Climate / Environment

14 whooping cranes hatched in Louisiana this year; 4 survive

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BATON ROUGE, La. — One of Louisiana’s oldest whooping cranes hatched her first chicks this year, and 24 mating pairs nearly doubled the previous...

Environmentalists sue over Florida wastewater reservoir leak

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Efforts to clean up a leaky reservoir that dumped tens of millions of gallons of potentially hazardous gypsum wastewater into...

Western drought brings another woe: voracious grasshoppers

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BILLINGS, Mont. — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up:...

German Cabinet OKs 2022 budget plan with more new debt

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BERLIN — Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday approved plans for a 2022 budget that foresee an increase in new debt as spending on health and...

Lego makes experimental brick from recycled plastic bottles

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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish toymaker Lego has presented its first building bricks made out of recycled drinks bottles — an experimental project that if...

Amazon announces plans to build solar farm in Mississippi

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JACKSON, Miss. — Amazon has announced plans to build a solar farm in Mississippi and in at least 10 other states, including Arkansas and...

In break with Trump, House GOP forms group on climate change

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WASHINGTON — Utah Rep. John Curtis says he's tired of hearing that Republicans — his party colleagues — don't care about climate change or...

Brazil’s environment minister resigns amid criticism, probes

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles announced his resignation Wednesday, giving up his post amid sharp criticism of his tenure and...

Man gets year in prison for buying endangered animal parts

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TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida man has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for buying parts of dead endangered...

Western drought brings another woe: voracious grasshoppers

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BILLINGS, Mont. — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up:...