Tag: Land environment
$302M in BP oil spill money budgeted to restore ecosystems
NEW ORLEANS — Texas can get up to $79 million in BP oil spill restoration money, Mississippi nearly $69 million, and Florida almost $74...
US: Nuclear waste tank in Washington state may be leaking
SPOKANE, Wash. — An underground nuclear waste storage tank in Washington state that dates to World War II appears to be leaking contaminated liquid...
Epic Games CEO saves old growth forests in North Carolina
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The founder of Epic Games is donating a large stretch of North Carolina's Appalachian highlands to be preserved as a haven...
Biden taps Montana environmentalist for US public lands boss
BILLINGS, Mont. — President Joe Biden has nominated a longtime environmental advocate and Democratic aide to oversee the vast expanses of federally-owned land in...
Subaru recalls vehicles to fix engine, suspension problems
DETROIT — Subaru is recalling nearly 875,000 cars and SUVs in the U.S. because the engines can stall or a rear suspension part can...
Climate change creates migrants. Biden considers protections
SAN DIEGO — Ioane Teitiota and his wife fought for years to stay in New Zealand as refugees, arguing that rising sea levels caused...
US lab looks to boost power supply ahead of nuclear mission
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. government plans to build a new transmission line and make other upgrades costing hundreds of million dollars to ensure...
DiCaprio, Fonda urge US not to sign climate deal with Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — Dozens of celebrities including actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Jane Fonda and Joaquin Phoenix on Tuesday called on U.S. President Joe Biden...
Mass fossil site may prove dinosaurs traveled in packs
SALT LAKE CITY — Ferocious tyrannosaur dinosaurs may not have been solitary predators as long envisioned, but more like social carnivores such as wolves,...
Senate Democrats urge Biden to deny funds for Brazil Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO — More than a dozen Senate Democrats sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday complaining of a woeful...
