Tag: Natural resource management
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...
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...
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...
Suit seeks to reverse Trump changes to sea turtle protection
NEW ORLEANS — Conservation groups sued on Tuesday to reverse changes made under former President Donald Trump to rules protecting sea turtles, even though...
Judge dismisses lawsuit over Indiana’s Lake Michigan beaches
PORTER, Ind. — A federal judge has dismissed the latest attempt by property owners in a northwestern Indiana town to deny public access to...
Leak at wastewater pond prompts evacuations in Florida
BRADENTON, Fla. — Officials in Florida were evacuating homes and a highway Saturday near a large reservoir of wastewater because of a significant leak...
Groups urge pressure on Mexico to save tiny vaquita porpoise
MEXICO CITY — Environmental groups called Thursday for an international ban on trade in a range of Mexican seafood and wildlife, seeking to force...
Arson arrest; woman said fires were to get rid of snakes
LEESVILLE, La. — A Louisiana woman accused of setting fires told investigators she and her boyfriend were trying to get rid of snakes, the...
New Mexico tribes sue US over federal clean water rule
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two Indigenous communities in New Mexico are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a revised federal rule that lifts protections...
In quieter Mexico City, rare bats make an appearance
MEXICO CITY — At a Mexico City university campus, researchers are stringing mesh nets between trees, hoping to capture evidence that a rare bat...
