Trump administration aims to roll back limits on toxic wastewater from coal-fired power plants
Read full article: Trump administration aims to roll back limits on toxic wastewater from coal-fired power plantsThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to relax limits that require coal-fired power plants to prevent the release of toxic heavy metals into streams and rivers.
Bald eagle hatchlings spotted in a Chicago park may be the city's first for more than a century
Read full article: Bald eagle hatchlings spotted in a Chicago park may be the city's first for more than a centuryTwo bald eagle hatchlings have been spotted in a Chicago park in what experts believe is a first for the Windy City in more than a century.
Trump says he'll move to suspend federal gasoline tax. He can't do it on his own
Read full article: Trump says he'll move to suspend federal gasoline tax. He can't do it on his ownPresident Donald Trump is moving to suspend the federal tax on gasoline to help Americans shoulder surging fuel prices caused by the Iran war.
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Trump administration cancels rule that made conservation a 'use' of public lands
Read full article: Trump administration cancels rule that made conservation a 'use' of public landsThe Interior Department is canceling a rule that put public lands conservation on equal footing with development.
Fuel shortages and high prices push adoption of EVs in Africa, led by Ethiopia
Read full article: Fuel shortages and high prices push adoption of EVs in Africa, led by EthiopiaUse of electric vehicles in Africa is surging, led by Ethiopia, as soaring prices and fuel shortages compel countries to opt for cleaner and cheaper transport.
Scientists say don't forget about plants. Climate change is endangering tens of thousands of species
Read full article: Scientists say don't forget about plants. Climate change is endangering tens of thousands of speciesGlobal warming extinctions usually have people picturing the last polar bears or other furry critters disappearing.
Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journey
Read full article: Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journeyOfficials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to figure out if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise.
A late spring snowstorm slams Colorado, closing schools and disrupting commuters
Read full article: A late spring snowstorm slams Colorado, closing schools and disrupting commutersA late spring snowstorm has started to taper off in Colorado after closing schools, delaying flights and creating slushy conditions for commuters.
Venezuela tells UN court that mineral-rich part of Guyana was fraudulently taken in colonial era
Read full article: Venezuela tells UN court that mineral-rich part of Guyana was fraudulently taken in colonial eraVenezuela insists that a mineral-rich region of Guyana was fraudulently taken in the 19th century.
A gold-fueled mining rush scars Brazil’s Amazon, spiking deforestation and mercury risks
Read full article: A gold-fueled mining rush scars Brazil’s Amazon, spiking deforestation and mercury risksGold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury contamination.
Study says trees counter half the world's urban heating, but not in the places that need it most
Read full article: Study says trees counter half the world's urban heating, but not in the places that need it mostTree cover globally cools nearly half the warming from built-up cities, but it’s doing it more in richer, cooler areas and less in hotter poorer areas where it’s needed most.
Spring plans meet snow in Denver as a late storm could be the season's biggest
Read full article: Spring plans meet snow in Denver as a late storm could be the season's biggestPeople in Colorado and Wyoming are getting out their snow shovels as a late-spring storm could bring Denver’s biggest snowfall of the season.
White House East Wing debris dumped at nearby golf course has toxic metals, report says
Read full article: White House East Wing debris dumped at nearby golf course has toxic metals, report saysThe National Park Service says debris from the demolition of the White House East Wing that was dumped at a nearby public golf course has tested positive for lead, chromium and other toxic metals.
Wall Street rallies to records after oil prices ease and corporate profits keep topping expectations
Read full article: Wall Street rallies to records after oil prices ease and corporate profits keep topping expectationsThe U.S. stock market rose to records after oil prices eased and companies kept reporting bigger profits for the start of the year than analysts expected.
Wall Street falls from its records and oil prices jump after fighting flares in the Middle East
Read full article: Wall Street falls from its records and oil prices jump after fighting flares in the Middle EastU.S. stocks fell from their record heights, while oil prices jumped following escalations in the Middle East that may undermine the ceasefire in the war with Iran.
Endangered whale protections may be delayed to 2035 under Trump-backed plan
Read full article: Endangered whale protections may be delayed to 2035 under Trump-backed planPresident Donald Trump's administration supports a proposal to delay rules to protect a vanishing species of whale in favor of commercial fishing interests.
Tribes sue to halt exploratory drilling in Black Hills near sacred ceremonial site
Read full article: Tribes sue to halt exploratory drilling in Black Hills near sacred ceremonial siteNine Native American tribes are suing the federal government in a bid to stop exploratory drilling for graphite near a sacred site in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Iran war has put foreign workers in the Gulf at greater risk while raising the cost of going home
Read full article: Iran war has put foreign workers in the Gulf at greater risk while raising the cost of going homeThe Iran war has made life even more precarious for millions of foreign workers in the Middle East.
Apple leads Wall Street to more records as oil prices pull back
Read full article: Apple leads Wall Street to more records as oil prices pull backThe U.S. stock market set more records after Apple, Estee Lauder and others joined the list of companies delivering fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected.
Nations preserve a plan to adopt a global fee on shipping emissions, but keep their options open
Read full article: Nations preserve a plan to adopt a global fee on shipping emissions, but keep their options openThe world’s maritime nations preserved a plan to adopt the first global carbon fee on shipping, as they agreed to keep working on it in the fall and adjourned their meeting.
Trump gives go-ahead to major new Canada-US oil pipeline
Read full article: Trump gives go-ahead to major new Canada-US oil pipelinePresident Donald Trump has granted a key approval to a major new pipeline that would move oil from Canada into the central U.S. The three-foot-wide Bridger Pipeline Expansion would carry up to 550,000 barrels of oil a day from the Canadian border with Montana down through eastern Montana and Wyoming, where it would link up with another pipeline.
Solar ranch in Tennessee aims to prove grazing cattle under the panels is a farmland win-win
Read full article: Solar ranch in Tennessee aims to prove grazing cattle under the panels is a farmland win-winA Tennessee solar developer is betting that cattle-grazing and solar panels can coexist — and benefit farmers as well as the electric grid.
Environmental Protection Agency boss backs big budget cuts but Congress will get the final say
Read full article: Environmental Protection Agency boss backs big budget cuts but Congress will get the final sayThe head of the Environmental Protection Agency is back on Capitol Hill defending the administration's plan to cut in half the EPA's budget.
One of America’s oldest weather observatories shows people the science behind our climate
Read full article: One of America’s oldest weather observatories shows people the science behind our climateAt Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center, a weather station 15 miles south of Boston, staff and volunteers have been using many of the same tools to monitor the weather since it opened in 1885.
Democrats investigate as Trump OKs almost $2 billion in taxpayer money to end offshore wind projects
Read full article: Democrats investigate as Trump OKs almost $2 billion in taxpayer money to end offshore wind projectsThe Trump administration is spending nearly $2 billion to get energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects.