended Thursday, officials said, with plans...
Senate GOP hails new Interior deputy as ‘voice of reason’
WASHINGTON — The Senate easily confirmed former Obama administration official Tommy Beaudreau as deputy secretary at the Interior Department on Thursday, a rare bipartisan...
Foam containing ‘forever chemicals’ used against plant fire
A company hired to help extinguish a fire that gutted a northern Illinois chemical plant this week used foam containing toxic compounds that have...
Experts: UK is losing race to adapt to climate change
LONDON — Britain is losing the race to adapt to the inevitable effects of climate change, including worsening heat and floods, a government-appointed panel...
Dead ‘murder hornet’ near Seattle is 1st found in US in 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. — Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet found in the country this...
Judge: Ex-Indiana wildlife center proprietor owes PETA $734K
CHARLESTOWN, Ind. — A judge has ordered the former proprietor of a Indiana wildlife center and his ex-wife to pay People for the Ethical...
Senators press Interior Secretary Haaland on oil lease pause
WASHINGTON — Both Republican and Democratic senators pressed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland for answers Wednesday after a federal court blocked the Biden administration’s suspension...
Study: Half of US cosmetics contain toxic chemicals
WASHINGTON — More than half the cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada likely contain high levels of a toxic industrial compound linked...
Endangered corpse flower blooms in Warsaw, drawing crowds
WARSAW, Poland — The endangered Sumatran Titan arum, a giant foul-smelling blossom also known as the corpse flower, went into a rare, short bloom...
